Practitioner Psychologist/Psychotherapist
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 0.6WTE Band 7 Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Therapist to bring their skills and join the Clinical Health Psychological Services (CHPS) and the Long-Term Conditions Psychology Service in Barking and Dagenham based at Porters Avenue Health Centre. Our team is committed to making a difference within the long term conditions teams in the community (Respiratory, Cardiac and Diabetes). We are looking for applicants who have the energy and enthusiasm to acquire experience in working in health psychology and specialise in providing evidence-based interventions to non-professional carers and patients who are presenting with psychological distress in the context of living with long term physical health conditions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder would join the Clinical Health Psychology Service in NELFT, a well-established and well-respected team of psychologists. We are a friendly, collaborative and supportive team. We are keen to recruit people who share our vision of contributing to best practice, national guidelines and an evidence base. We offer excellent development opportunities including high quality and regular supervision, opportunities to supervise trainees and involvement in research.
Job responsibilities
This role involves:
* Provision of specialist psychological assessment and therapy using a range of psychological therapeutic modalities and techniques.
* Working in a multidisciplinary team alongside nurses, dietitians, doctors and physiotherapists offering integrated care and delivering a high quality health psychology service.
* Working autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist/ UK Registration as a psychotherapist/counsellor, eg UKCP, BABCP, BACP Registered
* Additional specialist training in advanced therapy skills, such as CBT, motivational interviewing, family interventions
* Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Skills
* Skills in the application and delivery of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, management and evaluation.
* Expertise and skill in assessment and management of mental health risk situations if they occur within the service, or through consultation from other services
* High level of team working skills
* Experience in working with carers and families in terms of carers support
* Able to administer and interpret cognitive and neuropsychological assessments.
* Able to work with interpreters
Experience
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including physical health settings, community, primary care and in patient, community and mental health settings, within the NHS.
* Experience of delivering psychological therapy to a wide variety of client groups, ages, contexts and presenting problems, reflecting the full range of clinical severity.
* Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. Willingness to offer training/honorary placements to suitably qualified people
* Experience of delivering psychological therapy in physical health services
* Experience of working with patients with Long Term Conditions
Knowledge
* High level knowledge of clinical risk, and how to effectively assess, manage and communicate risk information, at times within crisis situations in a community setting.
* Knowledge and ability to work with patients with physical health difficulties, and within clinical health psychology settings
* Knowledge and ability to work with long-term health conditions
* Knowledge of models of supervision
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.
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per Annum, Pro Rata (Plus HCAS)
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