Counselling / clinical psychologist in complex care

Counselling / Clinical Psychologist in Complex Care

Queensway Hospital (Rotherham) is looking for a part time (3 days/week) HCPC registered clinical or counselling psychologist skilled at working with adults with complex mental health and co‑morbidity presentations e.g. ASC, complex trauma, personality disorders, functional neurological disorder, disordered eating, depression, OCD and self‑harm. Salaries in the region of £55 to £60 K (pro rata) will be negotiated depending on experience.

Want to work in a service where you can offer excellent psychological care in a highly competent, multi‑disciplinary team, with space for innovation and room to develop your areas of clinical interest in complex mental health disorders and/or the associated co‑morbidities? If yes, then Ellern Mede is the organisation for you.

The part‑time post will be appointed according to experience, and applications will be welcomed from both well‑established psychologists and more recently qualified psychologists who would like to develop expertise within this specialist field of complex care.

Main duties of the job

The post is integral in supporting and developing psychological perspectives across the MDT as well as in providing assessment, formulation and therapy to patients and their families. Specialist psychological interventions (in individual, family and group settings) and therapeutic relationships play an important role in supporting vulnerable adults to overcome their mental health difficulties and prepare for life outside of hospital. The post will be supervised by a consultant or senior clinical psychologist and you will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, other psychologists, assistant psychologists, therapeutic support workers and autism champions (i.e. with psychology undergraduate degrees) on the unit and as part of the psychological services team who work closely across the Ellern Mede hospital sites.

Ellern Mede has a reputation as a ‘unit of last resort’ treating some of the most complex patients in the UK. As such, we are committed to offering evidence‑based treatments, but also want to create opportunities to expand the evidence‑base and knowledge in the field. Consequently, there will be excellent opportunities for research, training, teaching, service improvement and service evaluation projects. We have a fortnightly Academic Forum across the group which you will be able to join for CPD and presentations from internal and external speakers. The role will include opportunities for research and clinical/counselling psychology trainee placements.

You need to be empathetic, boundaried, clinically skilful and a team‑player given the challenges of working on an inpatient unit. Inpatient working is primarily on site and has continued face‑to‑face rather than remotely.

About us

The Ellern Mede Group is a leading provider of specialist care for individuals with complex mental health needs. Our dedicated teams of healthcare professionals deliver high‑quality treatment, tailored to meet the unique needs of each patient. With a person‑centred approach, we offer formulation driven and evidence‑based interventions and therapy, nutritional support, and medical management in a compassionate and supportive environment.

Benefits

• Free lunch at work
• Blue Light Discount Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Online Academic Meetings

Person Specification

Qualification

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology including specific models of psychopathology and psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Experience

• Experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist within Adult Mental Health.
• Experience of teaching and training.
• Experience of developing and running groups.
• Experience of supervision of staff.
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adult and young people across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse.
• Post‑qualification experience of working with patients (and their families) with eating disorders, complex care and/or associated co‑morbidities (e.g. ASD, complex trauma, EUPD, depression, OCD, self‑harm).
• Experience of the application of clinical or counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of providing consultation / training for staff.
• Experience of supervision of trainee or assistant psychologists or other psychologists.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.