Remote Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

BUPA; Eccles; Hybrid; GBP 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurer seeks a Remote Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to deliver high-quality mental health services. You will provide 1-2-1 clinical practice, engaging with clients and corporate partners through evidence-based interventions. Applicants must hold a professional doctorate in Clinical Psychology and have at least 1 year's clinical experience. The role offers flexibility with shifts, competitive salary, and various employee benefits, including health insurance and career development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Bupa health insurance

Enhanced pension plan

Performance-based bonus

Paid monthly supervision

Qualifications

• Professional doctorate qualification in Clinical Psychology required.
• Minimum of 1 year post-qualification clinical experience.
• Extensive experience in varied clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe mental health service using evidence-based practice.
• Contribute to health promotion activities for clients.
• Deliver comprehensive assessments to determine care pathways.

Skills

Professional doctorate qualification in Clinical Psychology

At least 1 year's post-qualification clinical experience

Extensive post-qualification clinical experience

Experience of clinical management

Ability to present and deliver training workshops

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Remote Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

HCPC registered

UK based only - Remote working

Starting salary: £63,100 per annum (pro rata)

Permanent

Full time and Part Time hours

Shift requirements: Please see below for an example of the options you can choose from as your set shift pattern. Minimum 3x days per week and 1 late per week) based on 40 hours per week.

• 9am-5:30pm
• 9:30am-6pm
• 10am-6:30pm
• 10:30-7pm
• 11am-7:30pm
• 11:30am-8pm (Late session)

You will either support referrals from our UK insurance business, providing 1-2-1 clinical practice to clients across a range of increasingly complex mental health conditions, or you will work directly with one of our corporate clients to support mental health awareness and referrals for their employees.

By working remotely, you will be a first point of clinical contact for people with potential mental health issues and concerns, and you will provide a high quality, effective and safe mental wellbeing service across agreed sectors of care via MS Teams.

Responsibilities

• Providing a high quality, effective and safe mental health and wellbeing service to clients using evidence-based practice.
• Contributing to health promotion activities and initiatives for the client's workforce.
• Delivering comprehensive assessment and formulation that drives an evidence-based intervention for clients.
• Ensuring an assessment determines the most appropriate pathway of care and support for the eligible clients.
• Working at an individual level with differing models of service delivery including face-to-face, telephone or video consultation depending on clients preference and need.
• To adhere to Bupa's case management processes and work collaboratively with the Clinical Leads and wider therapy team.
• To adhere to sessional limits depending on the client's monetary allowance as determined by their Private Medical insurance, whilst working towards therapeutic recovery goals.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role

• Professional doctorate qualification in Clinical Psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society. Registered as a qualified Chartered Clinical Psychologist.
• At least 1 year's post-qualification clinical experience.
• Extensive post-qualification clinical experience from a clinical psychology practice with diverse and varied clinical experience to draw upon.
• Experience of clinical management.
• Ability to present to groups and deliver training workshops preferred.

In addition, you will be a team player, have excellent communication skills, be able to work autonomously and have some understanding or prior experience of working in a corporate business environment.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (pro-rata), increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
• An enhanced pension plan and life assurance.
• Performance-based bonus.
• Monthly supervision paid by Bupa.
• Up to 100% of accreditation application paid by Bupa.
• Full induction and training provided.
• Support with your CPD.
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available.
• Various other benefits and online discounts.
• Opportunities for career development around Bupa.
• Option to join dental insurance scheme at a discounted rate.
• Access to our Digital GP platform on your mobile.
• Emotional wellbeing support.
• Access to family mental health line.
• Financial wellbeing channels.
• Support for carers.

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type: Full time

Job Area:

Locations: Home Based North c/o Bupa Place