Are you an experienced Psychologist looking to take the next step in your career? If so, join our team at Stanley House in Ledbury, a service for men and women with a range of neurological conditions, including Acquired Brain Injury, progressive neurological conditions and complex dementias. This is an opportunity to change lives for the better and help some of the most vulnerable people in society.
This is a one day per week (7.5 hours) position providing consultancy to other professionals to provide goal-oriented care and treatment across the service and support with cognitive, psychometric and behavioural assessment, on a referral basis. You will be supported by an Assistant Psychologist based at the service and become part of a growing network of psychologists across our neurological services and the wider organisation.
Your career as a Psychologist at Stanley House will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills throughout your time with us. Your professional growth is valued and there are numerous professional development opportunities on offer. There is an extensive range of courses designed to help you grow and succeed in your career.
It's a career that brings pride and fulfilment, a true representation of what delivering great healthcare should feel like.
As a Psychologist you will be:
- Undertaking high quality specialist psychological interventions, on a referral basis.
- Clinically supervising an Assistant Psychologist and supporting their professional development.
- Working therapeutically with service users with complex presentations, undertake the assessments using a broad range of structured psychometric and semi structured clinical methods.
- Formulating and implementing plans of specialist psychological interventions.
- Being professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of psychological practice.
- 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:
- Have BPS recognised psychology degrees and have Chartered Psychologist status
- Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Be an approved supervisor within the guidelines of the BPS
- Have understanding of evidence-based psychological practice
- Have experience of applying psychological knowledge to neurological services
- Be experienced working with clients with neurocognitive deficits
- Have previous experience of conducting research and project working
Where you will be working:
Location: Bosbury, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR8 1HB
You will be working at Stanley House, a service which offers a multidisciplinary approach to its long term care provision and provides the specialised care and expert therapeutic interventions.
You will working alongside the multidisciplinary team to support and enable residents to undergo reviews of their specific and/or changing needs. Stanley House offers therapies and activities which include Physiotherapy and Art therapy and receives input from a Professor in Neuropsychiatry and monthly specialist GP clinic
What you will get:
- Annual salary of £75,000 pro rata
- The equivalent of 30 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays)– plus your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
- Pension contribution to secure your future.
- Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
- Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
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. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
Our Staff
Barchester is all about doing things a little bit differently. Our unique approach to the care sector sets us apart, so to make things happen our people need to be a little bit different too.
Our residents, patients and their families expect great services, so our professional and dedicated team of specialists actively recruits people who are focused on continually improving the quality of life for the people in our care, to achieve our ambition of Barchester as the leading provider of care services.
Celebrating Success
Celebrating Success is our sector-leading employee recognition programme, which is designed to recognise all staff who work hard to help our homes and hospitals meet the high-quality care and business standards we set ourselves and allows staff to share in the success of the business.
In addition, throughout the year there are a number of opportunities, such as Employee of the Month and the Barchester Care Awards, which recognises our committed people across the business for a job very well done.
We provide one of the best rewards packages in the care sector and offer a competitive salary and impressive benefits.
We value our employees
Our people are as diverse and as individual as our residents and patients. We promote equal opportunities and encourage all our employees to treat one another and those we care for with honesty and respect. We aim to create a family environment in all our homes, hospitals and offices.
We are focused on providing equal opportunities to prospective and existing employees at Barchester and display the Disability Confident logo with pride.
Learning about why Barchester is unique within the care sector is central to our induction programme. Our new staff receive a comprehensive overview of all elements of our business so they can feel confident in fulfilling their role and contributing to our vision.
Professional Development
The learning doesn’t stop there. Our people have opportunities throughout their Barchester career; from refreshing their knowledge and learning new skills, to continuing their personal and professional development.
We also actively encourage our people to review their performance and develop their role at Barchester by using our bi-annual Performance Development Plan. Many of our people have exceeded their aspirations in successfully completing externally accredited qualifications.
There are no limits to how far our people can progress their career at Barchester.