Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Clinical/Counselling Psychologists/CBT Therapists in the Enhanced Primary Care Mental Health Service within HPFT. You will be at the forefront in developing the therapeutic provision offered within primary care, to meet the needs of the local population,
You will work primarily from the team bases in Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire. You will work primarily, although they will also work as part of a wider team across East Hertfordshire.
Main duties of the job
You will provide psychological assessment, formulation and treatment to clients with moderately complex mental health disorders within the service. This will include developing and facilitating group based interventions.
You will join a growing and supportive team of psychological therapists and other clinicians. They will be provided with regular supervision and CPD opportunities and supported in their professional development.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on...
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will provide psychological assessment and treatment including a range of group and individual psychological interventions
You will provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients psychological care to other multi-disciplinary professionals
You will work closely with both psychological therapies staff and other non-psychological therapy colleagues
You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures
You will utilise research skills for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information on the job and responsibilities.
We welcome applications from candidates currently completing the required training.
Own transportation is required for this role
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will provide psychological assessment and treatment including a range of group and individual psychological interventions
You will provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients psychological care to other multi-disciplinary professionals
You will work closely with both psychological therapies staff and other non-psychological therapy colleagues
You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures
You will utilise research skills for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information on the job and responsibilities.
We welcome applications from candidates currently completing the required training.
Own transportation is required for this role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical or counselling psychologist and registered with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist OR Postgraduate qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, medicine, social work and occupational therapy or to have substantial other relevant experience and with demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field. AND: Diploma and / or M.Sc. in CBT leading to demonstrable eligibility for accreditation with the BABCP. OR Recognised qualification in Family / Systemic Psychotherapy; membership of the AFT or IFT and current full registration with the UKCP, OR Recognised qualification in Psychological Counselling and current full registration with the UKCP or the BACP. OR Recognised qualification in CognitiveAnalytic Therapy leading to UKCP CAT Psychotherapy Status OR Completion of DBT Intensive Training and PG Certificate in DBT.
- Continuing registration with body overseeing practice of core mental health profession, e.g. NMC or HCPC.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, adult mental health and in patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life span's presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Knowledge of whole life span development and the impact on emotional, psychological and mental well-being
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and inter-agency collaboration
- Ability to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to take the appropriate action to address any issues or risks
- Awareness of Child and Adult Safeguarding Procedures
- Awareness of current NHS initiatives and Developments
- Knowledge of legislation and the national agenda in relation to Adult Mental Health
- Knowledge and awareness of specific clinical practices and issues relating to clients with mental health problems
- Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
- Experience of teaching, training and/or offering supervision
Desirable
- Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc
- Experience of working in a community mental health setting
- Experience of service development/project management
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/ or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Ability to work and communicate therapeutically with clients and their families consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background and preferred ways of communicating
- Ability to work and communicate as a responsible participating member of a multi -disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members' contributions and to encourage participation of all involved
- Ability to keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Ability to alert line manager / team when direction, policies and strategies are adversely affecting users of services or the public
- Ability to time manage effectively and to work under pressure and to prioritise a clinical workload
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Essential
- Positive problem solving approach
- Ability to critically evaluate and review developments made by others to determine if and how they could be applied within own area of work
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification in clinical or counselling psychologist and registered with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist OR Postgraduate qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, medicine, social work and occupational therapy or to have substantial other relevant experience and with demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field. AND: Diploma and / or M.Sc. in CBT leading to demonstrable eligibility for accreditation with the BABCP. OR Recognised qualification in Family / Systemic Psychotherapy; membership of the AFT or IFT and current full registration with the UKCP, OR Recognised qualification in Psychological Counselling and current full registration with the UKCP or the BACP. OR Recognised qualification in CognitiveAnalytic Therapy leading to UKCP CAT Psychotherapy Status OR Completion of DBT Intensive Training and PG Certificate in DBT.
- Continuing registration with body overseeing practice of core mental health profession, e.g. NMC or HCPC.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, adult mental health and in patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life span's presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Knowledge of whole life span development and the impact on emotional, psychological and mental well-being
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and inter-agency collaboration
- Ability to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to take the appropriate action to address any issues or risks
- Awareness of Child and Adult Safeguarding Procedures
- Awareness of current NHS initiatives and Developments
- Knowledge of legislation and the national agenda in relation to Adult Mental Health
- Knowledge and awareness of specific clinical practices and issues relating to clients with mental health problems
- Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
- Experience of teaching, training and/or offering supervision
Desirable
- Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc
- Experience of working in a community mental health setting
- Experience of service development/project management
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/ or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Ability to work and communicate therapeutically with clients and their families consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background and preferred ways of communicating
- Ability to work and communicate as a responsible participating member of a multi -disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members' contributions and to encourage participation of all involved
- Ability to keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Ability to alert line manager / team when direction, policies and strategies are adversely affecting users of services or the public
- Ability to time manage effectively and to work under pressure and to prioritise a clinical workload
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Essential
- Positive problem solving approach
- Ability to critically evaluate and review developments made by others to determine if and how they could be applied within own area of work
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Rosanne House Parkway Welwyn Garden City
East and North Hertfordshire
East and North Hertfordshire
AL86HG
Employer's website
https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
