Senior Psychologist

St John of God University Hospital; Dublin; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

St John of God University Hospital invites applications for a Senior Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) on a specified purpose, part-time basis (17.5 hours per week). The role involves delivering specialist psychology services to adolescents and families, including assessment, intervention, reporting, and service development within a multidisciplinary team.

The successful candidate will hold a PhD accredited in Clinical or Counselling Psychology, have post-qualification experience with

Qualifications

• Clinical/Counselling Psychology qualification (min. PhD) accredited by PSY and Dept. of Health.
• Post-qualification experience with adolescents & families across service settings.
• Experience managing own workload within a busy MDT.
• Expertise in at least two subspecialty modalities (e.g., CBTe, DBT, CFTe).

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychology services for clients and families including assessment, intervention, report writing and outcome measurement.
• Lead development of treatment pathways to improve client access to psychology time.
• Formulate and implement plans for treatment based on sound clinical frameworks.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to support adolescents and families.

Skills

CBTe

DBT

CFTe

Adolescent & family work

Education

PhD in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Job description

Senior Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) – Specified Purpose, Part-time (17.5 Hours per week)

Responsibilities

• To provide a range of specialist psychology services for clients and family members including: comprehensive assessment; intervention that includes a range of modalities and therapy models (e.g., CBTe, DBT, CBT, etc); report writing; psychological programme implementation; outcome measurement; and review of effectiveness and service user satisfaction.
• To lead in developing treatment pathways which ensure client access to psychology time.
• To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health needs, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s difficulties, and employing methods of proven efficacy.
• To work as a member of a multidisciplinary team providing an integrated and co-ordinated service to adolescents and their families, and to contribute to the integrated care plans.

Essential Qualifications

• Clinical/Counselling Psychology qualification (min. PhD) as accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland and Dept. of Health.
• Post qualification experience of working with adolescents & families across service settings and agencies.
• Experience of managing own workload and responding to demand for psychology within a busy MDT.
• Highly developed, in-depth knowledge & experience of specialist therapeutic interventions with the client group, including at least two subspecialty areas, (e.g., CBTe, DBT, CFTe, etc.).