Overview
Priory Hospital, Southampton are looking for an enthusiastic clinical or counselling psychologist to join the psychology team in delivering individual therapy, group therapies and assessments as part of delivering excellent standards of care for NHS service users requiring inpatient hospital admission. This role could cater for someone seeking flexible working alongside another job role or other commitments as we are looking to recruit a psychologist for 15 hours per week in a part-time permanent role. The individual therapy delivered at our hospital is exclusively with the service users on our specialist eating disorder ward, Skylark, therefore we are seeking a psychologist with an interest or previous experience in working with those suffering with an eating disorder.
Responsibilities
* Deliver individual therapy, group therapies and assessments for NHS service users requiring inpatient admission.
* Provide services on the Skylark eating disorder ward with an interest or experience in treating eating disorders.
* Participate in group therapy across wards; experience with CBT, DBT and/or ACT approaches is desirable.
* Be part of a multidisciplinary team including a Counselling Psychologist, Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Creative Arts Therapist and Assistant Psychologist; supervision and professional development opportunities are available.
* Contribute to carer support, assessments and written psychological formulations; facilitate staff training, consultations/peer supervision and reflective practice sessions.
Person Specification
Essential
* The successful candidate will be an HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.
Desirable
* Experience in outpatient or inpatient NHS services within an inpatient context.
* This role will be on-site and therapies will be delivered in-person.
Disclosure and UK Registration
* This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the DBS will be required.
* Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Details
* Employer: Priory Healthcare
* Location: The Priory Hospital, Marchwood Park, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4DA
* Salary: £48,250 – £58,250 depending on experience
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Part-time (15 hours per week)
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