Job summary
Clinical / Counselling Psychologist - Band 8a - Permanent, 1.00 WTE
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated, skilled and compassionate Clinical, Counselling or Practitioner Psychologist to join our Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) (non-psychosis pathway) based in Royal Leamington Spa and Stratford Upon Avon.
You will be joining a friendly and vibrant multidisciplinary team that offers great prospects for developing a good range of skills in both direct and indirect clinical work.
We aim to provide a service to individuals presenting with complex and enduring mental health difficulties such as trauma, mood disorders, and co-morbid physical and other mental health difficulties.
The psychological therapies team in the CMHT has a vibrant skill mix including Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CBT therapists, Assistant Psychologists and Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners who offer a range of interventions including CBT, CBT-PD, EMDR, CAT, DBT-informed work, and CFT.
We are looking for someone who values and enjoys multi-disciplinary working and has a high level of understanding of the distinct contribution and added value that psychological approaches can make to service provision.
The successful applicant will hold their own caseload. They will receive clinical supervision by an 8B Clinical Psychologist and will have their own supervisory responsibilities for others in the team.
Main duties of the job
With the support and supervision of a Principal Clinical Psychologist you will providespecialist psychological assessments, formulations, and evidence based psychological interventions (individual and group) to service users accessing the non-psychosis pathway of the Community Mental Health Team presenting with complex and enduring mental health difficulties.
The role also includes joint work with colleagues in the form of team formulation, staff training, support and consultation around psychological issues and reflective practice.
The department has close links with the local D Clin Course and there is ample opportunity to be involved in the supervision of Trainee Clinical Psychologists. We also have links with local MSc courses and other NHS England funded courses and welcome placement opportunities regularly.
You will also be encouraged to be involved inaudit, service development, evaluation and research activities.
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.
These include:
generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
flexible working opportunities
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 groups
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
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post Graduate Doctoral level training in applied Psychology ( or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK) as approved by the HCPC.
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC
Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience of working with a wide variety of clients across the whole adult life with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of working with individuals with complex trauma.
- Experience of or willingness to contribute to the clinical supervision of less qualified staff and/or trainees utilising both group and individual formats.
- Experience of assessment, formulation and treatment of individuals with complex presentations who experience high levels of suicidal ideation, and frequently engage in deliberate self-harm.
Desirable
- Experience of working with individuals with complex needs and their carers / advocates.
- Experience of working with group dynamics and group processes.
- Relevant experience of working in a mental health setting within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of developing and or delivering teaching and training to other staff.
- Experience of the application of psychological treatment in different cultural contexts.
Knowledge and skills.
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of conducting highly specialist psychological assessments within a CMHT setting.
- Knowledge of a range of psychological therapy models currently used in CMHT services.
- Experience of applying a range of theoretical models and approaches to those presenting in CMHT services.
- Well developed skills in effective communication (verbal and written) of highly technical or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and professional colleagues both within and outside of the NHS.
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Awareness and understanding of ethical issues that arise in this area of work.
Desirable
- Commitment and interest in service development.
- Advanced IT skills, for recording work activity, for searching data bases and the internet, for word processing and preparing presentations, and for using email and intranet systems.
- Knowledge of legislation and policy pertinent to this client group.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional groups and non-professional groups. This includes the capacity to sensitively advise, support, educate and mentor other professionals regarding therapy with people with complex mental health presentations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post Graduate Doctoral level training in applied Psychology ( or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK) as approved by the HCPC.
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC
Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience of working with a wide variety of clients across the whole adult life with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of working with individuals with complex trauma.
- Experience of or willingness to contribute to the clinical supervision of less qualified staff and/or trainees utilising both group and individual formats.
- Experience of assessment, formulation and treatment of individuals with complex presentations who experience high levels of suicidal ideation, and frequently engage in deliberate self-harm.
Desirable
- Experience of working with individuals with complex needs and their carers / advocates.
- Experience of working with group dynamics and group processes.
- Relevant experience of working in a mental health setting within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of developing and or delivering teaching and training to other staff.
- Experience of the application of psychological treatment in different cultural contexts.
Knowledge and skills.
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of conducting highly specialist psychological assessments within a CMHT setting.
- Knowledge of a range of psychological therapy models currently used in CMHT services.
- Experience of applying a range of theoretical models and approaches to those presenting in CMHT services.
- Well developed skills in effective communication (verbal and written) of highly technical or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and professional colleagues both within and outside of the NHS.
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Awareness and understanding of ethical issues that arise in this area of work.
Desirable
- Commitment and interest in service development.
- Advanced IT skills, for recording work activity, for searching data bases and the internet, for word processing and preparing presentations, and for using email and intranet systems.
- Knowledge of legislation and policy pertinent to this client group.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional groups and non-professional groups. This includes the capacity to sensitively advise, support, educate and mentor other professionals regarding therapy with people with complex mental health presentations.
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).
