Job summary
Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/ Psychological Therapist
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated clinical/ counselling psychologist or psychological therapist to join our team supporting people with complex emotional needs and complex trauma presentations.
The post is suitable for someone with enthusiasm and experience in working with people with multiple needs in a compassionate, trauma-informed and collaborative way. The role requires a good grounding in psychological theory and formulation, but also a flexible and creative approach to psychological interventions in community settings. This is an excellent opportunity to engage with the development of new pathways of care for people with complex needs and the successful candidate will benefit from trauma-informed supervision and skills development in complex trauma interventions.
We aim to develop and deliver our services through co-production with people with lived experience. We would expect you to be fully committed to partnership working and co-production.
The successful candidate will be closely linked with the wider Adult Mental Health Psychology services and the local Primary Care Networks under whose governance they will experience continuing professional development.
Main duties of the job
- Support the implementation of the model of care for people with CEN as outlined in the community mental health framework and by providing 'in-reach' psychological services to the local NMHTs and across different teams and community services
- Offer psychological assessment, formulation and co-produce and implement appropriate care, treatment interventions and crisis contingency plans for people with CEN and complex trauma presentations
- Deliver trauma-informed and integrated group interventions in partnership with non-psychology mental health professionals and community partners.
- Liaise with colleagues and other professionals to contribute to the establishment of continuity of care across services with particular focus on facilitating the integration of interventions across the local health and social care setting, including statutory and voluntary, and physical and mental health sectors.
- Provide trauma-informed consultation to the broader staff team within NMHTs on the management of cases presenting with complex trauma and attachment-related issues.
- To manage a caseload of clients, in close collaboration with professionals guidelines and the overall framework of the NMHT policies and procedures
- To contribute to, and where requested, hold delegated responsibility for maintaining and developing the operational management structure in the service, compliant with Trust Policies and Key performance indicators.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide trauma-informed assessments, formulation and NICE recommended psychological therapies to people with complex emotional needs and complex trauma presentations
- Support local NMHTs to provide high quality care to people with CEN presentations through supervision, consultation, collaboration and co-production with service users
- Contribute to service improvement and development through engagement with audits, quality improvement projects and all other outcome measure and feedback collection policy implementation
- Please see JD/PS for more details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide trauma-informed assessments, formulation and NICE recommended psychological therapies to people with complex emotional needs and complex trauma presentations
- Support local NMHTs to provide high quality care to people with CEN presentations through supervision, consultation, collaboration and co-production with service users
- Contribute to service improvement and development through engagement with audits, quality improvement projects and all other outcome measure and feedback collection policy implementation
- Please see JD/PS for more details.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- 1.Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) or Doctorate in Counselling Psychology as accredited by the BPS OR Have an NHS Core Profession (e.g. Nurse, Allied Health Profession, Medical Doctor, Social Worker) And Have completed a minimum of one year of recognised full-time (or equivalent part-time) psychological therapy or counselling training leading to a qualification, certification or accreditation recognised by a relevant professional or regulatory body, namely the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), The British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), or Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy
- 2.Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- 3.Training in a therapeutic model relevant to the post (e.g. DBT, MBT, CAT, EMDR, schema therapy)
Desirable
- 1.Qualification in a therapeutic model relevant to the post (e.g. accredited or registered practitioner)
Experience
Essential
- Direct clinical therapeutic work with people with complex emotional needs and complex trauma presentations
- Experience of trauma-informed, collaborative psychological assessment, formulation, treatment and risk assessment of service users across the full range of multidisciplinary care settings and in different cultural contexts
- At least two years' experience of work in the NHS
- Experience of facilitating different types of therapeutic interventions, individually or within groups.
Desirable
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, in both verbal and written form clinically sensitive information to patients, other professional colleagues, families, and carers within a highly emotive and unpredictable environment.
- To be able to assess the mental state and risk for a wide range of patients with complex mental health problems, including personality disorder, complex trauma and substance misuse
- Skills in providing consultation to other qualified and unqualified staff, within both statutory and non statutory sectors.
- Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex, multivariate data analysis and service evaluation.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- 1.Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) or Doctorate in Counselling Psychology as accredited by the BPS OR Have an NHS Core Profession (e.g. Nurse, Allied Health Profession, Medical Doctor, Social Worker) And Have completed a minimum of one year of recognised full-time (or equivalent part-time) psychological therapy or counselling training leading to a qualification, certification or accreditation recognised by a relevant professional or regulatory body, namely the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), The British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), or Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy
- 2.Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- 3.Training in a therapeutic model relevant to the post (e.g. DBT, MBT, CAT, EMDR, schema therapy)
Desirable
- 1.Qualification in a therapeutic model relevant to the post (e.g. accredited or registered practitioner)
Experience
Essential
- Direct clinical therapeutic work with people with complex emotional needs and complex trauma presentations
- Experience of trauma-informed, collaborative psychological assessment, formulation, treatment and risk assessment of service users across the full range of multidisciplinary care settings and in different cultural contexts
- At least two years' experience of work in the NHS
- Experience of facilitating different types of therapeutic interventions, individually or within groups.
Desirable
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, in both verbal and written form clinically sensitive information to patients, other professional colleagues, families, and carers within a highly emotive and unpredictable environment.
- To be able to assess the mental state and risk for a wide range of patients with complex mental health problems, including personality disorder, complex trauma and substance misuse
- Skills in providing consultation to other qualified and unqualified staff, within both statutory and non statutory sectors.
- Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex, multivariate data analysis 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.
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).
