Job overview
Month Maternity Cover
CAMEO provides full and comprehensive, assessment, treatment and management of all cases experiencing first episode psychosis and At-Risk mental states (ARMS) within the catchment area of Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. It operates across bases in Cambridge and Peterborough.
Our mission is to put people in control of their care. We will maximise opportunities for individuals and their families by enabling them to look beyond their limitations to achieve their goals and aspirations.
In other words: “To offer people the best help to do the best for themselves.”
We are committed to the core NHS values which we underpin in all that we do -
Working Together for Patients
Compassion
Respect & Dignity
Everyone Counts
Improving Lives
Commitment to Quality of Care
Main duties of the job
1. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining several provisional hypotheses.
2. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, carers, or group
3. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients, and manage and maintain a caseload in line with service guidelines and under the overall co-ordination of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
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