Job summary
Priory Hospital Lakeside View are recruiting a Principle Psychologist to join their team.
The Principle Psychologist will work closely with the hospital director/director of clinical services/medical director to implement an innovative and evidence-based psychology pathway across the hospital, and ensure the implementation of a high quality psychology department.
Main duties of the job
The clinical team at Lakeside View encourage full involvement of each individual, their family and external professionals throughout their stay. Individuals are invited to attend ward reviews and care planning approach (CPA) meetings to ensure clear communication throughout the care pathway in order to promote their recovery and facilitate discharge.
You will be responsible for individual and group interventions, diagnostic and cognitive assessments, MDT working, risk assessments, facilitate staff reflective practice sessions and will be requested to design and deliver training.
About us
Priory Lakeside View cares for adults of working age with acute mental health care needs within a safe, therapeutic environment in Willenhall, West Midlands.
We aim to provide a person-centred approach that promotes collaborative care planning to optimise treatment goals. From the point of admission into our acute services, we aim to support service users' safe discharge back into the community where they can continue to progress towards recovery in a less restrictive environment.
The aim of our service is to act as an extension to NHS care pathways during times of fluctuating capacity and flow, allowing many service users' to receive care and treatment closer to home. This will provide continuity of care and aim to minimise disruption to service users' and their loved ones.
The hospital has 28 beds comprising of:
2 Male acute mental health service 20 beds
Female acute mental health service 8 beds
Our acute service provides dedicated mental health treatment for males and females of working age, across the three units.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Principle Clinical Psychologist, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a service users caseload, including assessing service users with personality disorders, autism and associated challenges, and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatment within a mental health setting.
You will work be working with a dynamic multi-professional team leading the development of individual formulations and psychological assessment. This will be done with the support of other members of the psychology team, you will support the development and delivery of behavioural and other psychological interventions for service users and provide appropriately guidance to reduce risks, aid recovery and independence.
You will be working for an organisation where there is a strong emphasis on teamwork and personal development, where you will have continuous access to a range of training opportunities to move your career forward.
You must be a confident leader who is keen to support the development of others, understand the dynamics of working in both.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave
- Company pension scheme
- An extra days holiday to have your birthday off
- Free meals on duty
- Access to a pooled wellbeing fund which is used to improve health and wellbeing of the team at Lakeside View
- Access to kitchen with free hot and cold drinks, breakfast and fruit
- Relocation package can also be offered
- Access to our flexible benefits portal 'Priory Perks'
Due to limits on sponsorship
allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new
candidates for these roles, this remains under review.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Principle Clinical Psychologist, you will have experience and knowledge in carrying a service users caseload, including assessing service users with personality disorders, autism and associated challenges, and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatment within a mental health setting.
You will work be working with a dynamic multi-professional team leading the development of individual formulations and psychological assessment. This will be done with the support of other members of the psychology team, you will support the development and delivery of behavioural and other psychological interventions for service users and provide appropriately guidance to reduce risks, aid recovery and independence.
You will be working for an organisation where there is a strong emphasis on teamwork and personal development, where you will have continuous access to a range of training opportunities to move your career forward.
You must be a confident leader who is keen to support the development of others, understand the dynamics of working in both.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave
- Company pension scheme
- An extra days holiday to have your birthday off
- Free meals on duty
- Access to a pooled wellbeing fund which is used to improve health and wellbeing of the team at Lakeside View
- Access to kitchen with free hot and cold drinks, breakfast and fruit
- Relocation package can also be offered
- Access to our flexible benefits portal 'Priory Perks'
Due to limits on sponsorship
allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new
candidates for these roles, this remains under review.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A confident grasp of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and at least two other therapeutic modalities at least one of which includes training in an intervention suitable for working with e.g. (equivalent location specific disorders).
- An understanding and application of therapy principles with a willingness to train in therapies if not already received.
- Experience of working in areas of Complex Clients. Also in delivering high-level interventions for those complex service users.
- Training in Clinical Supervision
- Understanding, experience and training in assessment
- Leadership and management experience.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A confident grasp of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and at least two other therapeutic modalities at least one of which includes training in an intervention suitable for working with e.g. (equivalent location specific disorders).
- An understanding and application of therapy principles with a willingness to train in therapies if not already received.
- Experience of working in areas of Complex Clients. Also in delivering high-level interventions for those complex service users.
- Training in Clinical Supervision
- Understanding, experience and training in assessment
- Leadership and management experience.
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).
Additional information
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).
