Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Warminster

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Warminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service in England seeks a practitioner psychologist to join their supportive MDT team. This role offers an opportunity to develop clinical skills and engage with service users facing severe mental health challenges, with a focus on evidence-based practices. The position provides regular supervision and professional development, all while promoting an innovative approach to therapy.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated interest in working with mental health difficulties.
• Willingness to develop clinical skills with supervision.
• Commitment to improving wellbeing through clinical interventions.

Responsibilities

• Work within a MDT community mental health team.
• Provide evidence-based therapies including CBT, EMDR, ACT.
• Contribute to psychologically-informed care plans.

Skills

Compassion

Thoughtfulness

Enthusiasm

Interest in evidence-based practice

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Job overview

Would you like to be a part of a growing and successful psychology service and also feel included and embedded within a MDT community mental health team? In west Wiltshire you have the opportunity for both whilst living and working in a beautiful rural setting with accessible links to Bath, Bristol, Trowbridge and Salisbury. This role is highly supported to form a secure platform for your future career. Previous post-holders have always moved on to higher banded posts within our own service. We support people to follow their clinical interests, or remain broad depending on their preference.

Main duties of the job

We are an enthusiastic and innovative team who value the input and contribution of all our team members and strive to offer the best service possible to our service users. The team has been active in launching new therapeutic initiatives such as, compassion focused therapy groups, and acceptance and commitment therapy programmes. We aim to offer a wide range of psychological therapies including CBT, EMDR, ACT, DBT, CAT, Integrative, Schema focused, Mindfulness, and Solution focused ways of working, in both group and individual contexts.

We are looking for a compassionate, thoughtful and enthusiasticpractitioner psychologistto join our friendly, close-knit team. We would welcome a psychologist who can demonstrate an interest in working with service users withsevere and enduring mental health difficulties and a commitment to improving their wellbeing through direct clinical interventions and, or contributions to psychologically-informed care plans. We would particularly welcome someone with an interest in building the provision of evidence-based practice in an area of their interest (psychosis, trauma, mood disorders, or personality disorders).

We are looking for someone with the desire to develop their clinical skills to their full potential and would support this with regular supervision and line management from a senior practitioner psychologist or above, CPD and training.