Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an enthusiastic Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join their dynamic team in Swindon. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in both a rehabilitation unit and community settings, providing vital psychological assessments and interventions for adults facing complex mental health challenges. You will collaborate closely with a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the holistic care of service users while also engaging in training and supervision of colleagues. If you're passionate about making a difference in mental health care and developing your skills in a supportive environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing psychological interventions for complex mental health difficulties.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and provide training.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and psychological interventions for service users in a rehabilitation unit.
• Deliver training and supervision to colleagues in psychologically informed interventions.

Skills

Clinical Psychology

Counselling Psychology

Psychological Intervention

Assessment and Formulation

Team Collaboration

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Relevant Postgraduate Qualification

Job description

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Swindon Psychological Therapies Service (PTS).

There are two elements to the job:

1. Windswept ward (0.4 wte): Windswept is a 14 bedded rehabilitation unit, providing input for adults of working age, experiencing complex mental health difficulties, most typically psychosis. The unit provides holistic care, including perspectives from a multi-disciplinary team. The ward is currently embarked on an exciting project to repatriate people who have been in long term, out of area placements, and to find creative ways to meet their needs more locally.
2. Community (0.6 wte): We are co-located with the Recovery team and work closely with them to deliver high quality, evidence based interventions. There are opportunities to develop more specialist skills in working with a variety of different presentations in this part of the job. However, many of the people referred to Swindon PTS have a history of complex traumatic experiences, so experience of working with these presentations would be invaluable.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide assessment, formulation and psychological intervention for service users during their admission to Windswept. Consultation, training and facilitation of team formulation would be key aspects of the role. Psychology input to the ward is well established and highly valued by the multi-disciplinary team.

For the community part of the role, the post holder would provide assessment, formulation and ongoing psychological intervention to service users with complex mental health difficulties. As part of the CMHF transformation, there will also be opportunities to provide training and supervision to colleagues from other disciplines in the delivery of psychologically informed interventions.