Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

We are seeking an experienced HPC registered clinical psychologist or counselling psychologist with a Doctoral qualification to join a group of dynamic and creative psychologists working with older adults.

The post holder will work part-time on the older adult mental health inpatient wards at Highgate Mental Health Centre, providing highly skilled psychological assessment and specialist intervention to highly complex clients.

The post holder will work closely with MDT colleagues and offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to referrers, non-psychologist team colleagues, and other professional and non-professional carers.

The post holder will provide reflective practice and staff support sessions as appropriate and become actively involved in staff training and service education/training initiatives as required.

The post holder will provide supervision to qualified clinical psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists on the older adults' wards, ensuring high-quality evidence-based interventions.

The post holder will manage trainee clinical psychologists and other psychological staff working in older adult inpatient settings, where appropriate, and ensure delivery of high-quality evidence-based interventions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide highly skilled psychological assessment and specialist intervention to highly complex clients on the older adult mental health inpatient wards.
• Work closely with MDT colleagues and offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care.
• Provide reflective practice and staff support sessions.
• Provide supervision to qualified clinical psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists.
• Manage trainee clinical psychologists and other psychological staff working in older adult inpatient settings.

Requirements:

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or counselling psychology.
• Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Skills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment, intervention, and management.
• Well-developed skills in communicating effectively, orally and in writing, complex information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues.

Benefits:

• NHS Discounts.
• Generous annual leave.
• NHS pension scheme.
• Excellent internal staff network.

Location: Highgate Mental Health Centre, Dartmouth Park Hill, London, N19 5HH