Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist

Priory Hospital Southampton, Marchwood Park, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4DA Priory Group Division Hours 15 Vacancy Type Permanent – Part Time Priory Hospital, Southampton is seeking an enthusiastic HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join our psychology team. This role involves delivering individual therapy, group therapies, and assessments to ensure excellent standards of care for NHS service users requiring inpatient hospital admission. Job Title: Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Location: Priory Hospital, Southampton Hours: 15 hours per week (part-time, permanent) Flexibility: Ideal for those seeking flexible working alongside another job role or other commitments What you’ll be doing: Individual Therapy: Exclusively with service users on our specialist eating disorder ward, Skylark. We seek a psychologist with an interest or previous experience in working with individuals suffering from eating disorders. Group Therapy: Conducting group therapy across our three wards delivering evidenced based therapeutic interventions across inpatient Eating disorder and adult acute settings. Reflective Practice: You will have the opportunity to facilitate and be a part of reflective practice, including involvement in our weekly DBT consult run by our Psychology Lead. Delivering groups derived from CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy), and/or ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) approaches. Experience in outpatient or inpatient NHS services, given the NHS-facing nature of this role within an inpatient context. What’s in it for you: Opportunities for continuing professional development Gain distinct experience in working with acute distress and eating disorders, with potential for specialism Clear salary progression plan Clear career pathway Funded CPD following probation Access to Employee Assistance Programme Access to Priory Benefits Portal Funded DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) 33 day’s annual leave (including Bank Holidays) Free parking What we hope you do next: Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you. 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. 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 Pre-Employment checks. 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 For any enquiries, please feel free to contact andrewgreenwood@priorygroup.com and feel free to apply to be considered for shortlisting. #J-18808-Ljbffr