Job summary
The post-holder will work collaboratively with senior colleagues to support the delivery of psychological therapy services in their area, as well as working closely with the wider network of therapists both across the quadrant.
The post holder would be provided with supervision and will supervise junior colleagues including trainees. They will also contribute to strong clinical governance, including outcome measurement. They will also liaise with other relevant services including acute and inpatient teams to optimise the continuity of care for our service users across the different parts of the service.Experience of providing training, supervision or consultation would be an advantage. It would suit someone who loves working as part of a multi-disciplinary therapy team. HPFT recognises the importance of continuing professional development in the provision of high quality services, and will provide appropriate training opportunities. The post will be based at the local Community team base in Cheshunt, whilst also providing some input into the Ware Community team. The ability to work flexibly as the needs of the service demands will be essential. The post holder would expect some travel within their working week. HPFT Trust strategy is committed to delivering trauma-informed care within its services, the post holder will help ensure services are focused on enabling this process.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will take a central role in delivering highly specialised and evidence-based psychological interventions to clients with severe or complex mental health difficulties. They will be proficient in undertaking psychological assessment and formulation. Of equal importance will be the leadership role provided across the multi-disciplinary team. They will be involved in triaging referrals into psychological therapies and provide consultation to MDT colleagues around complex cases. On-going service-development and policy work will also be a part of the role.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post-holder will provide psychological assessments, formulations and interventions to clients presenting to the Adult Community Mental Health Service.
- The post-holder will provide clinical supervision to junior team members.
- The post-holder will provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients psychological care to other multi-disciplinary professionals.
- To work strategically across the team to upskill the MDTs best practice, provide psychological advice, guidance, support and consultation to other professionals, contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
- The post holder will develop and maintain an outcome framework in order to monitor and report on clinical and other outcomes to relevant stakeholders.
- The post-holder will provide psychological input to service-users, their carers and families which integrate both mental and physical health needs in line with an integrative framework.
- The post-holder will provide specialist Psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for groups and individuals.
- The post-holder will work closely with psychology, other psychological therapy colleagues and staff from the wider MDT.
- Liaise with other services such as inpatient and crisis teams, to ensure continuity of care across different parts of the pathway.
- The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post-holder will provide psychological assessments, formulations and interventions to clients presenting to the Adult Community Mental Health Service.
- The post-holder will provide clinical supervision to junior team members.
- The post-holder will provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients psychological care to other multi-disciplinary professionals.
- To work strategically across the team to upskill the MDTs best practice, provide psychological advice, guidance, support and consultation to other professionals, contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
- The post holder will develop and maintain an outcome framework in order to monitor and report on clinical and other outcomes to relevant stakeholders.
- The post-holder will provide psychological input to service-users, their carers and families which integrate both mental and physical health needs in line with an integrative framework.
- The post-holder will provide specialist Psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for groups and individuals.
- The post-holder will work closely with psychology, other psychological therapy colleagues and staff from the wider MDT.
- Liaise with other services such as inpatient and crisis teams, to ensure continuity of care across different parts of the pathway.
- The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or fully completed training as a Counselling Psychologist. OR
- Qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, social social work or occupational therapy.
- Completion of DBT Intensive Training and commitment to achieve DBT Accreditation when this becomes available.
- Experience working as a qualified practitioner with clients with personality disorder presentations in a relevant service.
- Current full registration with HCPC or NMC
- Experience of supervising qualified clinical staff from a range of professional backgrounds.
- Training in positive risk assessment and management.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of clients with personality disorders , including those with physical health conditions and or long term conditions across the whole life span's presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity whilst 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 exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and inter-agency collaboration.
- Ability to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable
- High level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the fields of Clinical / Counselling Psychology.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or fully completed training as a Counselling Psychologist. OR
- Qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, social social work or occupational therapy.
- Completion of DBT Intensive Training and commitment to achieve DBT Accreditation when this becomes available.
- Experience working as a qualified practitioner with clients with personality disorder presentations in a relevant service.
- Current full registration with HCPC or NMC
- Experience of supervising qualified clinical staff from a range of professional backgrounds.
- Training in positive risk assessment and management.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of clients with personality disorders , including those with physical health conditions and or long term conditions across the whole life span's presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity whilst 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 exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and inter-agency collaboration.
- Ability to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable
- High level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the fields of Clinical / Counselling 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).
