Part-Time Clinical Psychologist
| Posting date: | 17 November 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 December 2025 |
| Location: | Newark, NG24 4SW |
| Company: | Elysium Healthcare |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1428179893 |
Summary
Are you an experienced Psychologist looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference and changes lives for the better? Join the team at The Farndon Unit and enjoy support from a regional network of healthcare professionals. You will be working at The Farndon Unit, a service that provides care for women with a diagnosis of severe and enduring mental illness and/or personality disorder. We have low secure and rehabilitation services within the hospital which the candidate will be supporting. There is a strong emphasis on teamwork and CPD at The Farndon Unit where you will have access to a range of training opportunities to move your career forward. You will have experience and knowledge in carrying a designated caseload, including assessing service users with complex needs, and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatment with an emphasis on trauma informed care.
As Psychologist you will:
- Work therapeutically with service users with complex presentations, undertaking assessments using a broad range of structured psychometric and semi structured clinical methods.
- Formulating and implementing plans for specialist psychological treatment or management of patients’ mental health needs based on a multi-factorial psychological understanding and current evidence based best practice.
- Contributing to MDT care planning and review.
- Take a key role in Psychology service developments, providing an evidence-based approach to new clinical initiatives.
- Be aware of new and innovative approaches to managing complex cases and new service developments and promote these effectively within the organisation.
- Contributing to professional development within the psychology team.
- Contributing to audit and research as directed by the Lead Psychologist.
- Maintaining high standards of care in all areas of practice and in accordance with the HCPC Standards of Proficiency; HCPC Standards of conduct, performance and ethics; BPS Code of Ethics and Conduct; and company policies and procedures.
- Being professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care.
- Support in the development and delivery of training programmes to aid the development of staff teams in a given service area.
- Providing clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists, as directed by the Lead Psychologist.
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
- BPS accredited and HCPC approved Doctorate.
- HCPC Registered.
- Chartered Member of the BPS
- Experience of working with clients with complex needs that are relevant to the population. Particularly with a trauma informed approach.
- Competence in assessing, formulating, and working therapeutically with service users with mental illness and/or personality disorder.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies, formulation models and relevant risk and clinical assessments.
- Knowledge and understanding of working with trauma.
Where you will be working:
Location: Farndon Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 4SW
You will be working at the Farndon Unit, low secure, acute and rehab services within the hospital which offers personalised assessment and recovery-based treatment pathways for women with complex care needs.
The Farndon Unit provides care for women with a diagnosis of severe and enduring mental illness and/or personality disorder and/or mild learning disability. You will be working alongside a multidisciplinary team offering personalised assessment and recovery-based treatment pathways, including a trauma specific pathway, for women with complex care needs.
What you will get:
- Annual salary of £46,800 pro rata
- The equivalent of 25 days annual leave Pro Rata (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- 24 hour GP Service to ensure you are the best you can be
- 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 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.