Job summary
We would like to appoint an experienced Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to work in the AMH Neighbourhood Mental Health Services (NMHS) in Worcestershire. The post holder will lead on psychosis and bipolar disorder for the AMH psychological services within the NMHS Locality Teams in Worcestershire.
We welcome applications for full or part-time working. We provide both face-to-face and virtual interventions as clinically appropriate and have a hybrid model of working both in base and from home.
The NMHS teams have integrated psychological pathways for individuals with moderate/severe, severe/enduring, psychosis/bipolar, and emotionally unstable presentations. The post holder will apply Clinical/Counselling Psychology core values and clinical practice, working with a diverse service user group and with a range of complex mental health needs. They will encourage empowered service users to be active in their own recovery and enhance evidence-based practice across the NMHS.
Main duties of the job
This post holder is integral to the NMHS, working with other psychologists, psychotherapists, and mental health professionals. They will be a valued member of the NMHS psychology leadership team together with the psychological interventions provision within the Trust.
They will lead on the delivery of psychological interventions, individual and group, with service users who experience symptoms of psychosis or bipolar disorder. They will also work with families and carers and provide supervision, consultancy, reflective practice, applied psychology training, and service audit. This work will endeavor to include more co-produced, trauma-informed service delivery.
They will be based in Worcester City and provide outreach services to NMHS Locality Teams in Redditch, Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Wyre Forest, Malvern, and Evesham. There is flexibility to be based at one of these other sites if preferable.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer:
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
* Flexible and agile working opportunities
* Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
* Wide range of supportive staff networks
* Health and wellbeing opportunities
Job responsibilities
Alongside the Band 8b Job Description and Person Specification, the postholder will also:
* Receive both clinical supervision and line management.
* Have prioritized personal and professional development.
* Deliver clinical supervision and line management.
* Behave consistently with and promote the values of the trust.
* Adhere to HCPC practice guidelines.
* Implement the psychology provision guidelines and trust policies.
* Meet and maintain targets within the psychology provision.
* Use their initiative, be responsible and accountable for providing a systematic psychology service, specialist psychological interventions, clinical and research supervision, and training for trainees and other trust staff as agreed with the service lead.
* Work with managers and team leaders to develop services and improve quality in consultation with the service lead and be involved with associated meetings and seminars.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge required specific to the role and clinical area
* Advanced theoretical and applied knowledge of psychological approaches for people with psychological problems including specialised psychological assessments and interventions for patients with complex and psychological presentations and physical health difficulties
* Well-developed psychometric assessment skills
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis, as practiced within the field of Clinical/Counselling Psychology
Additional Criteria
Essential
* Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Desirable
* Previous publications in either peer-reviewed academic or professional journal and/or books
Qualifications
Essential
* BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology
* Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
* Post qualification training/ experience in specific, evidence-based techniques for use with clients with complex psychological presentations and/or physical health difficulties, across the age span
* Evidence of regular further professional training and experience as required by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the BPS
* Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
* Eligible for registration as a Practitioner member of the BPS Division of Clinical/Counselling Psychology
* Registered with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
* I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
* Related academic qualifications to masters or doctorate level
Experience
Essential
* Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
* A minimum of 4 years of experience working as a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within the relevant area
* Experience of leading in relation to the development and organisation of psychological interventions within a given clinical area
* Sufficient training and experience to be recognised by the Division of Clinical/Counselling Psychology as a suitably qualified psychologist to offer clinical placements to trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologists
* Training and experience in the application of psychological knowledge across a range of mental health presentations, including organic illness, functional mental health, and physical health
* Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions to patients presenting with the full degree of clinical severity and across a range of clinical mental health presentations across the life span and care settings
* Experience of multi-agency/multidisciplinary working
* Therapeutic expertise in working with carers/families/couples
* Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
Desirable
* Experience of strategic planning and service development
* Experience of teaching and training psychologists in a Clinical/Counselling Psychology doctorate training course
* Training and experience in specialist area of working within the clinical area
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.
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Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
Studdert Kennedy House
Spring Gardens
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 2AE
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