Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist EIP Trauma focus

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Le NELFT NHS Foundation Trust recherche un Psychologue Clinicien/Counseling Spécialisé pour rejoindre son service d'Intervention Précoce en Psychose. Ce rôle implique des interventions psychologiques pour des patients âgés de 14 à 65 ans, avec un accent sur les approches basées sur les preuves et le soutien aux familles. Le candidat idéal aura une expérience en trauma et psychose, et bénéficiera d'opportunités de supervision et de développement professionnel continu.

Qualifications

• Expérience en travail avec trauma et psychose.
• Intérêt pour les thérapies psychologiques basées sur les preuves.
• Capacité à travailler avec des équipes multidisciplinaires.

Responsibilities

• Participation à la supervision axée sur les interventions basées sur les preuves.
• Collecte de mesures de résultats et suivi des résultats.
• Soutien à l'équipe multidisciplinaire pour travailler de manière informée psychologiquement.

Skills

Interventions psychologiques

Supervision

Évaluation de service

Approches basées sur les preuves

Soutien aux familles

Education

Doctorat en psychologie clinique ou en counseling

Job description

Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video.

Job overview

We are seeking a Highly Specialist Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist to work in the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service in Barking & Dagenham. This post is a fixed term, full-time 8a role, covering a maternity leave. An interest in and experience working with trauma and psychosis is required.

You would join a well-established and supportive EIP service for people aged between 14-65 who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis and their families. You would work alongside an 8b Clinical Psychology Pathway lead and lead for Trauma Informed Care across the NELFT EIP teams, an 8a and Band 7 psychologists and an assistant psychologist who offers a carers wellbeing package. You would work closely with MDT colleagues, offering support on psychological approaches to working with psychosis.

The team offers NICE concordant care, including an emphasis on access to CBT and Family Interventions for psychosis (FIp), and trauma-focused interventions where appropriate, particularly using NET and EMDR. The role offers numerous supervision opportunities, including individual, group FIp and specialist trauma supervision. The trust has strong links with UCL, UEL and Royal Holloway clinical psychology courses. The post holder would be supported to participate in teaching and research opportunities should they wish.

The NELFT EIP teams have a community psychology lead, and you would have opportunities to develop strategies to improve the experience of racially minoritised clients.

Main duties of the job

This post will suit an enthusiastic clinical/counselling psychologist with an interest in developing their skills in applying evidence-based psychological therapies for people with psychosis and complex trauma, and their families.

• Participation in supervision focused on evidence-based interventions for psychosis.
• Routine collection of outcome measures and outcome monitoring.
• Supporting our assistant psychologist who offers a well-being and support package to carers.
• Supervision of trainee psychologists where appropriate.
• Supporting the multidisciplinary team to work in psychologically informed ways.
• Contributing to service evaluation projects, with a particular focus on addressing racial inequalities.

There are numerous CPD opportunities and the successful candidate will be supported to develop their own area of interest within early intervention in psychosis.