Practitioner Psychologist

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 the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Company Policies and Procedures.

To be successful in this role, you'll need :

Where you will be working :

Location :  Everest Road, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9NT

You will be working at The Spinney, a service which offer a range of care settings for male patients with personality disorder and / or mental illness. The purpose-built medium, low secure and rehabilitation wards, as well as a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) are all set within an 11 acre site with extensive woodland and landscaped areas.

You will be working alongside a multidisciplinary team at The Spinney who have previously been recognised by the Association of Psychological Therapies (APT) for their ability to reinforce positive behaviour, prevention of challenging behaviour and successful interventions in a secure care setting.

What you will get :

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, 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.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.