Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Ellern Mede Barnet; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

Ellern Mede Barnet is seeking a HCPC-registered clinical or counselling psychologist to support and develop psychological perspectives within the MDT on an inpatient unit. You will provide assessments, formulations and therapy to patients and their families.

The role involves specialist interventions across individual, family and group settings, with supervision by a consultant and collaboration with fellow psychologists, staff and autism champions.

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology with accredited therapies.
• Currently registered with HCPC as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
• Experience in CAMHS or adult mental health settings and supervision skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, formulations and therapy for patients and families.
• Deliver specialist interventions in individual, family and group settings.
• Work within the MDT and with psychology staff on the inpatient unit.
• Engage in research, training, teaching and service evaluation projects.
• Supervision by a consultant or senior clinical psychologist.

Skills

Empathy

Team-player

Clinical skills

Research interest

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology

HCPC registration as Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Job description

Job Description

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The post is integral in supporting and developing psychological perspectives across the MDT as well as in providing assessment, formulations and therapy to patients and their families. Specialist psychological interventions (in individual, family and group settings) and therapeutic relationships play an important role in supporting vulnerable children and young people to overcome their mental health difficulties and prepare for life outside of hospital. The post will be supervised by a consultant or senior clinical psychologist and you will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, other psychologists, assistant psychologists, and therapeutic support workers and autism champions (i.e. with psychology undergraduate degrees) on the unit and as part of the psychological services team who work closely across the Ellern Mede hospital sites.

Ellern Mede has a reputation as a ‘unit of last resort’ treating some of the most complex patients in the UK. As such, we are committed to offering evidence-based treatments but also want to create opportunities to expand the evidence-base and knowledge in the field. Consequently, there will be excellent opportunities for research, training, teaching, service improvement and service evaluation projects. We have a fortnightly Academic Forum across the group which you will be able to join for CPD and presentations from internal and external speakers. The role will include opportunities for research and clinical/counselling psychology trainee placements.

You need to be empathetic, boundaried, clinically skilful and a team-player given the challenges of working on an inpatient unit. Inpatient working is primarily on site and has continued face-to-face rather than remotely.

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology including specific models of psychopathology and psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.

Desirable

• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist within CAMHS or Adult Mental Health.
• Experience of teaching and training.
• Experience of developing and running groups.
• Experience of supervision of staff.

Desirable

• Post qualification experience of working patients (and their families) with eating disorders and/or associated co‑morbidities (e.g. ASD, complex trauma, EUPD, depression, OCD, self-harm).
• Experience of the application of clinical or counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.

Ellern Mede Barnet is looking for a part or full time (3-5 days/week) HCPC registered clinical or counselling psychologist skilled at working with young adults (18+ years) (with eating disorders and or complex mental health and co‑morbid presentations e.g. ASC, complex trauma, emerging personality disorders, functional neurological disorder, disordered eating, depression, OCD and self-harm. Salaries between £ 55 - 65 K (pro rata) will be negotiated depending on experience.

Want to work in a service where you can offer excellent psychological care in a highly competent, multi-disciplinary team, with space for innovation and room to develop your areas of clinical interest in complex mental health disorders including eating disorders? If yes, then Ellern Mede is the organisation for you.

The post will be appointed to according to experience and as such applications will be welcomed from both psychologists who are established in their career, as well as more recently qualified psychologists who would like to develop expertise within this specialist field of complex care and eating disorders.

The posts will suit enthusiastic and motivated psychologists, ideally with previous experience of working within an inpatient or forensic settings and/or have worked in multi-disciplinary teams with patients with eating disorders or complex co‑morbid presentations who required interventions based on models such as trauma‑focussed CBT, CBT‑ED, DBT, PBS and adjustments for neuro‑diverse patients.