Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist (Band 5 - Full Time- 20 months Fixed Term) to join the Personality and Complex Trauma (PACT) service. This Assistant Psychologist post will support the Consultant Adult Psychotherapist, Senior Psychotherapists, and Mentalisation Based Therapists in the provision of specialist input to service users with complex mental health needs. This role is funded via an expansion of Forensic Community Services and will involve working across PACT and Forensic Community Mental Health Team (FCMHT).
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Psychologist will be involved in the development of an MBT service for individuals with forensic presentations or who present with risk to others. It will involve supporting the creation and facilitation of innovative group interventions, as well as the ongoing running of the established Mentalisation-Based Treatment (MBT) Programme across PACT.
The Assistant Psychologist will be supported to develop qualitative research skills including designing and conducting interviews, as well as clinical skills in the cofacilitation of therapeutic group interventions.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Other duties will include completing clinically related administration, collecting data, conducting service audits and evaluations to determine effectiveness of interventions as well as identifying areas of service development, and the dissemination of research outputs.
We are looking to recruit a psychology graduate who has relevant clinical experience and is interested and passionate about working with people with complex mental health needs.
Please note that the expectation is that the post holder will be based in the team, although consideration will be offered to ad-hoc remote working depending on duties.
Interested? Reach out today to learn more or ask any questions you may have about the roles and the team. Please contact Gordon Gunnarsen (Consultant Adult Psychotherapist) at gordon.gunnarsen@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Other duties will include completing clinically related administration, collecting data, conducting service audits and evaluations to determine effectiveness of interventions as well as identifying areas of service development, and the dissemination of research outputs.
We are looking to recruit a psychology graduate who has relevant clinical experience and is interested and passionate about working with people with complex mental health needs.
Please note that the expectation is that the post holder will be based in the team, although consideration will be offered to ad-hoc remote working depending on duties.
Interested? Reach out today to learn more or ask any questions you may have about the roles and the team. Please contact Gordon Gunnarsen (Consultant Adult Psychotherapist) at gordon.gunnarsen@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good Honours undergraduate degree in Psychology
- Some experience of working with people in a caring role
- Evidence of adhering to a relevant code of ethics
Knowledge
Essential
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, relating to complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Participate and undertake audit evaluation and research. Completed clinical audits within a service
- Ability to function in a largely autonomous fashion, subject to suitable supervision
- Appropriate understanding of confidentiality in a mental health
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health / benefits & employment systems
- Some knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
- Some knowledge of child protection issues and other relevant legislation
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in psychological difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Experience of working with people preferably within mental health services
- Ability to meet agreed / specified service targets. Working in a manner consistent with the service needs
- Experience of working and liaising with other professional groups
- Experience of working as a member of a multidisciplinary team or within a team environment
- Evidence of working in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural setting
Other
Essential
- Car driver to have access to independent means of transport for work purposes and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good Honours undergraduate degree in Psychology
- Some experience of working with people in a caring role
- Evidence of adhering to a relevant code of ethics
Knowledge
Essential
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, relating to complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Participate and undertake audit evaluation and research. Completed clinical audits within a service
- Ability to function in a largely autonomous fashion, subject to suitable supervision
- Appropriate understanding of confidentiality in a mental health
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health / benefits & employment systems
- Some knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
- Some knowledge of child protection issues and other relevant legislation
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in psychological difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Experience of working with people preferably within mental health services
- Ability to meet agreed / specified service targets. Working in a manner consistent with the service needs
- Experience of working and liaising with other professional groups
- Experience of working as a member of a multidisciplinary team or within a team environment
- Evidence of working in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural setting
Other
Essential
- Car driver to have access to independent means of transport for work purposes and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
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.
