Band 8a CEN & PCLS Psychologist

Medirest Signature; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative healthcare organization is seeking an experienced psychologist to join a dynamic team in Swindon. The role involves leading a service aimed at providing brief psychological interventions to individuals facing complex emotional and relational difficulties. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills and have a background in delivering evidence-based psychological support, while also contributing to a multidisciplinary approach within the team.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing psychological support for individuals with emotional difficulties.
• Strong leadership skills and experience managing therapy teams.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the locality team, managing therapists and mental health workers.
• Provide assessment and brief interventions for complex emotional needs.
• Collaborate within the MDT to enhance psychological service offerings.

Job description

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic psychologist to work across two innovative services in Swindon. This role offers the chance to develop your leadership skills by supporting a growing brief psychological intervention service as well as working within a busy MDT providing assessment, formulation, and brief interventions for a wide range of mental health needs.

The Primary Care Complex Emotional Needs Service (PC CEN) delivers brief psychological support for individuals with emotional and relational difficulties, associated with personality disorder. With additional investment the service will expand to also offer intervention to people with complex PTSD who may fall between the gap between primary and secondary MH services.

Swindon PTS comprises a supportive team of Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, a Family Therapist and Arts Psychotherapists. We have strong links with local training providers in Clinical & Counselling Psychology. All PTS staff have access to regular activities to support their ongoing professional development, including a bi-monthly CPD club and support to access other specialist training. We offer a range of therapeutic approaches, including CBT, DBT, CFT, EMDR and Family Therapy. We have a well established mechanisms for supporting staff who wish to maintain their BABCP accreditation.

Main duties of the job

This role involves three days per week in the PC CEN Service and two days per week with the PCLS, linked to the local Psychological Therapies Service (PTS).

As PC CEN Psychologist, you will lead the locality team as the service expands, managing therapists and MHWP’s to deliver safe, evidence-based interventions for clients with complex emotional needs and cPTSD.

As PCLS Psychologist, you will collaborate within the MDT to provide assessment, formulation, brief interventions, and signposting for a wide range of mental health presentations. The service includes a trainee Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP) and aims to expand its psychological offerings.