Part-Time Senior Clinical/Forensic Psychologist

Elysium Healthcare; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Senior Clinical Psychologist to work 30 hours a week at Thornford Park, Thatcham. You will manage your own caseload, engage in multidisciplinary team interactions, and contribute to clinical assessments. The role offers a salary of up to £57,000 pro rata along with 33 days annual leave, career development opportunities, and additional benefits. Join a supportive environment where you can make a significant impact on patients' lives.

Benefits

33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Free meals and parking

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• BPS accredited and HCPC approved Doctorate.
• HCPC Registration.
• Chartered Member of the BPS.
• Experience in mental health networks.
• Post-doctoral level knowledge of research methodology.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload with complex service-users.
• Attend clinical and service development meetings.
• Provide individual and group work to patients.
• Contribute to professional development within the team.

Skills

Complex case management

Teamwork

Clinical assessments

Psychological models application

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced Senior Clinical Psychologist looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference and change 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.

Responsibilities

• Autonomous in managing your own caseload, involving work with complex service-users.
• Attend regular clinical and service development meetings, such as MDTs, CPAs, referrals, and other hospital-wide meetings.
• Be an integral part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team on the two PICUs.
• Provide both long and short-term work, including clinical assessments to determine clinical needs and treatment plans.
• Provide individual and group work to the patients.
• Maintain monthly clinical supervision as well as regular line-management supervision.
• Provide clinical supervision to nursing staff/therapy staff as appropriate and facilitate reflective practice.
• Provide written and verbal contributions to MDT and CPA processes.
• Support the MDT in the development and review of care plans.
• Offer specialist clinical advice including assessment of care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care within the service.
• Contribute to professional development within the team.
• Contribute to teaching as part of induction/mandatory training.
• Contribute to audit and research as directed by the line manager.

Qualifications and experience

• BPS accredited and HCPC approved Doctorate.
• 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

Location: Thornford Park, Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 8ET

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

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.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.