Job summary
Are you a skilled and motivated Psychologist looking to take the next step in your career? If so, there is an exciting opportunity to joinan established multidisciplinary team as a Clinical Psychologist at The Brighton and Hove Clinic.
The Brighton and Hove clinic is a specialist inpatient eating disorder unit for children and adolescents.
Reporting directly to the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, you will be responsible for the delivery of evidence-based individual and group interventions, diagnostic and cognitive assessments, MDT working and risk assessments. You will also facilitate staff reflective practice sessions and be requested to design and deliver training to the multi-disciplinary team.
As a Psychologist, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a therapy caseload, including assessing complex needs and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatments to support individualised patient care plans.
Your Psychologist career atBrighton and Hove Clinicwill be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills throughout your time with us. Your professional growth is valued and there are numerous career development opportunities on offer. There is an extensive range of courses designed to help you grow and succeed in your career, as well access to external training opportunities to support professional development.
It's a career that brings pride and fulfilment, a true representation of what delivering great healthcare should feel like.
Main duties of the job
As an Clinical Psychologist you will be:
- Providing specialist psychological assessments, and individualised evidence-based psychological interventions for patients with severe eating disorders and complex mental health difficulties.
- Providing evidence-based and formulation-driven psychological perspectives to multidisciplinary risk management, care planning and decision-making.
- Managing a complex caseload as an individual psychological therapist working within a multidisciplinary team, in addition to facilitating group psychological interventions and family/systemic interventions.
- Monitoring clinical progress through regular reviews of psychological treatment.
- Providing high-quality clinical supervision to junior members of the psychology team.
- Supporting staff development through the provision of training, consultation, formulation meetings and reflective practice sessions.
- Contributing to service developments within the therapies team and wider service.
- Receiving regularsupervision and line management from the Regional Therapies Lead/Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
- Being professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care.
- Maintaining high standards of care in all areas of practice and in accordance the HCPC Code of Conduct,professional guidelinesand Company Policies and Procedures.
About us
About your next employer
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each persons individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
Job description
Job responsibilities
.As an inpatient Psychologist you will be:
- Providing specialist psychological assessments, and individualised evidence-based psychological interventions for patients with severe eating disorders and complex mental health difficulties.
- Providing evidence-based and formulation-driven psychological perspectives to multidisciplinary risk management, care planning and decision-making.
- Managing a complex caseload as an individual psychological therapist working within a multidisciplinary team, in addition to facilitating group psychological interventions and family/systemic interventions.
- Monitoring clinical progress through regular reviews of psychological treatment.
- Providing high-quality clinical supervision to junior members of the psychology team.
- Supporting staff development through the provision of training, consultation, formulation meetings and reflective practice sessions.
- Contributing to service developments within the therapies team and wider service.
- Receiving regular supervision and line management from the Regional Therapies Lead/Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
- Being professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care.
- Maintaining high standards of care in all areas of practice and in accordance the HCPC Code of Conduct,professional guidelinesand Company Policies and Procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
.As an inpatient Psychologist you will be:
- Providing specialist psychological assessments, and individualised evidence-based psychological interventions for patients with severe eating disorders and complex mental health difficulties.
- Providing evidence-based and formulation-driven psychological perspectives to multidisciplinary risk management, care planning and decision-making.
- Managing a complex caseload as an individual psychological therapist working within a multidisciplinary team, in addition to facilitating group psychological interventions and family/systemic interventions.
- Monitoring clinical progress through regular reviews of psychological treatment.
- Providing high-quality clinical supervision to junior members of the psychology team.
- Supporting staff development through the provision of training, consultation, formulation meetings and reflective practice sessions.
- Contributing to service developments within the therapies team and wider service.
- Receiving regular supervision and line management from the Regional Therapies Lead/Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
- Being professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care.
- Maintaining high standards of care in all areas of practice and in accordance the HCPC Code of Conduct,professional guidelinesand Company Policies and Procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To be successful in this role, youll need:
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent if trained overseas).
- Registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist.
- We will also consider applicants from newly qualified clinical/counselling psychologists, or from those who are about to qualify (please clearly state in the application when you will receive HCPC registration).
- Knowledge and understanding of eating disorders and related comorbidities (e.g. anxiety, trauma, depression, self-harm), and the impact these on both children and adolescents, and their families.
- Prior experience in eating disorders is desirable but not essential for this position. Experience working with patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, neurodivergence, trauma and personality disorders is also desirable.
- Post qualification training in the specialist application of therapeutic models relevant for working with children and adolescents with eating disorders and other comorbidities (or for newly qualified psychologists an interest in undertaking further specialist training).
- Experience of supervising and training junior members of the team.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients psychological care and treatment as a qualified professional within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To be successful in this role, youll need:
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent if trained overseas).
- Registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist.
- We will also consider applicants from newly qualified clinical/counselling psychologists, or from those who are about to qualify (please clearly state in the application when you will receive HCPC registration).
- Knowledge and understanding of eating disorders and related comorbidities (e.g. anxiety, trauma, depression, self-harm), and the impact these on both children and adolescents, and their families.
- Prior experience in eating disorders is desirable but not essential for this position. Experience working with patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, neurodivergence, trauma and personality disorders is also desirable.
- Post qualification training in the specialist application of therapeutic models relevant for working with children and adolescents with eating disorders and other comorbidities (or for newly qualified psychologists an interest in undertaking further specialist training).
- Experience of supervising and training junior members of the team.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients psychological care and treatment as a qualified professional within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
