Job summary
A vacancy has arisen for a Psychologist to join FPDS. The role involves providing specialist psychological assessments and interventions to service users, as appropriate to the service. There is a strong emphasis on consultation and pathway planning advice for other agencies, including the National Probation Service, and for staff working with these service users, some of whom are in secure hospital placements outside the AWP Trust boundary. The role also includes providing clinical supervision to other registered psychologists, trainee and assistant psychologists, and other professionals. The post-holder should hold a relevant qualification and have experience working with service users with personality disorder and/or complex needs. Experience within a forensic setting would be advantageous, although not essential.
Main duties of the job
- To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy to patients and carers, as appropriate to the service.
- To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients' formulation and psychological management to non-psychologist colleagues.
- To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the effective management of patients by various teams and agencies within the area, and where appropriate, outside the area.
- To clinically supervise trainee clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists, less experienced psychology staff, and other professionals.
- To contribute to audit, research, policy, and service development within the areas served by the Pathfinder Service.
- To develop and deliver training in psychological therapies for multidisciplinary staff.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust);a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees.
We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a high-quality, largely autonomous, and systematic clinical service for the team.
- To undertake highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessment, risk assessment, and assessment for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health problems, serious mental illness, challenging behaviour, and/or personality disorder, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems and employing methods based on evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
- To be responsible for providing a range of psychological interventions for service users, carers, and groups, within and across teams, employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models, and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
- To provide at least one specialist evidence-based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.
- To provide highly specialist consultation to members of various teams in the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients of those teams. This will include working with the Criminal Justice System, Social Services, Probation Service, and other mental health teams.
- To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of complex clients with challenging behaviour, personality disorder, and serious mental illness by teams.
- To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust and to external agencies.
- To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Pathfinder Service.
- To maintain accurate records and monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.
- To support the full implementation of the Care Programme Approach as appropriate to the needs of the service.
- To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a high-quality, largely autonomous, and systematic clinical service for the team.
- To undertake highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessment, risk assessment, and assessment for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health problems, serious mental illness, challenging behaviour, and/or personality disorder, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems and employing methods based on evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
- To be responsible for providing a range of psychological interventions for service users, carers, and groups, within and across teams, employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models, and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
- To provide at least one specialist evidence-based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.
- To provide highly specialist consultation to members of various teams in the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients of those teams. This will include working with the Criminal Justice System, Social Services, Probation Service, and other mental health teams.
- To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of complex clients with challenging behaviour, personality disorder, and serious mental illness by teams.
- To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust and to external agencies.
- To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Pathfinder Service.
- To maintain accurate records and monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.
- To support the full implementation of the Care Programme Approach as appropriate to the needs of the service.
- To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Registration
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling/Forensic psychology or equivalent
- HPCP Registered
- Post qualification and further specialist training in specified specialist intervention
- Minimum of two years post qualification experience of working within multidisciplinary settings
- Experience in provision of supervision, consultation and training of other professionals
- Demonstrates co-production skills and assertive application of community psychology principles
Desirable
- Interest in working with complex system across primary/secondary and VCSE communities of care
- Experience of delivering individual/groups and family psychological interventions
- Interest in and or experience of using community psychology principles to work sensitively with the communities we serve
- Enthusiasm in supporting service innovation and development
- Networking and group work skills that enable genuine participation and influence of all stakeholders
- Demonstrates proactive inclusion of groups and communities exposed to greater pressures
Experience, Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the specialism. Ability to use this knowledge to think systemically/organisationally.
- Psychological assessment skills and knowledge
- Evidence based therapeutic interventions with client group.
- Empathy/engagement skills with the client group.
- Experience of risk assessment and management.
- Clinical supervision/consultation with other professionals.
- Ability to work effectively and flexibly as an integral member of a team.
- Ability to work independently.
- Self-awareness and emotional resilience.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Registration
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling/Forensic psychology or equivalent
- HPCP Registered
- Post qualification and further specialist training in specified specialist intervention
- Minimum of two years post qualification experience of working within multidisciplinary settings
- Experience in provision of supervision, consultation and training of other professionals
- Demonstrates co-production skills and assertive application of community psychology principles
Desirable
- Interest in working with complex system across primary/secondary and VCSE communities of care
- Experience of delivering individual/groups and family psychological interventions
- Interest in and or experience of using community psychology principles to work sensitively with the communities we serve
- Enthusiasm in supporting service innovation and development
- Networking and group work skills that enable genuine participation and influence of all stakeholders
- Demonstrates proactive inclusion of groups and communities exposed to greater pressures
Experience, Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the specialism. Ability to use this knowledge to think systemically/organisationally.
- Psychological assessment skills and knowledge
- Evidence based therapeutic interventions with client group.
- Empathy/engagement skills with the client group.
- Experience of risk assessment and management.
- Clinical supervision/consultation with other professionals.
- Ability to work effectively and flexibly as an integral member of a team.
- Ability to work independently.
- Self-awareness and emotional resilience.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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