Senior Psychologist (Mat Leave Cover)

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Elysium Healthcare as a Senior Clinical Psychologist and make a difference in patients' lives. You will work at the Farndon Unit, focusing on women with severe mental illness and ensure a holistic treatment approach, while benefiting from competitive salary, career development, and extensive training opportunities.

Benefits

33 days annual leave plus birthday off

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support and work-life balance activities

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts and other benefits

Qualifications

• BPS accredited and HCPC approved Doctorate required.
• Experience working with clients with complex needs, especially with a trauma-informed approach.
• Competence in assessing, formulating, and working therapeutically with mental illness.

Responsibilities

• Working therapeutically with service users with complex presentations.
• Formulating and implementing plans for specialist psychological treatment.
• Contributing to MDT care planning and professional development.

Skills

Assessment and formulation

Therapeutic intervention

Team collaboration

Knowledge of trauma

Education

BPS accredited Doctorate

HCPC registration

Chartered Member of the BPS

Job description

Introduction

Are you an experienced Senior Clinical Psychologist looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference and changes lives for the better? Join the team at The Farndon Unit and enjoy support from a regional network of healthcare professionals. Covering maternity leave on a 1-year fixed term contract you will be working at The Farndon Unit, a service that provides care for women with a diagnosis of severe and enduring mental illness and/or personality disorder. We have low secure, acute and rehab services within the hospital which the candidate will be supporting. There is a strong emphasis on teamwork and CPD at The Farndon Unit where you will have continuous access to a range of training opportunities to move your career forward. You will have experience and knowledge in carrying a designated caseload, including assessing service users with complex needs, and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatment with an emphasis on trauma informed care.

Your professional growth is valued that’s why we offer numerous career development opportunities. Our extensive range of courses is designed to help you grow and succeed in your career.

It's a career that brings pride and fulfilment a true representation of what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

As a Senior Clinical Psychologist, you will be:

• Working therapeutically with service users with complex presentations, undertaking assessments using a broad range of structured psychometric and semi structured clinical methods.
• Formulating and implementing plans for specialist psychological treatment or management of patients’ mental health needs based on a multi-factorial psychological understanding and current evidence based best practice.
• Contributing to MDT care planning and review.
• Take a key role in Psychology service developments, providing an evidence-based approach to new clinical initiatives.
• Be aware of new and innovative approaches to managing complex cases and new service developments and promote these effectively within the organisation.
• Contributing to professional development within the psychology team.
• Contributing to audit and research as directed by the Lead Psychologist.
• Maintaining high standards of care in all areas of practice and in accordance with the HCPC Standards of Proficiency; HCPC Standards of conduct, performance and ethics; BPS Code of Ethics and Conduct; and company policies and procedures.
• Being professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care.
• Support in the development and delivery of training programmes to aid the development of staff teams in a given service area.
• Providing clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists, as directed by the Lead Psychologist.

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• BPS accredited and HCPC approved Doctorate.
• HCPC Registered.
• Chartered Member of the BPS
• Experience of working with clients with complex needs that are relevant to the population. Particularly with a trauma informed approach.
• Competence in assessing, formulating, and working therapeutically with service users with mental illness and/or personality disorder.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies, formulation models and relevant risk and clinical assessments.
• Knowledge and understanding of working with trauma.

Where you will be working:

Location: Farndon Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 4SW

You will be working at the Farndon Unit, low secure, acute and rehab services within the hospital which offers personalised assessment and recovery-based treatment pathways for women with complex care needs.

The Farndon Unit provides care for women with a diagnosis of severe and enduring mental illness and/or personality disorder and/or mild learning disability. You will be working alongside a multidisciplinary team offering personalised assessment and recovery-based treatment pathways, including a trauma specific pathway, for women with complex care needs.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £57,200
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – (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.

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.