Counselling/Clinical Psychologist Band 8b

Job summary

Are you an experienced an Principle Clinical Psychologist who wants to make a real impact within our Crisis & Home Treatment teams in Telford?

About you: You will be an experienced Clinical / Counselling Psychologist who will provide expert psychological assessment and reports to referrers of people with a wide range of psychological problems, in accordance with codes of professional ethics.

You will be offering clinical supervision and teaching to the MDT, along with staff support and reflective practice on an ad-hoc basis. There will be opportunities to supervise assistant psychologists.

The post will entail working both directly and indirectly with service users referred to the crisis and home treatment team. You will be carrying out / supervising assessment, formulation and brief intervention work with individuals and/ or their systems.

What we provide: We have close links and offer trainee placements for the Staffordshire Doctorate course and Keele TCAPS training programme.

Main duties of the job

The post will also entail significant elements of consultation, reflective practice, staff well-being, team formulation and training.

You will be supported via clinical supervision by the urgent care pathway consultant clinical psychologist and managerial supervision by the team manager. There are pathway psychology meetings and there is a twice monthly regional psychology meeting attended by adult mental health, our children and young people teams and specialist services psychologists.

This post will maintain close links with other psychology colleagues within the urgent care pathway (inpatients, Crisis / home treatment and Liaison mental health). Across the pathway we will have 4 practitioner psychologists, trainee associate psychologists and assistant psychologists with the possibility of further expansion. We have close links and offer trainee placements for the Staffordshire Doctorate course and Keele TCAPS training programme

About us

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

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