Job summary
Explore Your Potential in a Specialist Psychologist Role - 12-Month Fixed Term
Are you a motivated Psychologist looking to immerse yourself in the specialised field of Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment (CRHTT)? Our Berkshire West team has a 12-month fixed-term opportunity waiting for you. If you're ready for an exciting challenge and to propel your career to the next level, we encourage you to apply today.
As a highly specialised Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, you'll play a pivotal role, delivering expert psychological services to clients and staff within CRHTT West. You'll be a key member of the multidisciplinary team, providing invaluable expertise in psychologically based care and treatment pathways.
What sets this role apart is your autonomy within professional and local guidelines and policies. You'll contribute to maintaining and developing high-quality, safe, and effective services. Your role goes beyond daily practice; it includes utilising your research skills for audit, policy and service development.
Experienced Band 7 Psychologists seeking developmental roles are also welcome to apply. For internal staff, secondments are considered if desired.
Our core service hours run from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday, with flexibility for your start and finish times within these hours. You'll be based at one of our West Berkshire sites in Newbury, Reading, or Wokingham. Occasional travel to other sites to see clients face to face will be part of the role.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Expertise: Your role will involve working within multidisciplinary teams, providing highly developed expert psychological clinical advice based on evidence-based approaches for patients.
Collaborative Support: You'll offer guidance on assessment, formulation, and treatment to MDT team members. Additionally, you'll provide ongoing practical advice and support through supervision, case reviews, and joint assessments or interventions.
Educational Leadership: As a lead on psychological formulation, you'll provide specialised teaching and supervision as needed within the team, contributing to the professional growth of your colleagues.
Team Collaboration: You'll work in synergy with other psychologists and assistant psychologists to deliver services to individuals in acute mental health crises
Lead Professional Role: As the Lead Professional, you may take on the responsibility for expert psychological assessment, case formulation, and treatment for a designated number of patients. You'll also coordinate care delivery by the wider MDT, set goals, and collaborate with patients and significant others for effective outcomes.
Guidance and Recommendations: Your role involves making recommendations to the Multidisciplinary team on additional assessments or interventions, as well as identifying necessary skills within the multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based care that leads to recovery and minimises risk.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
The must haves for this role:
- Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent)
- Registered and accredited with Health Professional Council (HCPC)
- A strong interest in working with the Mental Health Urgent Care Services
- Experience of working with complex caseloads
Applicants will be considered for interview on a first come first serve basis. If you recognise yourself in these requirements and wish to be considered we recommend you apply today!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Saniya Rizvi on 07795 416608 or email: saniya.rizvi@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
The must haves for this role:
- Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent)
- Registered and accredited with Health Professional Council (HCPC)
- A strong interest in working with the Mental Health Urgent Care Services
- Experience of working with complex caseloads
Applicants will be considered for interview on a first come first serve basis. If you recognise yourself in these requirements and wish to be considered we recommend you apply today!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Saniya Rizvi on 07795 416608 or email: saniya.rizvi@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent)
- Clinical supervision training for psychology trainees
- Registered and accredited with Health Professional Council (HCPC)
- Full British Psychology Society membership of clinical/counselling division and chartered clinical or counselling
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Evidenced post qualification training and expert knowledge in areas of specialism and the ability to use knowledge when interacting on health and social care subjects
Previous Experience
Essential
- Will usually have at least two years demonstrable post-qualification experience and interest of working in multidisciplinary teams / multi-agency environment as well as experience of teaching / training of health care professionals
- Experiencing of managing highly complex situations concerning safeguarding, risk management, complaints and investigations
- Experience of working within services that operate the Care Programme Approach successfully and of working with complex caseloads
- Experience of working effectively with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and with service users with cases of a high degree of complexity
- Experience of carrying out clinical audit and applying the findings.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to manage difficult situations with service users that have complex mental health conditions and challenging behaviours.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage, support and lead patients, clinicians and other stakeholder groups in change, development and improvement
- Able to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others as well as being able to cope with highly distressing circumstances
- Ability to comfortably and confidently cope well under pressure, with excellent time management skills and an ability to respond constructively to challenge or resistance.
- Quick to work through and resolve issues and competing demands
- Knowledge and understanding of service evaluation and implementing change from a national and local health or social care change agenda that impacts across services and professions
- Exceptional IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS office and the internet)
Desirable
- Ability to work flexibly, outside of standard 9-5 working, to support CRHTT psychology group and joining a Carer's group on a rotational basis
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to work flexibly as required and the ability to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements of the position
- Strong interest in working with the Mental Health Urgent Care Services
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent)
- Clinical supervision training for psychology trainees
- Registered and accredited with Health Professional Council (HCPC)
- Full British Psychology Society membership of clinical/counselling division and chartered clinical or counselling
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Evidenced post qualification training and expert knowledge in areas of specialism and the ability to use knowledge when interacting on health and social care subjects
Previous Experience
Essential
- Will usually have at least two years demonstrable post-qualification experience and interest of working in multidisciplinary teams / multi-agency environment as well as experience of teaching / training of health care professionals
- Experiencing of managing highly complex situations concerning safeguarding, risk management, complaints and investigations
- Experience of working within services that operate the Care Programme Approach successfully and of working with complex caseloads
- Experience of working effectively with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and with service users with cases of a high degree of complexity
- Experience of carrying out clinical audit and applying the findings.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to manage difficult situations with service users that have complex mental health conditions and challenging behaviours.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage, support and lead patients, clinicians and other stakeholder groups in change, development and improvement
- Able to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others as well as being able to cope with highly distressing circumstances
- Ability to comfortably and confidently cope well under pressure, with excellent time management skills and an ability to respond constructively to challenge or resistance.
- Quick to work through and resolve issues and competing demands
- Knowledge and understanding of service evaluation and implementing change from a national and local health or social care change agenda that impacts across services and professions
- Exceptional IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS office and the internet)
Desirable
- Ability to work flexibly, outside of standard 9-5 working, to support CRHTT psychology group and joining a Carer's group on a rotational basis
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to work flexibly as required and the ability to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements of the position
- Strong interest in working with the Mental Health Urgent Care Services
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).
