Description
We are looking for an enthusiastic clinical or counselling psychologist to work in our Community Mental Health Hub as part of an integrated multidisciplinary service designed to deliver a transformed model of care.
The team works with clients with complex mental health problems, including complex emotional needs, psychosis, bipolar affective disorder, anxiety disorders, recurrent depression and complex PTSD.
The post holder will be expected to provide specialist psychological assessment and effective evidence-based interventions.
We are interested in candidates with training and experience in models such as CBT, CBTp, FI, MBT, CAT, DBT, EMDR and ACT.
The post holder will have a commitment to the recovery model, teamwork, and service user and carer involvement.
The main duties of the job include:
- Providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy for clients with complex mental health problems
- Delivering aspects of the psychosocial group programme in the Hub
- Offering advice, training and consultation to other members of the team and to non-professional carers
- Attending weekly team meetings and case discussion forums
- Managing referrals and planning clinical care
- Contributing to the ongoing development of effective recovery-oriented treatment models
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users.
As an NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination.
Job Responsibilities:
- To offer specialist psychological assessment and intervention to patients referred to the service
- To provide specialist advice, guidance, and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems
- To be responsible for implementing psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients
- To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care
Person Specification:
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology or its equivalent as accredited by the BPS
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
- Assessed experience of working in a CMHT or similar complex care service
- Relevant experience of exercising clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
Benefits:
- The salary for this post is £58,133 to £65,261 a year
- Agenda for Change pay scheme
- Band 7
- Fixed term contract for 5 months
- Full-time working pattern