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Location

Arnold, Nottinghamshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

Priory Hospital Arnold , near Nottingham, provides acute and psychiatric intensive care services to those in need across Nottinghamshire. We work closely with referring Trusts to achieve minimum lengths of stay, and are able to provide an extension to NHS care pathways during times of fluctuating demand. The service offers a multidisciplinary team approach, working collaboratively to support patients through periods of crisis. The hospital comprises of 4 wards; 2 Acute wards and 2 PICU wards with a total of 52 inpatient beds. The post-holder will lead and deliver a high quality, evidence based psychological service for males and females across both Acute and PICU settings. With appropriate supervision and support, applicants should be able to: undertake complex assessments and risk assessment, develop comprehensive formulations and deliver specialist individual and group treatments relevant to the service. In addition, they will be required to provide clinical supervision for qualified and assistant psychologists, deliver reflective practice and develop and deliver training packages for staff of other disciplines, as required. Candidates should have excellent organisational ability and well developed interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively both orally and in written form. Being able to work autonomously and also to perform effectively within a multi-disciplinary team is essential. An interest in conducting clinically relevant research would be helpful. Experience of working within ACUTE/PICU settings is highly desirable. All applicants must be registered with the HCPC and will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and reference check.  For your hard work and dedication to Priory, we will offer you a wide range of benefits:

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 27 days after 5 years of service and 30 days after 10 years service)
• Birthday Leave
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Contributory pension scheme
• Opportunities to develop and train in a wide variety of care settings
• Support and training from the beginning of your career
• Flexible working
• Supplemented meals
• Access to Employee Assistant programme and other wellness programmes
• Employee benefits scheme (e.g. discounted shopping vouchers, interest free Apple Products loan scheme)

Division DBS info About us As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support. Priory maintains that vaccination remains our very best line of defence against COVID-19 and believes that our colleagues working with vulnerable individuals have a professional duty to be vaccinated.  As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your application. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements.  We thank you for your understanding. Disclosure All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.

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Salary

£75k per annum