Description
We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist to join our committed and friendly team of clinicians. You will be providing Step 3 diagnostic assessments and evidence-based CBT treatment on an individual and group basis to clients aged 18 and over presenting with depression and anxiety disorders.
You may also be involved in the clinical supervision of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Low Intensity Trainees and High Intensity Trainees, for which training will be provided. There will be opportunities to develop areas of interest such as working with long term health conditions, working with clients with learning disabilities, working with perinatal clients, by contributing to project groups or taking a Champion role.
The five IAPT services in SWLSTG Trust work closely together to develop care pathways and share expertise.
Main duties of the job
- To provide specialist psychology service for anxiety and depression to patients referred to NHS Sutton Talking Therapies (WTT).
- To provide advice and consultation on patients' psychological care to other members of the STT team and to other non-professional carers.
- The post holder will be expected to operate within recognised professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's operational policy and guidelines.
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Career development
- Variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment
Person Specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
- Essential: Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and (for Clinical Psychologists) neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology; or alternative training outside of the UK that is recognised by the Health & Care Professions Council leading to registration in the UK as a Clinical or Counselling psychologist or Post-graduate level training in CBT from an Accredited course recognized by NHS Talking Therapies and accredited as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist by the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) or eligibility for accreditation and working towards completing accreditation within one year
Experience
- Essential: Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within an NHS Talking Therapies service
- Experience of working with a variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity
- Experience in establishing DSM-V diagnoses and in clinical formulation
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
- Essential: Experience at working with one or more NHS Talking Therapies recognised psychological therapies at a specialist level
- Psychological assessment skills and skills in DSM-V- based diagnostic assessment
- Advanced practitioner skills in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)