Senior Psychologist (Mat Leave Cover)

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

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare organization as a Senior Clinical Psychologist, where you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of women with complex care needs. This fulfilling role involves developing and delivering specialized psychological treatments while working within a supportive multidisciplinary team. With a strong emphasis on professional development, you will have access to a range of training opportunities to advance your career. Enjoy benefits like generous annual leave, wellbeing support, and a stable work environment within an established organization dedicated to excellence in healthcare.

Benefits

33 days of annual leave

Free meals

Free parking

Wellbeing support

Career development opportunities

Pension contributions

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts

Special offers

Qualifications

• BPS accredited and HCPC approved Doctorate in Psychology required.
• Post-doctoral knowledge in research methodology and complex data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic and clinical strategies to enhance care pathways.
• Manage a designated caseload with complex needs.

Skills

Psychological Treatment Design

Complex Needs Assessment

Research Methodology

Data Analysis

Education

Doctorate in Psychology

Chartered Membership of BPS

Job description

Farndon, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
NG24

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 work at The Farndon Unit, a service providing low secure care for women with severe and enduring mental illness, personality disorders, or mild learning disabilities. The unit offers low secure, acute, and rehab services within the hospital. There is a strong emphasis on teamwork and Continuing Professional Development (CPD), with access to a range of training opportunities to advance your career.

Reporting to the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, your responsibilities will include assisting in the delivery of strategic and clinical strategies to develop the care pathway through specialist psychological advice and consultations.

You should have experience and knowledge in managing a designated caseload, including assessing service users with complex needs, and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatments within neurological care services.

We value your professional growth and offer numerous career development opportunities. Our extensive training courses are designed to support your success and career progression.

This role is fulfilling and exemplifies what delivering excellent healthcare should feel like.

As a Senior Clinical Psychologist, your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering strategic and clinical strategies to enhance and develop the care pathway.
• Identifying and developing new services for other conditions.
• Ensuring all non-medical therapeutic approaches are based on a conceptual model, have an empirical evidence base, and their effectiveness is measured.
• Ensuring all members of the transdisciplinary team understand the concepts and principles underpinning the framework and possess the necessary skills.

Requirements to be successful in this role:

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

Location:

Farndon Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 4SW

You will work at The Farndon Unit, which offers personalized assessment and recovery-based treatment pathways for women with complex care needs, including trauma-specific pathways, within a multidisciplinary team.

Benefits include:

• Annual salary of £57,200
• 33 days of annual leave (including Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training opportunities
• Pension contributions
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Additional benefits such as retail discounts and special offers

About the employer:

Work for an established, stable organization with over 8,000 employees and a wide network of services across England and Wales, covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and more. Part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network employing over 86,000 people.

We promote safer recruitment and are committed to inclusive, accessible hiring. All staff must understand their responsibility to promote and safeguard service users' welfare. A DBS check is required.