Job summary
Harrow Psychology is excited to be recruiting for a new Clinical Associate Psychologist to join our expanding psychological therapies team. This post will be based in our Adult Community Mental Health Hub (Bentley House CMHH) and work integratively with the multi-disciplinary team including psychology, psychiatry, nursing, occupational therapy and peer support. Psychological services are provided to adults experiencing a range of mental health difficulties; including psychosis, complex emotional needs and PTSD as well as difficulties associated with anxiety and mood.
In line with the NHS 10-Year Long Term Plan, CNWL is pioneering in its Trauma-Informed Approach and now influencing national policy (see NHSE Guidelines for Acute Inpatient Mental Health Care for Adults and Older Adults, 2023). Harrow is also leading in its innovative Complex Emotional Needs Pathway, which includes the provision of a full DBT program.
If you are passionate about delivering innovative psychologically-informed care, come and join our established team of psychologists with a diverse range of expertise. Specialist supervision is available from senior clinicians in a variety of modalities. Psychology is well integrated and highly valued, with excellent MDT relationships. You must have a strong commitment to teamwork, an ability to facilitate ongoing development of the psychology service and to work sensitively within a culturally diverse environment.
Main duties of the job
The Harrow Community Mental Health Hub, adult inpatient wards and Home Treatment Team work closely together as an integrated system, which provides holistic intervention to adults with mental health difficulties living in Harrow. The post holders will join an expanding therapies team, committed to providing highly specialist and trauma-informed psychological care, integrated across this system. They will work closely with the full range of MDT professionals, including psychiatry, nursing, occupational therapy and peer support. They will play a key role in the assessment of service users presenting to community services, the development of creative and multi-disciplinary care plans, and the provision of psychological intervention that follows service users across the whole system. They will also input into our innovative Complex Emotional Needs pathway following a DBT framework.
The post-holder will be expected to work as a member of the multi-professional team, including the provision of consultation, co-working, teaching, training, supervision and research as well as developing specific training to enhance the systematic provision of psychological interventions offered to service users by all members of the team within a 'stepped-care' framework. They will make a leading contribution to the learning culture of the team and wider service, and play an integral role in the further development and embedding of Trauma-Informed Approaches.
About us
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
There's a place for you at CNWL.We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.Providingtop quality caredepends on our ability to employ the best people.We're always looking torecruit outstanding peoplewho will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.With adiverse culture and equally diverserange of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about the advertised role, please refer to the job description & person specification included in the documents section of this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about the advertised role, please refer to the job description & person specification included in the documents section of this advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An approved qualification in psychology conferring eligibility for graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society, (Class 2.1 or higher)
- Completed BPS [British Psychological Society] accredited CAP apprenticeship training programme including EPA to IFA standards
- Holding a CAP apprenticeship certificate
- Understand a range of psychological intervention models for understanding and intervening in mental health difficulties
Experience
Essential
- Strong ability to engage with a variety of services and community partners and stakeholders, and to expand existing networks, and to nurture and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders
- Able to assess limits of professional boundaries and capacity and understand when to seek appropriate supervision/advice on practice and whom to refer to so as to ensure best care
- Apply and review risk assessments and formulations when working with complex service users within scope of practice
Desirable
- Evaluate and audit clinical practice through conducting service evaluations/QI projects to inform change through dissemination of findings ensuring best use of publicly funded resources
- Assess and identify appropriate practice in relation to critical incident and severe adverse events
- Provide consultation/supervision with regards to psychological formulation, assessment, and intervention
- Lived experience of using services, and/or being a carer for someone
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- To be able to assess and formulate someone's experiences drawing on a range of psychological models and theory
- Awareness of diversity of cultural norms across the borough, and being able to respond to this appropriately
- Work cross-culturally and/or in different languages
- Understand the principles of clinical supervision using them to provide a safe and supportive environment to reflect, review and discuss personal and professional responses to work
- Able to correctly handle confidential information and knowing how and when to share this information for appropriate professional purposes and only with appropriate individuals, and as necessary with appropriately gained consent
- Ability to maintain accurate clinical records and why all entries in clinical and practice records are dated, timed and signed
- Ability to analyse and appraise the range of psychological assessment methods used within applied clinical practice to underpin assessment
- Adept in understanding and using models of clinical supervision and requirements for practice in line with the evidence-base and professional codes of conduct
- Skilled in continuous self-reflection, seeking and responding to support and feedback to develop professional knowledge and skills
Desirable
- Working closely with experts by experience
- Knowledge and implementation of local, regional and national policy
Other
Essential
- Dedicated in treating service users with dignity, respecting individuals' diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An approved qualification in psychology conferring eligibility for graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society, (Class 2.1 or higher)
- Completed BPS [British Psychological Society] accredited CAP apprenticeship training programme including EPA to IFA standards
- Holding a CAP apprenticeship certificate
- Understand a range of psychological intervention models for understanding and intervening in mental health difficulties
Experience
Essential
- Strong ability to engage with a variety of services and community partners and stakeholders, and to expand existing networks, and to nurture and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders
- Able to assess limits of professional boundaries and capacity and understand when to seek appropriate supervision/advice on practice and whom to refer to so as to ensure best care
- Apply and review risk assessments and formulations when working with complex service users within scope of practice
Desirable
- Evaluate and audit clinical practice through conducting service evaluations/QI projects to inform change through dissemination of findings ensuring best use of publicly funded resources
- Assess and identify appropriate practice in relation to critical incident and severe adverse events
- Provide consultation/supervision with regards to psychological formulation, assessment, and intervention
- Lived experience of using services, and/or being a carer for someone
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- To be able to assess and formulate someone's experiences drawing on a range of psychological models and theory
- Awareness of diversity of cultural norms across the borough, and being able to respond to this appropriately
- Work cross-culturally and/or in different languages
- Understand the principles of clinical supervision using them to provide a safe and supportive environment to reflect, review and discuss personal and professional responses to work
- Able to correctly handle confidential information and knowing how and when to share this information for appropriate professional purposes and only with appropriate individuals, and as necessary with appropriately gained consent
- Ability to maintain accurate clinical records and why all entries in clinical and practice records are dated, timed and signed
- Ability to analyse and appraise the range of psychological assessment methods used within applied clinical practice to underpin assessment
- Adept in understanding and using models of clinical supervision and requirements for practice in line with the evidence-base and professional codes of conduct
- Skilled in continuous self-reflection, seeking and responding to support and feedback to develop professional knowledge and skills
Desirable
- Working closely with experts by experience
- Knowledge and implementation of local, regional and national policy
Other
Essential
- Dedicated in treating service users with dignity, respecting individuals' diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
