Clinical Psychologist Mat cover

Company:

Location:

Charlwood , RH6

Country:

United Kingdom

Job Type:

Permanent Full Time

A Salary of £55,000

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 Emerald Place Clinic.

Emerald Place clinic is a general adolescent inpatient unit got the care and treatment of young people aged 12 upto to the age of 18.

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 at Emerald Place will 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.

As an Clinical Psychologist you will be:

• Providing specialist psychological assessments, and individualised evidence-based psychological interventions for patients with 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 guidelines and Company Policies and Procedures.

To be successful in this role, you’ll 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.
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