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Senior Practitioner Psychologist/ Psychological Therapist, Dagenham
Client:
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
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Other
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Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
7
Posted:
13.02.2025
Expiry Date:
30.03.2025
Job Description:
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Practitioner Psychologist/ Psychological Therapist to join the NELFT Clinical Health Psychological Services (CHPS). This is a senior WTE split role that involves working across two services for adults and their families: 1) Long Term Conditions (LTC) Psychology Service in Barking & Dagenham, and 2) CHPS in Waltham Forest.
The post holder will be required to be an autonomous practitioner and to have expertise in managing referrals, triaging patients and signposting referrals. A solid and robust understanding and knowledge of mental health presentations and clinical risk is essential, as is the ability to offer consultation and advice to non-psychology staff in risk assessment and clinical health presentations.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide a specialist psychological therapy assessment and treatment service for patients with LTC, carers and their families, who are referred with complex mental health difficulties in relation to their physical health.
2. Deliver at least 2-3 high quality specialist clinical interventions in line with national guidance.
3. Provide comprehensive mental health needs and risk assessments of referred patients and carers.
4. Be an active and integrated member of the LTC multi-disciplinary team.
5. Provide specialised training and consultation to other professionals working across different tiers of service.
6. Provide supervision to newly qualified and trainee clinical/counselling psychologists, psychotherapists, assistant psychologists and/or staff or students.
7. Take responsibility for the analysis and reporting on key performance targets (KPS’s), as set in the SLA with NHSE.
Working for our organisation
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.
Probationary Period: This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period.
High-Cost Area Supplement: This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust.
NELFT is dedicated to the on-going improvement of services across the lifespan and recognises the importance of research, evaluation and development in this process. The post holder will work as an autonomous professional within HCPC and BPS guidelines and Codes of Conduct.
Person specification
Qualifications
* HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist/ UK Registration as a psychotherapist/counsellor.
* Additional specialist training in advanced therapy skills, such as CBT, mindfulness, group, couples and family interventions.
Experience
* Experience of delivering psychological therapy to a wide variety of client groups.
* Commitment to working collaboratively in a multi-professional team.
* High level knowledge of clinical risk and how to effectively assess, manage and communicate risk information.
* Knowledge and ability to work with long-term health conditions.
* Up to date knowledge of NHS legislation, NICE Guidelines, and key developments in the field.
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.
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