Senior Psychologist(Copy)

Elysium Healthcare; Warrington; On-site; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare is seeking a Senior Psychologist for St Mary’s Hospital in Warrington, offering a rewarding environment to make a real impact. The successful candidate will deliver psychological services, support clinical teams, and contribute to patient care and treatment pathways within a multidisciplinary framework.

Benefits

Annual salary of £55,000

33 days annual leave plus birthday off

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support and activities

24-hour GP Service

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Experience with clients with complex needs.
• Competency in psychological assessment and formulation skills.
• Experience in one or more therapeutic modalities.

Responsibilities

• Providing psychological assessments of patients
• Formulating psychological treatment plans
• Implementing psychological interventions and groupwork programmes.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Formulation skills

Structured risk assessment

Therapeutic modalities (CBT, DBT, etc.)

Education

Doctorate in applied psychology

Job description

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Are you an experienced Senior Psychologist looking for a new challenge in a rewarding environment, where you can make a real difference? If so, then join the team at St Mary’s Hospital in (Warrington, Cheshire) as a Senior Psychologist and enjoy support from a regional network of Psychologists as you flourish in your career.

What You Will Be Doing

You will work 37.5 hours a week as the Senior Psychologist for a service that offers (Neuro-Forensic Acquired Brain Injury rehabilitation for adult males).

In collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and under the direction and supervision of the Joint Heads of Psychology, you will support the delivery of psychology services across St Mary’s Hospital. In the absence of the Joint Heads, you will act as the primary point of contact between the psychology department and the senior management team.

As the Senior Psychologist you will have active participation in multidisciplinary team work, ensuring that our service users are fully engaged in their care pathways. It also includes supporting clinical team efforts through both direct interventions and the facilitation of staff training programmes. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of new initiatives and ways of working within the service and working in partnership with both internal and external agencies to enhance treatment pathways for service users.

There is a strong emphasis on teamwork, supervision and CPD, with support from a regional network of Psychologists.

As a Senior Psychologist You Will Be

• Providing psychological assessments of patients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological (and neuropsychological) tests, self-report measures, rating scales direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the patient’s care.
• Formulating plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of acquired brain injury and forensic risk designed around the patient’s needs, and employing methods unpinned by relevant evidence-based practice and appropriate conceptual frameworks.
• Implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals within and across teams.
• Acting as psychologist for a ward and/or group of patients as directed by the Joint Heads of Psychology.
• Developing and managing groupwork programmes and innovative therapeutic approaches and ensuring that appropriate outcome measures are in place.
• Taking a key role in Psychology service developments, providing an evidence-based approach to new clinical initiatives.
  
  

To Be Successful As a Senior Psychologist, You'll Have

• Successful completion of a Doctorate level qualifcation in applied psychology (clinical, forensic, counselling) either through the British Psychological Society or a recognised training body, enabling registration with the HCPC as as Practitioner Psychologist.
• Experience (either pre-training, on training, or subsequently) of working with clients with complex needs that are relevant to the service population. This can include forensic, neuropsychological rehabilitation, learning difficulty, neurodiversity and complex trauma.
• Competency in psychological assessment and formulation skills and an aptitude for learning new assessment methods including standardised cognitive assessment (WAIS, RBANS etc)
• A well developed competency in structured risk assessment and management tools.
• Experience in one or more therapeutic modalities (CBT, DBT, CAT, CFT, EMDR etc)
  
  

Where You Will Be Working

St Mary's Hospital, Floyd Drive, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8DB

What You Will Get

• Annual salary of £ 55,000
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• 24 hour GP Service to ensure you are the best you can be
• 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.

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.

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