• Job Description

  Req#: E0358-25-0006Shampton?language=en&page=734&sort=publicationDate

  Job summary

  Priory Hospital, Southampton are looking for an enthusiastic clinical or counselling psychologist to join the psychology team in delivering individual therapy, group therapies and assessments as part of delivering excellent standards of care for NHS service users requiring inpatient hospital admission.

  This role could cater for someone seeking flexible working alongside another job role or other commitments as we are looking to recruit a psychologist for 15 hours per week in a part-time permanent role.

  The individual therapy delivered at our hospital is exclusively with the service users on our specialist eating disorder ward, Skylark, therefore we are seeking a psychologist with an interest or previous experience in working with those suffering with an eating disorder.

  Main duties of the job

  The successful candidate will be welcomed into a passionate and positive team of professionals, headed by a Counselling Psychologist within the psychology team, and made up of a Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Creative Arts Therapist, and an Assistant Psychologist. This team isoverseen within the wider therapy services umbrella headed by therapy manager and Occupational Therapist, Sarah Marsh.

  There will be opportunities for continuing professional development and your passion, style and ambitions would be taken into account as you grow within the role. Particular professional development would see the candidate gaining distinct experience in working with acute distress and eating disorders, allowing for the possibility of specialism.

  About us

  In addition to the above, we are routinely involved in delivering carer support, assessments and written psychological formulations for the adult acute wards, facilitating training for staff, holding consults/peer supervision,and holding reflective practice sessions for staff;a candidate enthusiastic towards these aspects of delivering a psychology service for a hospital would be welcomed as they would form an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team and would sit alongside a number of other allied health professions, including occupational therapy, psychiatry, medicine, dietetics and social work.

  Details

  Date posted

  14 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Specialist

  Salary

  Depending on experience £48,250 - £58,250 Depending on experience

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  E0358-25-0006Shampton

  Job locations

  The Priory Hospital

  Marchwood Park

  Marchwood

  Southampton

  SO40 4DA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Group therapy takes place across our three wards, with groups for eating disorder difficulties, and too groups for adults on an acute admission on either our Starling or Sandpiper wards which both serve adults with acute mental health difficulties requiring hospital admission. Experience of delivering groups deriving from CBT, DBT and/or ACT approaches would be desirable.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Group therapy takes place across our three wards, with groups for eating disorder difficulties, and too groups for adults on an acute admission on either our Starling or Sandpiper wards which both serve adults with acute mental health difficulties requiring hospital admission. Experience of delivering groups deriving from CBT, DBT and/or ACT approaches would be desirable.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • The successful candidate will be an HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.

  Desirable

  • Experience in outpatient or inpatient NHS services would be desirable owing to the nature of this role being NHS facing and within an inpatient context.
  • This role will be on-site and therapies delivered in-person.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • The successful candidate will be an HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.

  Desirable

  • Experience in outpatient or inpatient NHS services would be desirable owing to the nature of this role being NHS facing and within an inpatient context.
  • This role will be on-site and therapies delivered in-person.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Priory Healthcare

  Address

  The Priory Hospital

  Marchwood Park

  Marchwood

  Southampton

  SO40 4DA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Priory Healthcare

  Address

  The Priory Hospital

  Marchwood Park

  Marchwood

  Southampton

  SO40 4DA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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