Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Clinical Counselling Psychologist/Psychotherapist

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Job summary

The Psychologically Informed Consultation and Training (PICT) service sits within the Primary Care Personality Disorder Pathway. This pathway is part of the Community Mental Health Transformation Programme and was chosen to be 1 of 12 early implementer sites across England to lead on Transformation. PICT sits alongside our MEP (Managing Emotions Programme) and SUN (Service User Network) services.

The post holder will bring their knowledge and experience of working with people with a diagnosis or difficulties associated with personality disorder to provide a leadership role within the PICT Service by ensuring development and delivery of high quality training and consultation in the area of personality disorder. You will develop and co-deliver with lived experience colleagues, consultation and training to multi-disciplinary teams, service users, and providers across Primary Care Networks, including voluntary sector and local authority teams. Upskilling staff to work more effectively with people with traits, or a formal diagnosis of 'personality disorder'.

There will be a specific emphasis on leadership and service development to establish the provision of consultation and training across primary care with a strategic focus on embedding the PICT model within GP practices across Surrey Heartlands and NE Hampshire. In addition to providing clinical leadership, supervision and guidance to junior colleagues and the MDT.

Main duties of the job

To utilise a high level of expert knowledge and experience of evidence-based interventions in working with EUPD, as well as a comprehensive understanding of the wider theory, research and models of relevance to the field.
To bring a personal and professional approach and leadership style that enables positive engagement, containment, and skills development relevant to work with the client group. In addition to using leadership skills to engage with key stakeholders and primary care colleagues across the community mental health transformation programme
Extensive post qualification clinical experience in relevant clinical setting
Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work.
Experience of supervising trainees, assistant psychologists, qualified clinical/counselling psychologists and others providing psychological therapies.
Experience of implementing change following audit and service evaluation
Demonstrable experience of developing complex formulations drawing on multiple psychological models
Experience of teaching/training professionals from a range of backgrounds.
Experience of advising other professionals on complex psychological issues and risk

Suitable for someone who is interested in leadership and passionate about transformation and the development of high quality services for people experiencing difficulties associated with personality disorder.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

28 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£60,983 to £70,536 a year includes 5% HCAS Fringe, per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

325-5407017-WAA

Job locations

Leatherhead Hub

18 Mole Business Park, Randalls Road

Leatherhead

KT22 7AD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.

Please note this role is for up to 30 hours per week, this can be discussed at interview. Working a Thursday face-to-face is a requirement for this post.

This role will require travel around the county of Surrey and NE Hampshire either by car or public transport.

Candidates who are shortlisted will be invited to the Selection Process, which will include psychometric assessments.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.

Please note this role is for up to 30 hours per week, this can be discussed at interview. Working a Thursday face-to-face is a requirement for this post.

This role will require travel around the county of Surrey and NE Hampshire either by car or public transport.

Candidates who are shortlisted will be invited to the Selection Process, which will include psychometric assessments.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees
HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist

Desirable

Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of work
Additional leadership/management qualification

Experience

Essential

Extensive post qualification clinical experience in relevant clinical setting
Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work
Experience of supervising trainees, assistant psychologists, qualified clinical/counselling psychologists and others providing psychological therapies
Demonstrable experience of developing complex formulations drawing on multiple psychological models

Desirable

Experience of advising other professionals on complex psychological issues and risk
Experience of implementing change following audit and service evaluation

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees
HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist

Desirable

Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of work
Additional leadership/management qualification

Experience

Essential

Extensive post qualification clinical experience in relevant clinical setting
Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work
Experience of supervising trainees, assistant psychologists, qualified clinical/counselling psychologists and others providing psychological therapies
Demonstrable experience of developing complex formulations drawing on multiple psychological models

Desirable

Experience of advising other professionals on complex psychological issues and risk
Experience of implementing change following audit and service evaluation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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