Remote Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

Bupa; Salford; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurance provider is looking for a Remote Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to provide effective mental health services. The role requires a professional doctorate and a minimum of one year’s clinical experience. Flexible full-time or part-time hours are available, along with a competitive starting salary of £60,000. The position includes various benefits and supports professional development.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year

Bupa health insurance

Enhanced pension plan and life assurance

Performance-based bonus

Monthly supervision paid by Bupa

Full induction and training provided

Online discounts

Opportunities for career development

Access to Digital GP platform

Emotional wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Must have excellent communication skills and work autonomously.
• Familiarity with corporate business environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality mental health service using evidence-based practice.
• Contribute to health promotion activities for clients.
• Deliver assessments and interventions for clients' pathways of care.
• Adhere to Bupa’s case management processes.

Skills

Professional doctorate qualification in Clinical Psychology

At least 1 year’s post-qualification clinical experience

Extensive post-qualification clinical experience

Clinical management experience

Presentation and training workshop delivery

Education

Registered as a qualified Chartered Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Job Description:

Remote Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

HCPC registered

UK Nationwide – Remote working

Starting salary: £60,000 per annum (pro rata)

Permanent

Full time and Part Time hours (flexible but requiring minimum 3x days per week and 1 late per week) based on 40 hours per week

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.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• 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