Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Are you a psychologist looking for a role within a specialist community team delivering care wrapped around psychological interventions? The Worcestershire Complex Needs Service (CNS) is excited to recruit an enthusiastic Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (1.0 WTE) who will be part of a multi-disciplinary team working with those with emotional and relational struggles.
CNS adopts a Structured Clinical Management framework and within this framework offers Dialectic Behavioural Therapy and Mentalization-Based Therapy. This is an opportunity to be part of advances in evidence-based treatment for those with complex personality difficulties. The successful applicant will be valued for their ability to think dynamically and will be supported with regular clinical supervision and weekly reflective practice.
We are concurrently advertising for band 7 and band 8a and will shortlist and interview both at the same time. We look forward to your application and welcome any enquiries for discussion.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be a senior clinician within CNS and an important part of the patient's journey. They will be assessing patients to co-produce an initial psychological formulation. This will help inform the delivery of psychological interventions that they will deliver directly (individually/groups) and/or support team members in doing so through regular supervision.
There will be opportunities to be part of the development of assistant psychologists in the team alongside providing guidance for the analysis of clinical data to help with the team's continued development of its treatment pathways.
The successful applicant will also be expected to undertake evidence-based specialist treatments (such as DBT and MBT) and this would be funded. The post holder will work (up to 1.0 WTE) hours between Monday to Friday, during office hours excluding bank holidays, and will work from community bases.
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
If you would like to know more, please visit our website.
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Additional criteria
* Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Knowledge
* 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 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
Experience
* A minimum of 2 years of experience working as a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within the relevant 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 within a number of different specialties
* 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
* Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
Qualifications
* 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 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
Skills and abilities
* Highly developed and effective communication skills, both oral and written, including ability to communicate complex, highly personal and sensitive information
* Advanced ability to develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship and manage transference appropriately
* Able to communicate effectively within the team and build good sound working relationships
* Good presentation and teaching skills, able to use multi-media materials for both formal large group situations and small informal settings
* Committed to promote patients' rights, independence and choice e.g., through informed consent for interventions
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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