Highly Specialist Psychological Therapist
Band 8b
Main area: Forensics
Grade: Band 8b
Contract: 9 months (Fixed term)
Hours: Part time - 26.25 hours per week (Must be available Mondays and Fridays)
Job ref: 277-6856824-FOR
Site: Bracton Centre
Town: Dartford
Salary: £67,950 - £78,028 pa inc pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/12/2024 23:59
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit a fixed term Highly Specialist Psychological Therapist at the Bracton Centre for 0.7 WTE (26.25 hours) while the current postholder is on secondment. The post holder will be one of the senior psychological therapists at the secure inpatient services at the Bracton Centre and Memorial Hospital. You will provide clinical input to an acute ward and line manage/clinically supervise qualified and pre-qualified psychological therapists in the service.
Main duties of the job
* To work closely with the inpatient psychology lead to embed psychologically informed practices, and deliver a psychological assessment and intervention service across the Bracton Centre and Memorial.
* To clinically deliver psychological services to a caseload of inpatient and community service users.
* To offer psychological advice and consultation to multi-disciplinary colleagues and other agencies that promotes patient, carer and staff safety and wellbeing.
* Responsibility for supervising and professionally managing qualified psychologists, psychological therapists and assistant psychologists, and responsibility for overseeing others deliver supervision and line management.
* Supervising and oversight of the supervision of trainees and students.
* Develop and oversee high quality clinical risk assessments using structured tools.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To provide specialist psychological assessments of service users with mental health difficulties, personality difficulties and high harm offending histories.
* To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service user’s clinical problems and risk.
* To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
* Enable all staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
* To be responsible to the inpatient psychological therapies lead for delegated tasks pertaining to governance, contracts, monitoring and service developments.
* To work autonomously with professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
* To deputise for the inpatient psychological therapies lead in their absence.
* To utilise research skills for audit, research, and policy and service development within the forensic specialties directorate.
* Act as a role model and champion the Trust’s vision and values.
* Provide a service where people feel valued, developed and supported.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Entry-level qualification in applied psychological therapy/mental health/social welfare profession or equivalent.
* Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice.
* Completed training course in clinical supervision and/or accredited to supervise qualified psychological practitioners.
* CPD in leadership.
Professional Registration
* Registered with professional body or regulatory body as appropriate to psychological therapy discipline.
Experience
* Completion of a minimum of four years full-time (or equivalent part-time) post-doctoral / post qualification supervised experience.
* Experience of undertaking leadership roles.
* Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in adult mental health or forensic services.
* Experience of supervising psychological assessments/interventions.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. If you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please ensure you select this on your application form.
If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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