Part Time Clinical Psychologist in Exeter

Are you an experienced Clinical Psychologist looking for a new rewarding opportunity where you can make a difference and change the lives of others? If so, join our newly formed and highly experienced team at Pinhoe View based in Exeter, where you will strive to maintain a least restrictive approach and put the patients experience at the heart of the service.

Pinhoe View is a purpose built acute inpatient service, providing a safe and stabilising environment for women aged 18+ in crisis or who are experiencing an acute episode of mental illness and require an emergency admission.

You will be part of the team providing person-centred care and treatment, focused on recovery, to allow people to return home as quickly as possible.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing psychological assessments of service users based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological (and neuropsychological) tests, self-report measures, rating scales direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the service users’ care.
• Developing formulations and supporting staff to implement psychologically informed care plans.
• Leading and supporting staff with weekly reflective practice and offer clinical support to staff as required.
• Providing learning and development solutions in the form of training days for staff on personality disorder and other complex mental health illness.
• Ensuring that Psychology practices in the specified area of service maintains the highest standards of professional practice and ethics, always complying with clinical governance standards.
• Working effectively as a team member, ensuring the timely delivery of psychological assessment and interventions within the service area.
• Ensuring the confidentiality, security and accuracy of data and information and compliance with Regulatory guidelines and statutory requirements.
• Maintaining evidence standards of competence as defined by the HCPC and BPS.
• Providing line management and supervision to the assistant psychologists.
• Supporting and completing internal investigations/complaints/audits.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need the following skillset and qualifications:

• Possess competence in assessing, formulating, and working therapeutically with service users in the service area.
• Have an up-to-date knowledge of legislation and its implications for the profession and the client groups we work with.
• Be able to identify and proactively resolve problems and challenges within the service.
• Competency in supervising Assistant Psychologists within the department, ensuring that they are meeting professional practice expectations and the BPS code of ethics. Able to supervise non-psychology colleagues in areas of psychological application.
• Successful completion of a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology enabling registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner in Psychology.
• Registered with the HCPC as a Practicing Psychologist and Charterable status with the British Psychological Society.
• Competency in psychological assessment and formulation skills and an aptitude for learning new assessment methods.
• Competency with risk assessment/management tools and formulation.
• Experience using relevant skills to address a range of clinical and/or forensic issues.

What you will get

• A competitive salary (dependent on experience) + Benefits
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Lunch vouchers
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Flexible working opportunities

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check, holiday financing and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care.  

Each and every employee is valued and supported, as everyone has an important role to play in the success of Elysium. It is only with the dedication, passion and hard work from staff that excellent care programs that truly benefit the service users can be delivered.

With a network of over 70 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.