Head of Clinical Psychology

**Location - Baldock, Hertfordshire**

**Full-time, Permanent Days, 37.50 hours**

**Salary - From £65,000 depending on experience.**

If you are a qualified, HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist with an interest in complex mental health conditions in adults of all ages, then let us take you with us to our journey to be an “Outstanding” service, in Baldock.

Our hospital is a 45-bed mental health facility for adults in various settings (a Female PICU, Rehab and Older Person High Dependency Unit), with increased focus on psychology led treatments. We are a technology driven, outcomes focused and a growing care provider, made up of a hospital, nursing & residential care homes and supported living services and is on a mission to provide personalised and effective care.

You will join a friendly, highly skilled, and enthusiastic psychology and therapies team that offer a comprehensive programme of therapies to our in-patients. You will work closely with our multidisciplinary team to provide a holistic and person-centred service to our patients who present with a wide range of mental health needs and psychiatric conditions. You will be our Head of Therapies - Clinical Psychologist.

**The role involves**:
Providing high quality specialist psychology services to the in-patients at the hospital who present with a wide range of complex mental health conditions, as well as physical health needs; and work as part of the multidisciplinary team (Psychology; OT; Psychiatry; Nurses; other specialities).

Highly providing specialist psychological assessment and intervention while working collaboratively with colleagues from other disciplines, agencies, and carers.

You will clinically be responsible to a Head of Psychology and Therapies - Clinical Psychologist who will have a clinical oversight of all work and service delivery.

You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team while observing the Company policies and procedures.

You will provide support to Assistant Psychologists and trainees. They will utilise research skills in audit, service development and research relevant to the post.

**Essential**:

- Have a postgraduate qualification in Clinical Psychology recognised by the British Psychological Society / HCPC.
- Post-graduate level training in Clinical Psychology.
- Live registration or eligible for immediate registration by governing body.
- Have sound knowledge and understanding of MH conditions.
- Experience in neuropsychological assessments and rehabilitation.
- Experience of working with adults and older adult patients with neuropsychological conditions and / or with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of working with people who present with behaviours of concern (PBS knowledge is desirable)
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

If you’re a caring and compassionate individual and this role sounds like what you’ve been looking for, we encourage you to apply

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £65,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

**Education**:

- PhD (required)

**Experience**:

- Clinical Physiologist: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- HCPC (required)
- Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: On the road

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