Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist – Complex Mental Health Services

The role

This person will provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions for adults with complex mental health needs. They will work in a specialist inpatient setting alongside a multidisciplinary team.

What you will do

• Provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for adults with complex mental health needs.
• Deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions in individual, family and group formats.
• Support patients with presentations including autism, complex trauma, personality disorders, functional neurological disorder (FND), eating difficulties, depression, OCD and self-harm.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to develop effective care and treatment plans.
• Offer psychological consultation, advice and guidance to other professionals across the service.
• Contribute to risk assessment and risk management planning.
• Support patients and families throughout their recovery journey and preparation for life outside hospital.
• Supervise and support assistant psychologists, therapeutic support workers and psychology trainees where appropriate.
• Participate in research, service evaluation, quality improvement and audit projects.
• Deliver training and contribute to the ongoing development of psychological thinking across the service.

Required qualifications

• HCPC registration as a Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist.
• Experience working with adults experiencing complex mental health difficulties.
• Excellent assessment, formulation and therapeutic intervention skills.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills.
• A compassionate, professional and recovery-focused approach to patient care.

Nice to have

• Experience working within inpatient, forensic, specialist mental health or eating disorder services.
• Experience supporting individuals with autism, complex trauma, personality disorders or other complex co-morbid presentations.
• Knowledge of therapeutic approaches such as Trauma-Focused CBT, CBT-ED, DBT, Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) or neurodiversity-informed interventions.
• Experience in teaching, supervision, research or service development activities.

Benefits

• Competitive salary of £55,000–£60,000 pro rata
• Workplace pension scheme
• Career progression opportunities
• Regular clinical and professional supervision
• Opportunities to participate in research and service development
• Extensive CPD and learning opportunities
• Supportive multidisciplinary working environment
• Opportunities to contribute to teaching and trainee placements

About the company

Pulse is a leading healthcare recruitment agency with specialist consultants dedicated to Psychological Therapies recruitment.