Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Thatcham; Sur place; GBP 51 000 - 66 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join our adult mental health services in Berkshire. The post requires a doctoral qualification and HCPC registration, with experience working with adults with significant mental health needs.

You will contribute to service development, provide psychological assessments and formulations, and work within a multi-disciplinary team across sites.

Qualifications

• Doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology.
• HCPC registration as psychologist.
• Experience with adults with significant mental health needs.

Responsabilités

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Connaissances

Clinical psychology

Counselling psychology

HCPC registration

Adult mental health experience

DBS check

Formation

Postgraduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology

HCPC registration eligibility

Description du poste

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The \"must haves\" for this role:

• A post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology


• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)


• Experience of and interest in working with adults with significant mental health needs


• An enhanced DBS check

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria

• Postgraduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996 or for those who completed their training overseas)


• Registered as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC


• (Eligibility for) Chartered Membership of British Psychological Society (BPS)

Desirable criteria

• Additional training and accreditations (or working towards these) in relevant therapeutic approaches or psychological models to reflect post qualification interests/ specialism (e.g., specific therapy models and accreditations, Health Psychology, Neuropsychology etc)

Continuous Professional Development

Essential criteria

• Evidence of training and/or interest and knowledge in psychological models or therapeutic approaches relevant to the post


• Commitment to continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant accrediting body

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in evidence-based ways with services users (and their carers/families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the range of settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse


• Experience of dealing with highly distressing or emotional circumstances, such as serious mental illness, child and sexual abuse, exploitation, and complex family dynamics


• Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environments


• Experience of service development and carrying out clinical audits, evaluative research and applying the findings


• Experience of working with, and addressing, issues of diversity, including experience of working with diversity, multiculturalism, and equality of access to the service

Desirable criteria

• Experience of delivering teaching and training to staff


• Experience of providing clinical supervision, mentoring and structured guidance to other staff

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable knowledge, skills and abilities in the practice of assessment, formulation and intervention, relevant to the specialist modality and service area


• Knowledge and understanding of service evaluation, audit and research and how to undertake these activities in an NHS context, including how to implement learning


• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex, technical and/or sensitive information to service users, their carers/families and other professional colleagues, both within and outside of an NHS setting


• Well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to support, influence and engage with clinicians, stakeholders and service users to create change and improvement


• The ability and skills to act as an advocate for the service, to engage and foster positive relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of the service within the wider health care system


• Advanced IT skills and the ability to navigate various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS Office/Teams, One Consultation and the Internet)

Additional Requirements

Essential criteria

• Able to work flexibly around working patterns as required


• Ability to travel independently between locations in Berkshire to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position

Our Trust's vision is 'To be a great place to get care, a great place to give care.'.

This vision guides everything we do - for our patients, their carers, their families, our staff, and our partners. To achieve it, we are committed to a strong set of values that underpin the way we work:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority - we put people at the centre of everything we do.


• Committed to providing good quality, safe services - we strive for excellence in care and in our ways of working.


• Working together with you to develop innovative solutions - we collaborate with patients, carers, colleagues, and communities to deliver care that makes a difference.

These values are brought to life through our four Trust Behaviours, which are essential to how we work and the culture we create:

• Compassionate - Motivated to positively impact the wellbeing of self and others.


• Curious - Listening, learning and exploring new ideas and ways of working to continually improve what we do.


• Inclusive - Valuing diversity and championing equity by ensuring everyone feels recognised.
  able to contribute and committed to actively addressing unfairness.


• Perseverance - Demonstrates resilience and flexibility even during periods of uncertainty, to achieve goals that contribute to high-quality care and services.

At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.