Senior Psychologist (Mat Leave Cover)

Elysium Healthcare; Newark on Trent; On-site; GBP 58,000; Full time

Job description

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Introduction

Are you an experienced Senior Clinical Psychologist looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference and change 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 low secure care for women with a diagnosis of severe and enduring mental illness and/or personality disorder and/or mild learning disability. We have low secure, acute, and rehab services within the hospital. 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.

Reporting to the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, you will be responsible for assisting in the delivery of strategic and clinical strategies to grow and further develop the care pathway through specialist psychological advice and consultations.

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 within neurological care services.

We value your professional growth and 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:

• Deliver strategic and clinical strategies to grow and further develop the care pathway.
• Identify and develop new services for other conditions.
• Ensure all non-medical therapeutic approaches are underpinned by a conceptual model, have an empirical evidence base, and that their effectiveness is measured.
• Ensure that all members of the transdisciplinary team have access to and understanding of the concepts and principles underpinning the framework and the specialised skills.

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

• BPS accredited and HCPC approved Doctorate.
• HCPC Registered.
• Chartered Member of the BPS.
• Post-doctoral level knowledge and application of research methodology, research design, and complex, multivariate data analysis.

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.

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.