This is an interesting role for candidates wishing to gain specific clinical experience in an inpatient hospital. There will be opportunities to work and learn with individuals who experience severe and enduring mental health difficulties and neurodegenerative disorders.
Reports to: Senior Psychologists
Work Location: Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, Ireland
Contract Type: 1-year fixed-term
Hours of Work per week: 37 hours
About Bloomfield:
Bloomfield Hospital is a 131-bed in-patient mental health service, registered as an approved centre with the Mental Health Commission. Our ethos is rooted in honouring the dignity of everyone who enters our doors.
We provide a spectrum of neuropsychiatric services to adults with a range of serious and enduring mental health needs such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's Disease, as well as individuals with early onset dementias, schizophrenia, and mood disorders. We are the only facility in Ireland that provides a high level of specialised care for people with Huntington's disease.
In Bloomfield Hospital, there is a focus on creating a therapeutic environment by using recovery-oriented clinical practices and therapeutic interventions, which are evidence-based to enable and support patients to achieve their highest level of functioning and quality of life. This care is delivered through a Multidisciplinary Team including colleagues in Psychiatry, Psychology, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language, Dietetics, Physiotherapy, and General Practice.
We have over 200 multidisciplinary team members delivering the highest standards of care in a friendly and inclusive workplace.
Key Responsibilities:
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Working with individuals to provide basic psychoeducation sessions, for example anxiety management, stress reduction, emotional regulation, behavioural analysis and listening space.
- Co-ordination and some co-facilitation of a variety of group psychological therapy programmes with different clinical populations
- Assisting in the preparation and delivery of the group psychological therapy programmes.
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Become familiar with relevant background literature, presentations and contributing to articles for publication.
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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.
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Maintain collaborative working relationships with the Psychology Department, providing regular feedback from relevant programmes as needed.
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Promoting the role of psychological services through the communication/provision of relevant information to interested parties
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As required undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries in relation to the population psychological interventions.
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Participate in research projects, audits and service evaluations as needed.
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Attend regular individual and team supervision.
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Work with other members of the MDT, in particular nursing staff to support work with this patient group.
- 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.
The successful candidate will meet the following requirements:
Essential:
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Degree in Psychology taken as a single subject.
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Eligible for graduate membership of the Psychological Society of Ireland
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Excellent communication skills
Desirable:
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Previous experience working either in a voluntary or paid position with clinical populations - In particular severe and enduring mental health and / or neurodegenerative disorders
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Previous research experience
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Some experience co-administering psychological assessments, scoring and report write up.
- Experience of working in an MDT is highly desirable.
Competencies/Skills:
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Enthusiastic and motivated to gain significant clinical experience in psychology.
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Proven organisation skills
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Strong administration skills
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An ability to work both independently and under supervision
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Excellent communication skills
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Ability to self-reflect and learn from stage of career development.
Interest in pursuing further training in psychology in the future.
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Our benefits include:
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Career development
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Comprehensive training programmes
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Further education supports
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Recharge employee well-being programme
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Employee assistance programme
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Free onsite staff parking
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Subsidised onsite restaurant
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Cycle to work scheme
Closing date for applications is 9th August 2026.
Please note that due to volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
For further information, you can get in touch with a member of the HR Team at 01-4950021 or email [email protected]
