Description
Are you an enthusiastic and energetic Psychologist or Psychotherapist looking for a rewarding role in Acute Mental Health?
We are seeking a compassionate clinician to join our dynamic service. In this supportive, fast-paced environment, you will have ample space to grow your therapeutic and systemic skills while bringing creative, evidence-based ideas to patient care. Working at the heart of our service, you will deliver high-quality psychological interventions, foster strong reflective practices for our staff, and act as a key liaison to support smooth patient transitions between services.
Main duties of the job
- Clinical Assessment & Treatment: Deliver specialist psychological assessments, individual treatments, and psychological formulations tailored to acute inpatient needs.
- Group Interventions: Facilitate evidence-based group work, including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)-informed skills groups and structured patient support sessions.
- MDT Consultation & Systemic Support: Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team, offering psychological consultation, advice, and systemic insights to guide holistic care.
- Staff Support & Reflective Practice: Lead reflective practice sessions and case discussions for ward staff, helping the team process complex care environments and maintain professional well-being.
- Service Development & Innovation: Contribute to creative, evidence-based improvements in how our care is delivered, bringing new ideas to team processes and ward-based groups.
- Liaison & Service Transitions: Build strong working relationships across internal and external teams to ensure safe, seamless transitions for patients moving between services.
- Family & Carer Engagement: Provide psychological guidance and intervention formats that involve families, carers, and wider care networks where appropriate.
Benefits
- Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum, plus High Cost Area allowance
- High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance: 5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,346 per year and a maximum payment of £2,270 per year
Requirements
- HCPC/UKCP registered
- Doctoral level training in psychology (desirable)
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress
- Excellent communication skills