Job responsibilities
Are you an experienced Psychologist looking for a rewarding career, where you can make a difference and change lives for the better? If so, join the team at Crossley Place in Rainhill and enjoy support from a regional network of psychologists.
Working 22.5 hours a week, you will support the provision of psychology services in a specified area, in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, and under the direction and supervision of a Senior/Principal/Consultant or Lead Psychologist.
As a Psychologist, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a service user’s caseload, including assessing complex needs and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatments to support their care plans.
You'll be a part of an environment where there is a strong emphasis on teamwork and CPD, with continuous access to a range of training opportunities to move your career forward.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Participate fully with the multidisciplinary team and ensure that the patient is fully engaged in their care pathway.
- To support clinical team working, including both direct interventions and the delivery of staff training programmes.
- To support the clinical team and area of service in developing new initiatives and ways of working.
- To work with internal and external agencies in order to enhance treatment pathways for patients.
- To develop and manage groupwork programmes and innovative therapeutic approaches. To ensure that appropriate outcome measures are in place.
- To ensure that Psychology practices in the specified area of service maintains the highest standards of professional practice and ethics, complying with clinical governance standards at all times.
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
- Doctorate level qualification in applied psychology either through the British Psychological Society or a recognised training body, enabling registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Experience (either pre-training, on training, or subsequently) of working with clients with complex needs that are relevant to the population in the service area
- Competency in psychological assessment and formulation skills and an aptitude for learning new assessment methods.
- Competency as regards risk assessment/management tools and formulation.
- Clinical therapy skills - Experience in one or more therapeutic modalities
What you will get:
- Annual salary between £56,160 pro rata 22.5 hrs a week
- FTE of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holiday and your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity Package
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.
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 and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
