Part-Time Senior Clinical/Forensic Psychologist

NHS; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a part-time Senior Clinical/Forensic Psychologist at Thornford Park Hospital. This role involves managing a complex caseload, providing both individual and group therapy, and supervising peers within a supportive multi-disciplinary team environment. The successful candidate will ensure quality care and contribute to professional development while enjoying benefits such as a competitive salary, extensive leave, and professional growth opportunities.

Benefits

Annual salary of up to £57,000 pro rata

33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Evidence of engagement in mental health networks.
• Experience managing a designated caseload with complex service users.
• Knowledge of research design and multivariate data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Assess and design specialist psychological treatments.
• Manage complex cases autonomously.
• Provide supervision to peers and contribute to professional development.

Skills

Use of psychological models and theories

Post-doctoral research methodology knowledge

Behavioral issue assessment

Management of complex cases

Teamwork in multi-disciplinary settings

Education

BPS accredited and HCPC approved Doctorate

HCPC Registration

Chartered Membership of the BPS

Job description

Part-Time Senior Clinical/Forensic Psychologist

This part-time Senior Clinical/Forensic Psychologist role at Thornford Park Hospital offers a rewarding career opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives. You will be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, responsible for delivering strategic and clinical care, leading the specialized psychological programme, and providing supervision and training to your peers. With a strong emphasis on professional development and excellent benefits, this role promises both personal growth and job satisfaction.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Clinical/Forensic Psychologist, you will be responsible for a designated caseload, assessing service users with complex needs and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatment within the mental health care services. You will be autonomous in managing your own caseload, attending regular clinical and service development meetings, and providing both individual and group work to the patients. Additionally, you will be responsible for maintaining monthly clinical supervision, providing clinical supervision to nursing and therapy staff, and contributing to professional development, teaching, audit, and research within the team.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Job responsibilities

Are you an experienced Senior Clinical Psychologist looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference and changes lives for the better? Join the team at Thornford Park as a Senior Clinical/Forensic Psychologist working 30 hours a week and enjoy support from a regional network of healthcare professionals. You will be working at Thornford Park, and will provide the Ward Psychologist role across the male and female PICU’s.

There is a strong emphasis on teamwork and CPD at Thornford Park, where you will have continuous access to a range of training opportunities to move your career forward.

What you will be doing Reporting to the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, you will be responsible for assisting in the delivery of delivering strategic and clinical strategies to grow and further develop the care pathway through specialist psychological advice and consultations. You will lead and oversee the specialised psychological programme and the transdisciplinary team where you will provide supervision and training to your peers to ensure they understand the concepts and principles underpinning the framework and the specialised skills required to work successfully within this service model. You will have experience and knowledge in carrying a designated caseload, including assessing service users with complex needs, and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatment within mental health care services.

We value your professional growth and offer numerous career development opportunities. Our extensive range of courses is designed to help you grow and succeed in your career.

It's a career that brings pride and fulfilment a true representation of what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

As a Senior Clinical/Forensic Psychologist you will be:

• Autonomous in managing your own caseload, which will involve working with complex service-users.
• Attending regular clinical and service development meetings, such as MDT’s, CPA’s, referrals, and other hospital-wide meetings
• An integral part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team on the two PICU’s
• Providing both long & short-term work, which includes being able to undertake clinical assessments to determine clinical needs & treatment plans.
• Providing both individual and group work to the patients.
• Maintaining monthly clinical supervision as well as regular line-management supervision
• Providing clinical supervision to nursing staff/therapy staff as appropriate and facilitating in the provision of reflective practice.
• Providing both written & verbal contributions to MDT & CPA process
• Supporting the MDT in the development and review of care plans
• Offering specialist clinical advice including the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care within the service
• Contributing to professional development within the team
• Contributing to teaching as part of Induction/mandatory training.
• Contributing to audit and research as directed by the line manager

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• BPS accredited and HCPC approved Doctorate.
• Have HCPC Registration.
• Chartered Member of the BPS.
• Evidence of engagement in mental health networks.
• Post-doctoral level knowledge and application of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis.
• Experience in using psychological models and theories to address a range of risk and behavioural issues.

Where you will be working:

Thornford Park Hospital, part of Elysium Healthcare, is an independent 143 bedded hospital set in 23 acres of parkland on the outskirts of Newbury, Berkshire (close to the Hampshire borders).

We provide services for male and female patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) who require care in conditions of medium and low security. Our service users, many of whom have forensic histories, require long-term treatment and rehabilitation and present with multiple problems, challenging and high-risk behaviour and complex care needs. In addition to the mental health wards, Thornford Park has a 14-bedded low secure service for male patients with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, commissioned by NHS England, a medium/low secure service for females with a Learning Disability, and a medium secure service for males with Learning Disability. We also have two Psychiatric Intensive Care Units, one for males and one for females, providing holistic assessment and treatment for individuals experiencing crisis.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of up to £ 57,000 pro rata
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave pro rata – (inc Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

BPS accredited and HCPC approved Doctorate, HCPC Registration, and Chartered Membership of the BPS.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you'll need a BPS accredited and HCPC approved Doctorate, HCPC Registration, and Chartered Membership of the BPS. You should also have evidence of engagement in mental health networks, post-doctoral level knowledge and application of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis, as well as experience in using psychological models and theories to address a range of risk and behavioural issues.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.