Part-Time Senior Clinical/Forensic Psychologist Template

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Cold Ash; On-site; GBP 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Senior Clinical Psychologist to join Thornford Park. In this 30-hour role, you will manage a diverse caseload and work within a supportive multidisciplinary team. The position emphasizes continuous professional development, and offers a salary of up to £57,000, along with generous leave, training opportunities, and comprehensive wellbeing benefits. Candidates must have a BPS accredited Doctorate and HCPC registration.

Benefits

Annual salary of up to £57,000 pro rata

33 days annual leave pro rata

Free meals and parking

Career development and training

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• BPS accredited and HCPC approved Doctorate is required.
• Chartered Member of the BPS is required.
• Experience with complex service-users is vital.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload of complex service-users.
• Conduct clinical assessments to determine treatment plans.
• Provide clinical supervision to nursing and therapy staff.

Skills

Autonomy

Clinical assessments

Psychological models

Teamwork

Education

BPS accredited Doctorate

HCPC Registration

Chartered Member of BPS

Job description

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, 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

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.

Benefits

• 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.