Description
Shape the Future of Community Mental Health
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is undergoing an exciting transformation of community mental health services to develop integrated neighbourhood mental health teams. We are committed to providing robust clinical pathways and ensuring that people using our services have timely access to high quality, evidence-based psychological interventions. To support delivery of our clinical pathways we are investing in a range of psychological roles. We are recruiting to two Psychologists posts (Band 8a) to join our Adult Neighbourhood Community Mental Health Services across Surrey.
About the Role
These roles will sit within and in some cases work across our new community neighbourhood teams, supporting the delivery of integrated, person-centred care.
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a major transformation programme shaping the future of community mental health
- Work within innovative, multidisciplinary neighbourhood teams
- Access professional development opportunities and supervision
- Contribute to improving access and outcomes for local communities
Main duties of the job
As a Trust we pride ourselves on our innovative and collaborative approach to providing the highest quality, person-centred care: As part of our transition to a neighbourhood model of care, we are developing integrated clinical pathways across primary, secondary care and crisis and emergency service. Our pathways embody strong partnership working with a wide range of statutory and VCSE providers and people with lived experience. This role is key in ensuring therapies pathways are high quality, effective and accessible across the adult age range, and that psychosocial interventions are embedded in wider service delivery.
Qualifications
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
- Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 6 months of commencement in post)
Experience
- Experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles.
- Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic
- Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group
- Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development / project work
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists
- Demonstrable interest/skill in a relevant specialist area
- Subject to reasonable adjustments in respect of any disability, candidates must possess a valid driving licence and be able to drive and have the unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle for work at all times including community based work.
Registration
- HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist