Clinical Psychologist - Elizabeth House (Leicester)
Location: Leicester, LE3 6QR
Salary: £53,000 per annum
Hours: 40 hours per week / Monday – Sunday
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Clinical Psychologist to join our team at a 30-bedded home specializing in acute mental illness. This role is crucial in ensuring the delivery of high-quality clinical care and support to our residents. If you have strong leadership skills and a passion for mental health care, we want to hear from you!
Main job function
Assess and evaluate individuals' problems using case history, interview, and observation and provide individual or group counseling services to assist individuals in achieving more effective personal, social, educational, and vocational development and adjustment. .
What You’ll be Doing
Counsel individuals, groups, or families to help them understand problems, define goals, and develop realistic action plans.
Collect information about individuals or clients, using interviews, case histories, observational techniques, and other assessment methods.
Develop therapeutic and treatment plans based on clients' interests, abilities, and needs.
Consult with other professionals to discuss therapies, treatments, counseling resources, • or techniques, ahd to share occupational information.
Analyze data such.as interview notes, test results, and reference manuals to identify symptoms and to diagnose the nature of clients' problems.
Advise clients on how they could be helped by counselling.
Evaluate the results of counselling methods to determine the reliability and validity of treatments.
Select, administer, and interpret psychological tests to assess intelligence, aptitudes, abilities, or interests.
Provide consulting services to schools, social service agencies, and businesses.
Refer clients to specialists or to other institutions for non-counselling treatment of problems. conduct research to develop or improve diagnostic or therapeutic counselling techniques
To undertake structured interviews, psychological assessments (complex psychometric tests) and observations of individuals and groups.
To assist in the development of psychological formulations of clinical problems and the development and delivery of care plans, which include psychological treatment and management of service users' problems
To determine appropriate psychological intervention, taking into countergauge f potentially conflicting clinical information and dynamics.
To carry out psychological and psychometric tests, to develop interview and observation skills and to assess needs and eligibility for services.
To design, implement and modify as appropriate, bespoke psychological interventions with service users, carers, families, groups, etc.
To communicate confidential and personal information concerning ability level and psychological needs, obtained through assessments and interventions, to referring agents and to the service users themselves, who may have limited understanding and difficulties with acceptance and, where appropriate, to relatives and carers.
To provide advice and clinically based supervision to carers about care and management of service users' problemsTo assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups.
To provide emotional support for service users, their carers and families.
To keep appropriate records of work and inform referrers and relevant others through letters or reports.
To follow a person-focused, and evidence-based approach.
To work in accordance with Apple Hill, National NHS and placement providers' policies and regulations, as well as those of relevant professional bodies.
To work in a variety of settings including the service user's own home, in-patient, residential and day center facilities.
The post holder will be required to work in a highly emotive atmosphere, frequently encountering highly distressing problems and circumstances and must always maintain a high degree of professionalism.
The post holder will be required to work in situations where there are barriers to acceptance and possible exposure to aggression.
Maintain an awareness of the Health and Safety requirements.
Maintain client and business confidentiality at all times
Continual Personal Development to develop oneself and the role.
In addition to these tasks, employees may at times be asked to carry out other reasonable duties as required by the service.
What You’ll Need
Registration and qualifications
A degree in medicine, recognised by the General Medical Council (GMC)
Full registration with the General Medical Council
A five year specialist training program in psychiatry or three years higher professional training in general adult psychiatry
Experience and Knowledge
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team and in a community setting
Knowledge of mental health legislation
Knowledge and understanding of the research process within clinical services
Experience in management roles, both clinical and non-clinical
Skills
Diagnosis and treatment of mental illness in a multi-disciplinary team
A capacity to replace old knowledge with new, to develop new skills and adopt new attitude
Calmness with challenging patients, carers, colleagues and team members
A high standard of interviewing skills is essential
Ability to work as part of a team and to develop leadership skills within a multidisciplinary team
An interest in how people think and feel
Excellent listening and communication skills
The ability to put people at ease and inspire trust and confidence
Good investigative skills
An interest and ability in science and medicine
Why Join Us?
Access to mandatory training with opportunities for further professional development and career growth
Auto enrolment Pension
Career development opportunities
Eligibility for blue light card
Ready to join a team that truly values your skills and compassion? Apply now using the link and attach your CV. We can't wait to meet you