Salary: £42,000 - £46,000

Location: Home Based

Job Type: Permanent – Full Time

Hours: 40 Hours Per Week

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IPRS Health are an award-winning, APPTS accredited provider of mental health services, putting patients at the heart of everything we do, ensuring a smooth and successful journey to recovery. We work for a diverse range of clients, including the NHS with our services having a huge impact on improving the lives of thousands of people every year.

Due to internal growth, IPRS Health have a brand-new opportunity for a Senior Therapist to join our expanding team.

The Role

As Mental Health Senior Psychological Therapist for IPRS Health you will manage a small team of psychological therapists and hold a caseload providing clinical assessment and treatment to patients with common mental health conditions following NICE guidance.

Your success will help contribute to thousands of people recovering from mental health conditions every year.

Who we are looking for

Anyone and everyone is welcome to apply to work for IPRS Health. All our teams have a mix of backgrounds and experience but with one thing in common, the drive to help people recover. We are looking for our new Mental Health Senior Psychological Therapist to be a team player to be motivated to contribute to helping thousands each year.

To be seriously considered for this role, please have the following:

Qualifications:

• You must be a qualified Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
• Full BABCP Accreditation

Experience:

• A minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience in a primary care setting
• Previous experience of managing a team is desirable

Knowledge:

• Experience in the Corporate Market is desirable
• Experience in the Occupational Health and Healthcare Insurance Markets is desirable

Skills:

• Ability to work within a team to achieve the best outcomes for your patients
• Ability to work under supervision
• A good understanding of clinical governance

To view the full requirements for this role, please download the job description, here.

Benefits

Colleagues are essential to IPRS Health, which is why we give so much in return for their hard work. In addition to a competitive salary plus performance related increments, we offer a range of benefits, including:

• Home Working
• IPRS Health Clinical Development Training Program
• An annual CPD budget to fund for external courses
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• Free Eye Tests every 2 years
• Free annual Flu-Vaccination
• Free Physiotherapy
• Employee Assistance Programme including free confidential counselling
• High-street discounts
• 21 days’ annual leave plus 8 days’ bank holidays; increasing with completed years’ service & opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Moving Day Leave
• Membership of the Company pension scheme
• Recruit a Friend bonus scheme – up to £1,000
• Environmental Initiatives

Responsibilities

As a Mental Health Senior Psychological Therapist for IPRS Health, you will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with common mental health conditions and managing a small team of therapists. Other responsibilities include:

• Assess and deliver, under supervision, outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to patients experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• To deliver treatment to patients experiencing mild/moderate mental health difficulties.
• To deliver a range of support for evidence-based treatments, including telephone, media or typed.
• Undertake accurate assessment of risk to self and others, in doing so to correctly manage and escalate any identified risk.
• Through supervision and case management to escalate cases where the level of need becomes beyond the scope of your role or more severe in presentation.
• Adhere to the service referral protocols. Under supervision signpost unsuitable referrals to the relevant service as necessary.
• Carry out case management supervision supporting clinicians to deliver treatment in line with KPI’s including session numbers and manage staff utilisation
• Carry out mental health duty cover supporting with general queries, clinical report checks and risk escalation
• Take part in clinical audits for the team and feed back into case management

Who are IPRS Health?

IPRS Health are one of the UK's leading providers of physiotherapy and mental health services to a wide range of clients across the United Kingdom. We pride ourselves on being a fantastic place to work and in the last 4 years have won 3 best employer awards as a testament to this, including being made a Platinum Employer after winning Best Employer in the Health Industry at the 2021 Best Employer East Awards.

We’re passionate about providing our colleagues with a work environment they can feel comfortable in and can grow professionally. In 2020 we signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge, affirming our commitment to protecting our colleague’s mental health and last year became a Disability Confident Committed employer.

Each year we ask our colleagues to nominate a chosen charity for whom we fundraise for throughout the year, and we are committed to supporting the environment through reducing our carbon output and offsetting what we do emit.

You can find out more about working for IPRS Health by checking out our ‘Your Future’ website here.

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To apply for this role, just click the ‘Apply’ button below, which will take you through to our application form.

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If you’d like to find out more about the role before applying, please do not hesitate to contact our Mental Health Clinical Service Delivery Manager, Amanda Hodgson at Amanda.Hodgson@iprsgroup.com

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