Trainee Forensic Pychologist
- Employer
- Priory Group
- Location
- Llanarth, Ceredigion
- Salary
- Up to £25000 per annum
- Closing date
- 12 Aug 2022
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- Sector
- Mental Health Nursing
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Setting
- Independent Sector
- Job Role
- Occupational Therapist
- Salary
- £20,000 - £30,000
Job Details
Priory are one of the UK's leading providers of independent specialist secure and step-down care across the UK. With hospitals around the country, many years of experience and highly experienced teams, we help patients and commissioners find the right care pathways, without the need for multiple reassessments.
Llanarth Court Hospital is a 96 bedded forensic hospital providing a multi disciplinary service in low, medium and open rehabilitation settings.
We are currently recruiting for two full time Trainee Forensic Psychologists to work across a busy Psychology Department at LLanarth Court Hospital. There will be an opportunity to work with both Clinical and Forensic Psychologists under taking both assessment and intervention work. There will be opportunities to develop their skills across low secure, medium secure and rehabilitation services. The client groups will be include males and females with forensic histories who present with mental health and personality difficulties. The successful applicant will be self-driven and hard working with a creative and compassionate approach. They will be working as part of a large psychology team and with other Multi-Disciplinary team members and therefore must be a good team player. To apply applicants must have an MSC In Forensic Psychology. Additional experience in a forensic setting would be preferable. The post is contingent on successful application to the HCPC course and trainees will be responsible for payment of their own fees.
About us
As one of the UK's leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services to adults and young people, Priory Group 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, education facilities and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.
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 Group will cover the cost of a DBS check.
Company
Nursing at Priory Healthcare
At Priory Healthcare, we’re passionately committed to making a real and lasting difference for everyone we support. But that’s just the start. As a recognised leader in the healthcare sector, we’re equally passionate about harnessing the potential of everyone on our team – including our rapidly growing community of RMN’s.
So join us and we can promise you one of the most dynamic and supportive career environments in the sector.
We are already the largest mental health provider in Europe and treat upwards of 80 conditions in over 275 facilities around the country. But look beyond our size and you will also discover an unrivalled reputation for providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivery value for our service users.
What does this mean for you? More than you might imagine.
For a start, there’s greater clinical diversity here than anywhere outside of the NHS. This offers you the chance to develop your career at the forefront of nursing practice in one or more of our six specialist areas – Acute Mental Healthcare, Secure, Rehabilitation and Complex Care, Eating Disorders and Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
You will enjoy excellent learning and development resources, too. In addition to benefiting from our award-winning e-learning programme, your structured career progression could include supported study for specialist diplomas, preceptorships if you are newly qualified, a range of other externally accredited courses, the option of becoming a trainer on your own site, and much more besides.
Our working environment and culture are also exceptional. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team of doctors, psychiatrists, therapists and other health care specialists. We don’t just work together. We listen to each other, share ideas, explore new ways of doing things and actively pursue innovation and excellence is all that we do. So while the work can be incredibly demanding, you will never lack the support, collaboration and encouragement you need to perform to your best and achieve your true potential.
As for recognition and rewards, they are everything you would expect from an organisation that values your expertise and commitment. And your career prospects? Well, the sheer scope and scale of our behavioural care services – and the pace of our development as a business – means that you can grow as far and fast as we do.
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