Band 8a Later Life Clinical Counselling Psychologist - Chippenham

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community mental health service provider is seeking a skilled Locum Clinical Psychologist to join the Community Mental Health Team in Chippenham, focusing on the older adult population. This role involves providing a variety of psychological therapies and conducting assessments. Suitable candidates will have experience in secondary mental health settings and a doctorate in clinical psychology. This position offers the chance to work within a dynamic and supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in secondary mental health settings is essential.
• Demonstrable skills in working with older adults.
• Ability to provide supervision and training.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological therapies to older adults in community settings.
• Conduct specialist assessments and interventions.
• Supervise and train colleagues within the service.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Experience with older adults

Psychological therapies (CBT, EMDR, etc.)

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Locum Clinical Psychologist (Grade 8a) to join our friendly Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) in North East Wiltshire, and the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service (PTS),for a period of six months.

This locum role is primarily based in Chippenham and Devizes, while providing clinical services to the older adult population throughout Wiltshire.

Working as part of both the Wiltshire PTS and CMHT offers psychologists the opportunity to treat a range of disorders and presenting difficulties. This means you can maintain your skills across a diverse client group or further explore a specialist interest, such as neuropsychology.

In Wiltshire, the service is needs-led (‘ageless’), offering care for both functional and organic conditions to all adults aged 18 and over. This role will focus on clients from the older adult population.

Main duties of the job

This post is within the multi-disciplinary Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service (PTS). We are an enthusiastic and innovative team that values the input and contribution of all our staff and strives to offer the best possible services to our clients.

We provide a wide range of psychological therapies, including CBT, EMDR, ACT, DBT, CAT, Integrative approaches, Schema-focused therapy, Mindfulness-based interventions, and Solution-focused methods, delivered in both group and individual contexts, primarily on an outpatient basis.

The successful applicant will have clearly demonstrable skills and knowledge in working with people from the older adult age range. For this senior role, you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with different client groups in secondary mental health settings, and of having been responsible for providing specialist assessments and interventions. You will need to show evidence of clinical leadership and innovations that have improved services in which you have worked.

As the provision of supervision, consultation, and training to colleagues within the service is highly valued and an essential part of the role, being able to demonstrate skill and experience in this area would be an advantage.