# Principal Psychologist

**Company**: Priorygroup
**Location**: Birmingham, West Midlands
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: part-time
**Salary**: £46,600 per annum pro-rata
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Priory Hospital Woodbourne has an opportunity for a Principal Psychologist to join their team. This is a part-time role working 30 hours per week, with a pro-rata salary of £46,600 per annum.

The successful candidate will play a key part in patient recovery, supporting the assessment and delivery of tailored treatment plans while ensuring dignity, respect, and high standards of care.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading psychological care for designated wards/patients, including assessment, intervention, and evaluation

- Working autonomously within professional and service guidelines

- Supervising and supporting psychology staff, trainees, and students

- Providing consultation, reflective practice, and staff training

- Contributing to multidisciplinary reviews, risk assessments, and patient care planning

- Maintaining accurate clinical records and managing administrative responsibilities

- Supporting service development, audits, research, and evidence-based practice

- Overseeing referrals, waiting lists, KPIs, and governance of psychological practice

- Building effective relationships with patients, carers, staff, and external agencies

- Maintaining CPD, supervision, and compliance with Health & Safety and Mental Health Act requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

- A completed and recognised postgraduate qualification leading to HCPC registration

- Current HCPC registration as a Psychologist

- Formal training in at least two therapeutic modalities

- Demonstrated relevant post-qualification experience and competencies appropriate to a Principal Psychologist role

Benefits include:

- Free on-site parking

- Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra day's annual leave

- Enhanced maternity pay

- Contributory pension scheme

- Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes such as gym membership, IT technology, and Healthcare Cash Plan

- Access to development opportunities

- Sponsorship of professional qualifications through the Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel

- Leadership & management development

- Long service award

- Refer a friend bonuses

## Skills

### Required
- HCPC registration
- postgraduate qualification in Psychology
- therapeutic modalities

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