Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - South Glos

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist at a leading mental health trust. In this role, you will contribute to the Psychological Therapies Service, providing complex assessments and therapies, while also engaging in staff consultation and community support. The position offers a chance to develop your skills in a collaborative environment focused on addressing diverse community needs.

Benefits

Opportunities for training and CPD

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience delivering psychological therapies in mental health settings.
• Evidence of MDT working.
• Interest in working with complex presentations.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and therapy.
• Consult and train multidisciplinary teams.
• Support development of neuropsychological assessments.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology

HCPC registration

Job description

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and skilled Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Psychological Therapies Service (PTS) in South Glos. The post holder will support the delivery of a range of a range of complex psychological therapies offered across the PTS. We would welcome applicants with an interest in working with complex C-PTSD to address gaps in therapy provision for this presentation.

The post holder will provide complex psychological assessment, formulations, and interventions to service users and their systems. The role will also involve engaging in consultation, training and staff support to meet the needs of the community teams interfacing with the PTS. In addition, part of the role will focus on the development of provision of neuropsychological assessments and adjustment for adults presenting with specific needs resulting from cognitive difficulties. As a service we are committed to addressing structural inequities and welcome applicants who are interested in embracing diversity in all its forms.

There will be opportunities for training and CPD with the aim of supporting the successful candidate in expanding competencies in delivery of psychological therapies. BABCP accreditation would be advantageous in this post.

The post holder will be required to work on Tuesdays and Fridays to meet the multifaceted needs of the service.

Main duties of the job
• To Provide assessment, formulations, interventions and evaluation of psychological interventions for service users, families and carers within secondary care.
• To provide individual, group and family psychological therapies in collaboration with other clinicians within PTS and other MDT within the locality.
• To provide consultation, supervision teaching and training to MDT colleagues
• To provide neuropsychological assessment and required neuropsychological rehabilitation to adult service users accessing secondary care service.
• To support service development and innovative practices within the PTS and the local services.
• To support the delivery of Complex trauma and C-PTSD psychological interventions at both individual and group levels to support the unmet need within the PTS and the South Glos Locality.
• To supervise CAPS, Assistant Psychologists, Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners in the delivery of the Your team your Conversation your Plan transformation intervention program within the locality.

Working for our organisation

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

CLINICAL
• To provide a psychology service to the designated team including assessment and therapy both for individuals and groups as appropriate.
• To provide a specialist consultancy service to multidisciplinary teams and other agencies providing care for the client group.
• To participate in generic team duties as agreed by the operational manager and Psychology Lead as appropriate, to the needs of the service.
• To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Psychology Service.
• To maintain accurate records and to monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.
• To ensure timely recording of all data required by the Trust.
• To support the full implementation of Your Team Your Conversation Your Plan as appropriate to the needs of the service.

See attached JD for further information.

Person specification

registration

Essential criteria

• Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology or equivalent Mental Health professional qualification (in Mental Health Nursing/OT/Social Work with professional body registration)
• Experience of delivering Psychological Therapies interventions with group or individuals within mental health and or primary care settings (CBT/DBT compassion focussed therapy or equivalent)
• Evidence of MDT working in secondary care
• Empathy and interest in working with service user group

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in multidisciplinary settings with complex presentations
• Interest in working with complex presentations in Primary Care (CPTSD, mental health and substance misuse co-morbidity; bipolar presentations within primary care, etc)
• Ability to manage crisis whilst supporting individuals and their systems to make sense of their difficulties in the context of their social circumstances
• Ability to engage in service evaluations and audits

HCPC registered

Essential criteria

• HCPC registered
• Psychological therapy experience
• Mental Health working experience
• Practiced in a registered psychological therapy

Desirable criteria

• Working within different areas of mental health
• Working with primary care
• Group work experience

We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,- we are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

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Documents to download

• Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologist JD (PDF, 576.3KB)
• Key Local Information band 7 post (PDF, 616.3KB)
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