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Consultant Psychologist @ Priory Healthcare

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Priory Hospital Burgess Hill

Salary £68,250 £78,250

Full-time role of 37.5 hours

Priory Hospital Burgess Hill has an opportunity for a Consultant Psychologist with an HCPC registration to join our team. This role is a 12-month maternity cover from October 2026 to October 2027

Main duties of the job

You will join the team across all of our wards. We have a Bespoke therapeutic placement in Acute and PICU. In this role, you will play a key part in patient recovery, supporting the assessment and delivery of tailored treatment plans while ensuring dignity, respect, and high standards of care

You will provide support and guidance to other psychologists, assistants and trainee psychologists.You will be working with clients with complex needs that are relevant to the population in the service area.You will develop and deliver formulation led care and be competent in a range of therapeutic delivery.You will be responsible for the delivery of/oversight of supervision and running reflective practice groups and do so with an understanding of the model underpinning your service.

About us

Priory Hospital Burgess Hill, Goddards Green, West Sussex is an acute and psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) service for adult males. The hospital is close to the A23, providing road access to Brighton, Gatwick and the M25. Due to the rural location of the service, access to a vehicle or the ability to drive is recommended.

Job description Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Requirements Essential

Applicants must be HCPC registered with a minimum of five years post-registration experience at Consultant level, demonstrating leadership and strategic experience. Essential training includes CBT and at least two further therapeutic modalities, including at least one intervention appropriate to the patient group

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 Priory Hospital Burgess Hill

Gatehouse Lane, Goddards Green

Hassocks

West Sussex

BN6 9LE

United Kingdom

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

Skills

NHSHealthcareMedicalFixed-Term

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