About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
* We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
* We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care."
Our Purpose
"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters."
Our Values
* We Care
* We Learn
* We Empower
Our strategic objectives
* We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
* We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
* We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
* We will help our communities to thrive.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, skilled and enthusiastic Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our well-established, dynamic and welcoming Adult Community Psychology Team in South West Essex. We welcome newly qualified applicants who can be initially appointed at a band 7 with preceptorship to 8a in due course.
Grade/Salary: Band 8a (Band 7 preceptorship for newly qualified applicants).
Location: South West Essex (Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock)
Hours: 37.5 per week
The Adult Community Psychological Service provides a Tier 2 service to the South Essex locality. The post holder will be expected to provide specialist psychological input to the local community mental health teams comprising the First Response Team (FRT) and Recovery and Wellbeing Team (RWT). The FRT delivers care and interventions to clients newly referred to secondary care mental health services for a period of 6 months. The RWT delivers care plans aligned to recovery focused outcomes to clients with longer term needs. As a member of the multidisciplinary team you will also be required to provide consultation, supervision and teaching to other professionals. The post holder will integrate working with Talking therapies, in-patient, specialist team, and the MDT colleagues.
Main duties of the job
The role involves providing specialist assessment, formulation and interventions for a diverse population of clients with highly complex and severe mental health difficulties as well presenting a risk to themselves and/or others. The successful applicant will also be involved in the provision of supervision to junior members of the team, such as Trainee Psychologists as well as Clinical Associate Psychologists (CAPS), which the Psychological Services Directorate has taken an active role in facilitating the recruitment and training of. The role also involves offering advice and consultation on a client's psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's and Trust's policies and procedures.
The service provides an environment for psychological therapies staff to develop their skills through high quality supervision and a supported CPD programme, ideal for staff who have an interest in developing specialisms with a focus on career progression, including generous possible training opportunities in EMDR, Schema Therapy, DBT and other modalities that link to service needs and appraisal objectives. Leadership training is also supported, depending on career progression needs, through the Trust's internal programme and the NHS Leadership Academy.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
* The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
* Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
* Professional post-graduate qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (BPS accredited)
* HCPC Registered
* Doctoral level (or equivalent of) knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis
* Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology
Desirable criteria
* Post accreditation training in additional specialised areas of psychological practice such as DBT, CAT, Schema therapy, EMDR, MBT or SCM.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
* Relevant experience and extensive clinical experience
Skills/experience
Essential criteria
* Experience in providing psychological/psychotherapy interventions at post graduate level.
* Experience of assessing complex clients for appropriate psychological intervention.
* Ability to develop and communicate psychological formulations.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, presenting with a range of clinical severity
Desirable criteria
* Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision of other staff
* Experience in offering consultation and staff support to multidisciplinary staff teams
* Skills in psychometric assessment and ability to administer neuropsychological tests
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
* Shares the Trust's Beliefs and models this in their attitude and behaviour:
* Positive attitude to collaborative team work
* Accountable for own professional actions and ability to work autonomously
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered 'suitable alternative employment' to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.
Equal Opportunities Employer
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr