Principal Psychologist Solihull, England
Job description
Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 300 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Principal Psychologist to work in Solihull on a full-time basis.
The salary for this permanent Principal Psychologist job is £65,000 per annum.
Benefits:
- Salary up to £52,000 depending on Experience
- Relevant supervision from senior Psychologist in line with supervision requirements
- Free on-site parking
- Supplemented meals on duty
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Study leave to attend CPD opportunities, conferences etc
- Your birthday as an extra days annual leave
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Company pension scheme
- Opportunity for career development within the priory healthcare network
- Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
- Leadership & management development
- Long service award
- Refer a friend bonuses
- Relocation support (including payment for accommodation or moving costs) up to £3000 (Terms apply)
- Our independent Employee Assistant Programme can offer confidential emotional and practical support and advice to colleagues, 24/7
- You will have support from your Assistant Psychologist whom you will also supervise
Main Duties:
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.
- To co-ordinate delivery of psychological assessment and intervention from other psychology staff including qualified psychologists, trainee psychologists, assistant psychologists and students and where appropriate to act as a point of liaison between the inpatient psychology pathway and the community psychology pathway
- To provide Reflective Practice for Staff (as directed by the Head of Psychology)
- To hold management, clinical and professional supervision responsibilities for junior psychology staff as directed by the Head of Psychology.
- Facilitate staff training in line with the agreed psychology provision as required.
- Contribute to the development of evidence-based practices, strategies and policies as requested by the Head of Psychology.
- Conduct research, service evaluation and audit as appropriate as guided by the Head of Psychology and Senior Management Team
- Develop own skills and experience as a psychologist. Attend supervision (clinical, management and peer) and training as required. Complete developmental objectives set. Maintain record of supervision and development in accordance with HCPC CPD guidelines.
Requirements of the Principal Psychologist:
- Be HCPC registered
- Have at least 4 years post registration experience within a similar setting
- Have experience is supervising assistants and trainees and facilitating reflective practice
- Have understanding, experience and/or training relevant to rehabilitation services, which may include:
- The basic principles of rehabilitation and recovery orientated practice, including what constitutes effective rehabilitation & its key components
- CBT psychosis
- Family Interventions
- Structured psychological interventions (individual, group or family) for bipolar affective disorder
- High Intensity psychological interventions for depression – CBT, IPT
- Positive Behavioural Support
- Wellness Recovery Action Plans
- Recognising and communicating with people who have special needs (eg cognitive impairment and Learning Disability)
- Motivational Interviewing
- DBT/Schema focused therapy
- Cognitive assessments
- Diagnostic schedules for PD
Contact:
This Principal Psychologist job is advertised by Ryan Mann; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
