Job Title: Staff Grade Psychologist – Community Adult Mental Health
Location: Castleblaney or Carrickmacross Co. Monaghan
Contract Type: Full-Time, 1-Year HSE Contract (35 hours/week)
Role: Fulltime, Monday to Friday, 35 hour week
Salary: HSE Aligned Pay Scales
Excel Recruitment are recruiting a Staff Grade Clinical or Counselling Psychologist on behalf of a friendly, dynamic and supportive Community Adult Mental Health Team.
The Staff Grade Psychologist will provide high-quality psychological assessment, formulation, and therapeutic interventions for adults referred to the Adult Mental Health Service.
Working within community adult mental health means being at the heart of recovery-focused care. You will play a vital role in helping service users rebuild their lives, enhance their wellbeing, and reintegrate into the community.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments, including clinical interviews, psychometric testing, and structured observations.
2. Formulate psychological understanding of clients' difficulties, drawing on a range of theoretical models.
3. Provide individual and group-based therapeutic interventions (e.g. CBT, DBT-informed approaches, ACT, schema therapy, psychoeducation).
4. Support clients in developing recovery-focused goals and treatment plans.
5. Deliver family and carer support sessions, when appropriate.
6. Contribute to MDT case discussions, care planning, and clinical decision-making.
7. Provide consultation and psychological input to colleagues within the MDT.
8. Engage in risk assessment and management, ensuring safe and appropriate clinical practice.
9. Maintain high standards of clinical documentation in line with HSE and professional guidelines.
10. Participate in service evaluation, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.
11. Contribute to the development of mental health programmes and pathways within the service.
12. Engage in continuous professional development (CPD) and clinical supervision.
Eligibility Criteria:
13. A Doctorate or equivalent in Clinical, Counselling, or Educational Psychology.
14. Eligibility for professional registration with the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) or relevant body.
15. Demonstrated experience in psychological assessment and evidence-based therapeutic interventions with adults presenting with a broad range of mental health difficulties (e.g. mood disorders, psychosis, trauma, personality disorders, anxiety).
16. Strong clinical formulation and therapeutic planning skills.
17. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.
18. Ability to work effectively as part of an MDT and autonomously where required.
19. Commitment to service user-centred, recovery-oriented practice
What you need to do now:
For more information about this exciting opportunity, please contact Charlene Cooke confidentially via email at or by phone at 089-9455139
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