Job summary
East London Foundation Trust are pleased to offer the opportunity for a Psychologist or Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (with CBTp specialism) to join us in the City and Hackney community mental health service. This post is a fixed term 8 month contract and working 18.75 hours per week.
The psychological therapies service is embedded within various community mental health multidisciplinary teams, which are intended to offer a place-based service responsive to local population needs. We mainly work with people who have a diagnosis of psychosis /BPAD and/or are under care coordination due to the level of their current needs.
Main duties of the job
The role involves both direct and indirect working. The direct work with service users includes consultation, assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions. The post involves working with service users with a wide range of mental health difficulties, mostly people with a diagnosis of psychosis or bipolar affective disorder, and/or are under care coordination due to the level of their current needs. There is an ongoing group treatment programme across the borough and the post holder will be encouraged to contribute to this according to their interests.
Indirect work will include consultation, formulation, supervision and training with the multidisciplinary teams, and also with other services involved in the service user's care as envisaged by the neighbourhood model.
The post holder will be committed to supporting the work of the wider psychology service in seeking to provide a high quality, equitable, culturally competent and trauma-informed service.
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
- The systematic provision of a high quality specialist clinical /counselling psychology or CBTp service to service users under the care of the community mental health teams.
- To bring a psychological perspective to the work of the community mental health teams.
- Clinically supervise the work of assistant psychologists, graduate psychologists and, two years after qualifying, trainee psychologists.
- To promote and facilitate psychological capability within the community mental health teams e.g. via consultation, staff support and reflection and training.
- To support and lead when required, co-production and service-user involvement in psychology-related service development projects.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the team.
- Follow defined practices and procedures under the management and co-ordination of a senior psychologist.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
- Participate in CPD and other developmental activities, keeping up to date with relevant psychological research and national guidance (DoH, NICE etc).
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The systematic provision of a high quality specialist clinical /counselling psychology or CBTp service to service users under the care of the community mental health teams.
- To bring a psychological perspective to the work of the community mental health teams.
- Clinically supervise the work of assistant psychologists, graduate psychologists and, two years after qualifying, trainee psychologists.
- To promote and facilitate psychological capability within the community mental health teams e.g. via consultation, staff support and reflection and training.
- To support and lead when required, co-production and service-user involvement in psychology-related service development projects.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the team.
- Follow defined practices and procedures under the management and co-ordination of a senior psychologist.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
- Participate in CPD and other developmental activities, keeping up to date with relevant psychological research and national guidance (DoH, NICE etc).
Person Specification
Education/qualification/training
Essential
- HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist or BABCP accredited CBTp therapist
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters
- Experience of representing psychological therapy services within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of delivering evidence-based psychological assessment and intervention with clients experiencing a range of complex mental health needs including psychosis.
- Experience of developing and carrying out research projects
Desirable
- Experience of working with families and carers, and of delivering family therapy following a theoretical
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Highly-developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation.
- Knowledge of psychological assessment and intervention with clients experiencing severe mental health problems including psychosis.
- Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to provide a culturally-competent and non-stigmatising service including an awareness of the potential impact of discrimination and disadvantage on mental health
- Ability to support and co-ordinate the work of psychology colleagues within the team/service.
- Knowledge of trauma-informed care and practices
Desirable
- Highly-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised evidence-based psychological therapies relevant to the client group.
- Working knowledge of the practices and approaches of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care and management network, including medical, employment, social, educational and criminal justice systems.
- Doctoral-level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex, multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical psychology.
Person Specification
Education/qualification/training
Essential
- HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist or BABCP accredited CBTp therapist
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters
- Experience of representing psychological therapy services within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of delivering evidence-based psychological assessment and intervention with clients experiencing a range of complex mental health needs including psychosis.
- Experience of developing and carrying out research projects
Desirable
- Experience of working with families and carers, and of delivering family therapy following a theoretical
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Highly-developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation.
- Knowledge of psychological assessment and intervention with clients experiencing severe mental health problems including psychosis.
- Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to provide a culturally-competent and non-stigmatising service including an awareness of the potential impact of discrimination and disadvantage on mental health
- Ability to support and co-ordinate the work of psychology colleagues within the team/service.
- Knowledge of trauma-informed care and practices
Desirable
- Highly-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised evidence-based psychological therapies relevant to the client group.
- Working knowledge of the practices and approaches of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care and management network, including medical, employment, social, educational and criminal justice systems.
- Doctoral-level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex, multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical psychology.
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).
