Principal Psychologist - Community / Home Based Berkshire

NHS; King's Lynn; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a Principal Psychologist for community-based mental health services in the UK. The role offers flexibility, working from home and in the community, with a focus on supporting clients in the Criminal Justice System. Applicants should have HCPC registration and experience in psychological therapies. Opportunities for professional development are provided.

Benefits

38 days holiday

Pension scheme

Life cover

Car lease scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working with similar services.
• A full driver's license is essential.
• Ability to deliver tailored psychological therapy.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and interventions.
• Supervise assistant psychologists in therapy.
• Work independently within agreed plans.

Skills

CBT

EMDR

Compassion Focused Therapy

HCPC Registration

Job description

Principal Psychologist - Community / Home Based Berkshire

Community Based Mental Health Therapy Services

Work from home and in the community

12 Month fixed term contract

Career Level C, Expert (NHS Band 8a)

Hours: Part Time 22.5 hours / 3 days per week / flexible working

This service is part of our Outpatients Service who this year had their CQC rating as good. Below are some of the comments from service users our services support:

Changed my life and staff were incredible, faultless, supportive, skilled, lovely and polite.

The therapy that has been provided with was like no other I had received in 30 years.

St Andrews Healthcare has a vision of a society in which everyone living with mental health needs is heard valued and has hope for the future. We offer a range of community based services supporting those in need to transform their lives. We are known as a great place to work with a thriving workforce and a culture of doing things right. We are renowned for investing in research and valuing those who work for us.

The National Probation Service (NPS), have partnered with St Andrews Healthcare to deliver Community Sentence treatment Requirements as part of a Mental Health Treatment Requirement initiative. This is a unique opportunity to work as a Qualified Psychologist embedded in probation offices in the South East Region (Berkshire)

Main duties of the job

Within this role you will support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the Criminal Justice System (CJS); providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions, working independently according to a plan agreed and within the overall framework MHTRs, and St Andrews policies and procedures.

We have different community services based all around the UK so if this role / location isnt quite right for you but you are looking for your next career move please reach out by sending your CV to [e-mail] or call 07827 856 634 to hear about our other opportunities.

Why join our Outpatients Team:

• Opportunities to progress Most of our Consultant Psychologists started within the team and have developed their careers with us.
• We offer sponsorship opportunities e.g. MBA degrees
• Support in undertaking indemnified private practice and medico-legal work.
• Flexibility in our working practices that work around you and your family life.
• Support from over 10 Qualified Psychologists in the community partnerships team and over 50 in the overall organisation.
• Opportunities for research through our Research and Innovation Team
• Paid travel or mileage within the role.

About us

The Role and Person

You will be responsible for delivering outcome based psychological therapy that is uniquely tailored to meet the needs of service users living in the region. You will supervise a number of assistant psychologist supporting them in a manualised treatment approach, whilst working with the wider team on more complex cases. You will be offered supervision from a consultant Psychologist working within our service, they will encourage you to develop your strengths and skills with opportunities for professional development.

The service is community based and appointments are offered where possible in the service users locality as well as remotely via telephone and video. As some travel will be required, a full drivers licence is essential or access to good public transport links. However, in return, you will also benefit from having the flexibility to work from home when appropriate to do so.

The successful applicant will join a highly motivated, supportive and friendly multi-disciplinary team, and will report directly to the Clinical Lead. The service is psychology-led and holds psychological assessment and formulation, as well as the service users we work with, at the core of everything it offers.

Experience of using a range of therapeutic modalities including CBT, EMDR and Compassion Focused Therapy would also be an advantage although support and development to gain these skills will be provided.

Job responsibilities

Our service specialises in developing and deliveringcommunity based services for St Andrews. We offer a range of servicesincluding, a busy private therapy clinic, a Medico-Legal Service, DiagnosticAssessment Clinics (ADHD and ASD), a Complex Trauma Service for MilitaryVeterans, a community transition service and a range of MHTR services acrossthe midlands and east of England. We support LightBulb a schools based mentalwellness programme and are able to offer a comprehensive development plan forthose wishing to gain a range of experience.

St Andrews has an excellent record of providingopportunities for research, training and continuing professional development soyou will also have access to peer support from the wider Charity, as well asregular CPD events. Due to the pioneering nature of this service, therewill be opportunities for service development including co-production withservice users and an interest and enthusiasm in these areas is desired.

Experience of using a range of therapeutic modalities including CBT, EMDR and Compassion Focused Therapy would also be an advantage although support and development to gain these skills will be provided.

Reward

We offer an excellent benefits package including pension, 38 days holiday, sickness policy on par with NHS, life cover, car lease scheme, cycle to work scheme and opportunities for research, teaching and continuing professional development.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact James Farrelly (Senior Recruiter) on 07827 856 634 or via email: [e-mail]

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration

Experience

• Experience working with similar services

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.

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working,Home or remote working,Compressed hours