Practitioner Psychologist

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Full time
Location: Atherton
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Job offered by: Elysium Healthcare
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Atherton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M46

Are you an experienced Psychologist looking to take the next step in your career? If so, join The Spinney in Atherton in Manchester, a service for care and support for men aged 18 years and over with a mental illness, who have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.

Working 22.5 hours a week, this is an opportunity to change lives for the better and help some of the most vulnerable people in society.

As part of your role, you will be reporting to the Lead Psychologist and will be responsible for the delivery of evidence-based individual and group interventions, cognitive assessments, MDT working and risk assessments. You will also facilitate staff reflective practice sessions which are often a much-needed space for our staff to slow down, reflect and develop. The Spinney have adopted the heads and hearts model to facilitate the space.

The department consists of Assistant Psychologists, Forensic Psychologists in Training, Practitioner Psychologists, Senior Practitioner Psychologists and a Lead Psychologist. In the team, people are trained in a variety of therapies including EMDR, DBT, CBT, CFT, ACT, PIT. We also enjoy bringing some light-heartedness and fun to, what can sometimes be, a challenging role. Recently, we have enjoyed a team away day in which we did an escape room, had a treasure hunt around Manchester, connected with each other with a compassionate care space and shared some good food.

The Spinney provide a monthly CPD slot within the psychology department to share knowledge, there are also quarterly CPD days with the wider regional Psychology teams, we have access to external training opportunities, and we have monthly reflective practice for our own team facilitated externally. Your ideas on how to contribute to this or grow it further would be warmly received.

Working within the Psychology department at the Spinney you will be able to offer your expertise and experience of working with people in a forensic mental health setting. Most importantly, you will be a very valued staff member, and we think your career with us will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialists' skills throughout your time with us.

As a Psychologist you will be: Providing specialist psychological assessments, formulations and individualised evidence-based psychological interventions for people with complex mental health difficulties. Providing evidence-based and formulation-driven psychological perspectives to multidisciplinary risk management, care planning and decision-making to promote psychological wellbeing. Communicating complex and sensitive information to colleagues, service users, carers/relatives and other professionals to support psychological wellbeing, safeguarding, and risk assessments. Supporting and promoting open cultures within teams and services. Managing a complex caseload as a ward Psychologist working within a multidisciplinary team, in addition to facilitating group psychological interventions. Monitoring clinical progress through regular reviews of psychological treatment. Providing high-quality clinical supervision to assistant psychologists and/or trainees in the psychology team. Supporting staff development through the provision of training, consultation, formulation meetings and reflective practice sessions. Contributing to service developments within the psychology team and wider service. Receiving regular line management supervision from the Lead Psychologist and clinical supervision from the Lead or other Psychologist from the team. Being professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care. Maintaining high standards of care in all areas of practice and in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Company Policies and Procedures. To be successful in this role, you'll need:

Postgraduate/Doctorate level qualification (or evidence that you will qualify), allowing you to work as a Clinical, Forensic or Counselling psychologist. Current registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist. We will also consider applicants from newly qualified Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologists, or from those who are about to qualify (please clearly state in the application when you will receive HCPC registration). Knowledge and experience of specialist, highly complex assessment, formulation and treatment of people with mental health difficulties. Knowledge of risk assessment and risk management. Post qualification training in the specialist application of therapeutic models relevant for working with people with mental health difficulties in forensic services (or for newly qualified psychologists).

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Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
Employees: 1,001-5,000
Annual Revenue: $1.1B
Founded: 2016
Address: Maxwell Road, Borehamwood, England, GB, WD6 1

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