Lead Psychologist

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 The Spinney Hospital and enjoy support from a regional network of psychologists as you grow your career. You will work 37.5 hours a week as the Lead Psychologist at The Spinney, a service that offers medium and low secure rehabilitation wards, a separate rehabilitation service and a psychiatric intensive unit (PICU) for males with personality disorders or mental illness. With experience from the NHS or the private sector, you will carry a caseload, which includes assessing service users with complex needs, and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatment within mental health care services. As a Lead Psychologist, will be responsible for individual and group interventions, diagnostic and cognitive assessments, MDT working and risk assessments. You will support the clinical teams in creating reports with service users to increase engagement through interventions and developing new initiatives. Working alongside the psychology department, you will enjoy being part of a team that offers a variety of therapeutic approaches to service users, including CBT, EMDR, and DBT. You will provide guidance, support and supervision to a small team of psychologists and assistants, and will be responsible for providing training. At The Spinney, you'll have the opportunity to work with people from different backgrounds with a range of presentations. The service welcomes creativity, so if you can think outside the box to help develop the service psychology provision then this could be for you. There is a strong emphasis on teamwork, supervision and CPD, with support from a regional network of Psychologists. Your responsibilities:

Attendance and contribution to Clinical Leads and Hospital Governance Meetings

Working with internal and external agencies in order to enhance treatment pathways for service users

To be successful as a Lead Psychologist, you'll need:

To be registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist and Charterable status with the British Psychological Society

Competence in assessing, formulating and working therapeutically with service users

Ability to identify and proactively resolve problems and challenges within the service

Ability to supervise junior members of the team

Knowledge and understanding of working with trauma

Experience in working with people with complex needs that are relevant to the population in the service area

Competency in psychological assessments and formulation skills and an aptitude for learning new assessment methods

Competency in cognitive functioning/management tools and formulation

Experience in using a range of therapeutic interventions to address a range of clinical and/or forensic issues

The Spinney offers medium and low secure rehabilitation wards, a separate rehabilitation service and a psychiatric intensive unit (PICU) for males with personality disorders or mental illness. What you will get:

Competitive annual salary of £62,500 - £67,500

The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - (inc Bank Holiday) plus 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 and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.

Qualifications

Essential

• To be successful as a Lead Psychologist, you'll need:
• To be registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist and Charterable status with the British Psychological Society
• Competence in assessing, formulating and working therapeutically with service users
• Ability to identify and proactively resolve problems and challenges within the service
• Ability to supervise junior members of the team
• Knowledge and understanding of working with trauma
• Experience in working with people with complex needs that are relevant to the population in the service area
• Competency in psychological assessments and formulation skills and an aptitude for learning new assessment methods
• Competency in cognitive functioning/management tools and formulation
• Experience in using a range of therapeutic interventions to address a range of clinical and/or forensic issues

Desirable

• To be successful as a Lead Psychologist, you'll need:
• To be registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist and Charterable status with the British Psychological Society
• Competence in assessing, formulating and working therapeutically with service users
• Ability to identify and proactively resolve problems and challenges within the service
• Ability to supervise junior members of the team
• Knowledge and understanding of working with trauma
• Experience in working with people with complex needs that are relevant to the population in the service area
• Competency in psychological assessments and formulation skills and an aptitude for learning new assessment methods
• Competency in cognitive functioning/management tools and formulation
• Experience in using a range of therapeutic interventions to address a range of clinical and/or forensic issues

Experience

Essential

• 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 The Spinney Hospital and enjoy support from a regional network of psychologists as you grow your career.
• You will work 37.5 hours a week as the Lead Psychologist at The Spinney, a service that offers medium and low secure rehabilitation wards, a separate rehabilitation service and a psychiatric intensive unit (PICU) for males with personality disorders or mental illness.
• With experience from the NHS or the private sector, you will carry a caseload, which includes assessing service users with complex needs, and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatment within mental health care services.
• As a Lead Psychologist, will be responsible for individual and group interventions, diagnostic and cognitive assessments, MDT working and risk assessments. You will support the clinical teams in creating reports with service users to increase engagement through interventions and developing new initiatives.
• Working alongside the psychology department, you will enjoy being part of a team that offers a variety of therapeutic approaches to service users, including CBT, EMDR, and DBT. You will provide guidance, support and supervision to a small team of psychologists and assistants, and will be responsible for providing training.
• At The Spinney, you'll have the opportunity to work with people from different backgrounds with a range of presentations. The service welcomes creativity, so if you can think outside the box to help develop the service psychology provision then this could be for you.
• There is a strong emphasis on teamwork, supervision and CPD, with support from a regional network of Psychologists.
• Your responsibilities:
• Attendance and contribution to Clinical Leads and Hospital Governance Meetings
• Working with internal and external agencies in order to enhance treatment pathways for service users

Desirable

• 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 The Spinney Hospital and enjoy support from a regional network of psychologists as you grow your career.
• You will work 37.5 hours a week as the Lead Psychologist at The Spinney, a service that offers medium and low secure rehabilitation wards, a separate rehabilitation service and a psychiatric intensive unit (PICU) for males with personality disorders or mental illness.
• With experience from the NHS or the private sector, you will carry a caseload, which includes assessing service users with complex needs, and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatment within mental health care services.
• As a Lead Psychologist, will be responsible for individual and group interventions, diagnostic and cognitive assessments, MDT working and risk assessments. You will support the clinical teams in creating reports with service users to increase engagement through interventions and developing new initiatives.
• Working alongside the psychology department, you will enjoy being part of a team that offers a variety of therapeutic approaches to service users, including CBT, EMDR, and DBT. You will provide guidance, support and supervision to a small team of psychologists and assistants, and will be responsible for providing training.
• At The Spinney, you'll have the opportunity to work with people from different backgrounds with a range of presentations. The service welcomes creativity, so if you can think outside the box to help develop the service psychology provision then this could be for you.
• There is a strong emphasis on teamwork, supervision and CPD, with support from a regional network of Psychologists.
• Your responsibilities:
• Attendance and contribution to Clinical Leads and Hospital Governance Meetings
• Working with internal and external agencies in order to enhance treatment pathways for service users

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).