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Job Title: Staff Grade Clinical Psychologist - Adult Community Mental Health
Location: Churchtown, South Dublin
Contract Type: Full-Time, Fixed-Term HSE Contract until February 2027 (35 hours/week)
Start Date: Immediate start available

Role: Fulltime, Monday to Friday, 35 hour week
Salary: HSE Aligned Pay Scales

Excel Recruitment are recruiting a Staff Grade Clinical Psychologist to join a supportive Adult Community Mental Health Team in Churchtown, South Dublin. This is an immediate start, fixed-term HSE contract until February 2027, offering the opportunity to work with adults presenting with complex mental health needs within a recovery-focused, multidisciplinary service.

If you have experience in adult mental health, psychological assessment, clinical formulation, evidence-based interventions and MDT working, this Psychologist job in Churchtown offers the chance to make a meaningful impact while developing within a respected HSE-aligned service.

Job Purpose:

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:

• Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments, including clinical interviews, psychometric testing, and structured observations.
• Formulate psychological understanding of clients' difficulties, drawing on a range of theoretical models.
• Provide individual and group-based therapeutic interventions (e.g. CBT, DBT-informed approaches, ACT, schema therapy, psychoeducation).
• Support clients in developing recovery-focused goals and treatment plans.
• Deliver family and carer support sessions, when appropriate.
• Contribute to MDT case discussions, care planning, and clinical decision-making.
• Provide consultation and psychological input to colleagues within the MDT.
• Engage in risk assessment and management, ensuring safe and appropriate clinical practice.
• Maintain high standards of clinical documentation in line with HSE and professional guidelines.
• Participate in service evaluation, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of mental health programmes and pathways within the service.
• Engage in continuous professional development (CPD) and clinical supervision.

Eligibility Criteria:

• A Doctorate or equivalent in Clinical, Counselling, or Educational Psychology.
• Eligibility for professional registration with the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) or relevant body.
• 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).
• Strong clinical formulation and therapeutic planning skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of an MDT and autonomously where required.
• Commitment to service user-centred, recovery-oriented practice

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