Job Description
Principal Psychologist (Low Secure & Rehab)
£34,950 - £40,950
Part time (22.5 hours)
On-site working
Fully funded CPD
We are working with the leading independent provider of mental health and adult social care in the UK that has a "good" CQC rating. Offering excellent working facilities & continuous development, you will be part of a compassionate team that are serious about personal development and use a trauma informed approach to help support the recovery of patients.
Essential:
* Doctoral qualification (or equivalent) in applied psychology
* Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist and preferably Charterable status with the British Psychological Society.
* Experience working with individuals with complex needs relevant to the service population -
* Competence in assessing, formulating, and working therapeutically with service users with mental illness, personality disorder, learning difficulties and autism and the delivery of high-level interventions
* Confident grasp of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and at least two other therapeutic modalities - including training in an intervention suitable for working with location specific disorders
* Understand and apply therapy principles with a willingness to train if not already received
Job Responsibilities:
* Conduct psychological and psychometric assessments, accurately interpreting and reporting findings
* Coordinate psychological input from the wider psychology team, including qualified psychologists, trainees, assistants and students.
* Liaise with inpatient and community psychology services to support continuity of care.
* Provide consultation and psychological advice to multidisciplinary staff regarding assessment, therapy and effective approaches for specific service users.
* Provide clinical, professional and management supervision to junior psychology staff.
* Prepare assessment and risk reports in line with psychological service provision.
* Attend and contribute to CPA reviews, offering psychological perspectives on treatment planning, risk management and systemic interventions
* Communicate assessment findings, formulations and treatment plans sensitively and effectively to patients, families and the multidisciplinary team
* Facilitate staff training aligned with the psychology provision.
* Conduct research, service evaluations and audits to support service improvement.
Please note this is also available as a full time role.
To be considered, click apply or send your CV to;
d.hughes@linqrecruitment.co.uk