Counselling/Clinical Psychologist Band 8b
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Principal Clinical Psychologist within our Accredited Crisis and Home Treatment teams in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Care Group.
The successful applicant will work alongside a psychologically minded team of nurses, medics and allied health professionals to deliver trauma informed and compassionate care to our service users across our two patches (Shrewsbury and Telford). We are able to offer a degree of flexible working practices across the sites.
It is envisaged that the post will entail working both directly and indirectly with service users referred to the crisis and home treatment team. You will be carrying out / supervising expert assessment, formulation and brief intervention work with individuals and/or their systems. The post will also entail significant elements of consultation, reflective practice, staff well-being, team formulation and training. There will likely be opportunities for service development and involvement in the CRHT collective leadership team.
Psychology is highly regarded in the care group and there will be support and opportunities for further training and CPD. In the care group there is expertise in working from numerous psychological models including e.g. DBT, MBT, CFT, CBT, ISTDP, ACT and CAT.
If you are interested in moving to our beautiful county, we can provide a generous relocation package of up to £8,000. Alternatively, other incentives are available including a welcome bonus of 20% of first year salary - at 50% on commencement of employment and 50% following 12 months employment.
Main Duties of the Job
You will be well supported via clinical supervision by the urgent care pathway consultant clinical psychologist and managerial supervision by the team manager. There are regular pathway psychology meetings and there are bi-monthly regional psychology meetings and teaching sessions attended by adult mental health, our children and young people teams and specialist services psychologists.
This post will maintain close links with other psychology colleagues within the urgent care pathway (inpatients, Crisis/home treatment and Liaison mental health) and our community psychology colleagues. Across the urgent care pathway we will have 4 practitioner psychologists, trainee associate psychologists and assistant psychologists with the possibility of further expansion in the near future.
We have close links and offer trainee placements for the Staffordshire Doctorate course and Keele TCAPS training programme.
About Us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:
* Supporting your career development and progression.
* Options for flexible working.
* Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources.
* If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
* Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate.
* Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates.
* Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k.
* Free car parking at all trust sites.
* Free flu vaccination every year.
* Attractive relocation package.
* Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met).
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.
Job Responsibilities
For further information relating to this position, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Good undergraduate degree (preferably relevant to psychological therapy).
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
Experience
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including psychosis, across the whole life course.
* Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
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.
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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