Are you an experienced Senior Psychologist looking for a new challenge in a rewarding environment, where you can make a real difference? If so, then join the team at Gateway Recovery Centre in Widnes, Cheshire as a Lead Psychologist and enjoy support from a regional network of Psychologists as you flourish in your career.
With experience from the NHS or the private sector as a Senior or Lead Psychologist, you will carry a caseload that includes assessing service users with complex needs and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatment within mental health care services.

You will work 37.5 hours a week as the Lead Psychologist for a service for men and women with complex mental health needs.
As a Lead Psychologist, you will be responsible for the psychological provision of the hospital, including individual and group interventions, diagnostic and cognitive assessments, MDT working, and risk assessments. You’ll lead the psychology department in providing a variety of therapeutic approaches to service users, including CBT and third-wave therapies, EMDR, and DBT, and will provide guidance, support and supervision to your team of Psychologists, therapists, Assistant Psychologists, and Trainee Psychologists, including responsibility for mentoring and their training (with support from the Learning & Development Team). You will also work as part of MDTs, supporting the clinical teams in the care provision of service users across the hospital.
There is a strong emphasis on teamwork, supervision and CPD, with support from a regional network of Psychologists.