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Dublin South, Ireland
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Job Reference:
77617 S2312_1735750619
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Posted:
01.01.2025
Expiry Date:
15.02.2025
Job Description:
Psychologist Base Grade Dublin South Mental Hospital
An excellent Mental Health Hospital in Dublin South has an opportunity for a Base Grade Psychologist.
The Base Grade Psychologist position involves working with adults and older adult service users who experience severe and enduring mental health difficulties and neurodegenerative disorders.
Work Location: Dublin South
Hours of Work per week: 37 hours
Key Responsibilities:
1. Working with individuals to provide basic psychoeducation sessions, for example anxiety management, stress reduction, emotional regulation, behavioral analysis and listening space.
2. Co-ordination and some co-facilitation of a variety of group psychological therapy programmes with different clinical populations.
3. Preparation and delivery of the group psychological therapy programmes.
4. Conduct pre- and post-intervention psychometric assessments, including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients referred to psychology department.
5. Maintain collaborative working relationships with the Psychology Department, providing regular feedback from relevant programmes as needed.
6. Promoting the role of psychological services through the communication/provision of relevant information to interested parties.
7. As required undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries in relation to the population psychological interventions.
8. Participate in research projects, audits and service evaluations as needed.
9. Attend regular individual and team supervision.
10. Work with other members of the MDT, in particular nursing staff to support work with this patient group.
11. Maintenance of equipment necessary to the running of the psychological service such as training equipment (e.g., manuals, testing materials, CDs), information packs and library resources.
Requirements:
Essential Qualifications:
1. Degree in Psychology taken as a single subject.
2. Excellent communications skills.
Desirable:
1. Previous experience working either in a voluntary or paid position with clinical populations, particularly severe and enduring mental health and/or neurodegenerative disorders.
2. Previous research experience.
3. Some experience co-administering psychological assessments, scoring and report write up.
4. Experience of working in an MDT is highly desirable.
Competencies/Skills:
1. Proven psychology experience.
2. Proven organisation skills.
3. Strong administration skills.
4. An ability to work both independently and under supervision.
5. Excellent communication skills.
6. Ability to self-reflect and learn from stage of career development.
7. Interest in pursuing further training in psychology in the future.
Benefits:
1. Career development.
2. Comprehensive training programmes.
3. Further education supports.
4. Onsite library and research facility.
5. Employee wellbeing programme.
6. Employee assistance programme.
7. Free onsite staff parking.
8. Subsidised onsite restaurant.
9. Cycle to work scheme.
For immediate interview please email CV to: sh@headhuntinternational.com
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Created on 01/01/2025 by Headhunt International
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