Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical psychologist who is keen to work in community mental healthcare and develop their skills in specialist psychological therapies.

In this post, you will spend three days per week working in Southampton East Community Mental Health Team at Bitterne Park. Working alongside colleagues, you will provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions. You will offer consultation, supervision and training to staff within the multi-disciplinary team. You will also attend team meetings and complex case panels. You will manage and supervise a Band 7 clinical psychologist and an assistant psychologist working in the same team.

Main duties of the job

Alongside your work in the community mental health team, you will spend up to two days per week delivering specialist psychological therapies to service users from across the city. There are opportunities to shape this part of the role according to your interests and service needs. Principle current service needs are in the areas of trauma-focused therapies and therapies for people with psychosis.

Applicants should have experience of working with people with severe mental health problems. We are looking for someone who has well-developed interpersonal and clinical skills, together with the resilience needed to thrive in a busy city-based NHS service.

You will join a friendly and supportive team of psychologists and psychological therapists with a wealth of expertise including CBT, DBT, CAT, ACT, EMDR and psychodynamic approaches. We have good supervision structures and an excellent track record of CPD, as well as strong academic links.

You will be based at Bitterne Park Medical Centre, Southampton and receive professional leadership and line management from a Principal Clinical Psychologist. You will receive clinical supervision tailored to your own model of practice. The East Community Mental Health Team base is in a vibrant urban area and enjoys free parking. Flexible working arrangements are possible, including some remote working according to clinical need.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and keen to increase the diversity of our team.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bittern Park Medical Centre

Thorold Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO18 1HZ

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bittern Park Medical Centre

Thorold Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO18 1HZ

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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