B7 Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

NHS; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Une entreprise NHS recherche un Psychologue Clinique ou de Conseil pour fournir des services psychologiques spécialisés aux adultes avec des problèmes de santé mentale. Le candidat doit posséder un Doctorat en psychologie et être inscrit auprès de l'HCPC, avec des compétences en thérapies. Un cadre de travail collaboratif avec d'autres professionnels est assuré.

Benefits

Supervision régulière et événements de CPD

Flexibilité de travail

Formation continue

Soutien à la santé et au bien-être

Qualifications

• Doit être inscrit auprès de l'HCPC ou bientôt éligible.
• Expérience avec des personnes ayant des problèmes de santé mentale graves et durables.
• Capacité à livrer des thérapies psychologiques.

Responsibilities

• Responsable légalement de tous les aspects de soins cliniques.
• Réaliser des évaluations psychologiques et psychologiques.
• Développer des plans d'intervention basés sur les besoins du patient.

Skills

Thérapie cognitive et comportementale (CBT)

SCM

STEPPS

EMDR

Education

Doctorat en Psychologie Clinique ou Counseling

Job description

Go back Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

B7 Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

The closing date is 01 July 2025

We welcome Clinical or Counselling Psychologists to apply for this post. We offer regular supervision and CPD events and training. You will have opportunities to regularly connect with psychologists working in this locality of our Trust.

It is desirable to have experience of working in a community mental health team or secondary care services.Access to a car is also important as this is a community-based role.

In our Community Mental Health Recovery Service (CMHRS) we see adults with complex, severe, and enduring mental health problems. The principles and philosophy of care are based on the recovery model. We offer NICE evidenced based interventions. The successful candidate will be responsible for the provision of highly specialist psychology services for this client group, including assessment and delivery of group or individual psychological therapies. They will be working closely with other psychologists in the team and with multi-disciplinary team members such as Mental Health Practitioners, Community Psychiatric Nurses and Psychiatrists. They will also be interfacing with other teams, such as, the Home Treatment Teams and Inpatient services. They will be actively involved in assessment and delivery of evidence based psychological interventions.

Applicants must be registered with HCPC or soon to be eligible for registration with HCPC.

Main duties of the job

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinicalwork and care.

To maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice inaccordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures. To act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005).

To be aware of and implement Safeguarding Adult and Child ProtectionPolicies, Procedures and legislation.

To carry out comprehensive psychological and cognitive assessments and formulation, plan implement and evaluate delivery of psychology interventions and consultations to support people with specific needs.

To actively involve people in developing and agreeing their own care plan, to actas an advocate and ensure that there is proper regard for their dignity, choice, self-esteem, racial, cultural, sexual and religious needs and preferences.

To work creatively to adapt verbal and written communication to meet the needs of people who use our services.

To undertake comprehensive risk assessments and develop effective riskmanagement plans.

Please refer the attached job description for full details.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent or soon to receive doctorate in next 3-4 months
• Additional training in CBT, SCM, STEPPS, EMDR

Experience

• Experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles.
• experience of delivering psychological therapies to people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties

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.

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

£48,270 to £54,931 a year(Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata