This is an exciting and unique opportunity to become involved in a pilot service implementing Trauma Informed Care and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) with women who have complex needs and require help to manage their internal processes in a safer way. The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of CFT in a female forensic service, and if successful, duplicate the service in other environments requiring an effective evolutionary, bio-psycho-social and trauma informed therapeutic approach.
Main duties of the job
You will be a qualified HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist within a well-established 39 bed female forensic service, which encompasses medium and low secure care. You will be welcomed into a friendly and supportive team of qualified, 'in training' and Assistant Psychologists, each of whom have training within a variety of different psychological frameworks. As a Psychologist, you will be holding a caseload of clinical work, offering specialist clinical advice, attending relevant meetings, leading in collaborative risk assessment and management, facilitating reflective practice sessions, and supervising junior members of the department.
Job responsibilities
As a Psychologist you will be:
* Holding a caseload of clinical work, including carrying out individual and group psychological assessment and intervention and developing formulations.
* Offering specialist clinical advice including the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care within the service.
* Attending relevant meetings to contribute to clinical care and service user progressions, including liaison with external professionals (including commissioners and CMHTs) as part of the MDT / CPA process.
* Taking a lead in collaborative risk assessment and management for individual patients, supporting input from other members of the MDT.
* Facilitating reflective practice sessions for ward teams, and debrief sessions where required.
* Supervising junior members of the department, including Psychologists in Training and Assistant Psychologists.
* Maintaining highest standards of clinical governance, ethical practice, and data protection.
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
* Have BPS recognised psychology degrees
* Be HCPC registered
* Have Chartered Psychologist status and appropriate post-graduate qualifications
* Be an approved supervisor within the guidelines of the BPS and relevant division
* Have understanding of evidence-based psychological practice
* Have experience of applying psychological knowledge to a forensic/clinical setting
* Be experienced working with clients with cognitive deficits
* Have previous experience of conducting research and project working
Where you will be working:
Location: Chadwick Drive (off Saxon Street), Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 5LS
You will be working at Chadwick Lodge and Eaglestone View, a medium and low secure services providing specialist treatment programmes for service users who have been detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) and have a history of offending behaviour.
What you will get:
* Annual salary of £51,000-58,000 DoE
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
* Free meals and parking
* Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
* Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
* Pension contribution to secure your future.
* Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
* Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.
About your next employer
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
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