Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

National health service; Bagstone; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Psychologists at Band 8a to join the Adult Neighbourhood Community Mental Health Service Reigate, supporting the delivery of integrated, person-centred care within new community neighbourhood teams. The roles involve working across pathways from primary to crisis services, supervision of trainees, and contributing to service development.

HCPC registered and doctoral qualification required; driving licence essential for

Qualifications

• Essential Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent.
• Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 6 months of commencement in post)

Responsibilities

• Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists
• Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development/project work
• Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group
• Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic
• Experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles
• Subject to reasonable adjustments in respect of any disability, candidates must possess a valid driving licence and be able to drive and have the unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle for work at all times including community based work.

Education

Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Job description

Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust is undergoing an exciting transformation of community mental health services to develop integrated neighbourhood mental health teams. We are committed to providing robust clinical pathways and ensuring that people using our services have timely access to high quality, evidence-based psychological interventions. To support delivery of our clinical pathways we are investing in a range of psychological roles. We are recruiting to a Psychologistspost(Band 8a) to join our Adult Neighbourhood Community Mental Health Service Reigate.

About the Role

These roles will sit within - and in some cases work across - our new community neighbourhood teams , supporting the delivery of integrated, person-centred care.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a major transformation programme shaping the future of community mental health
• Work within innovative, multidisciplinary neighbourhood teams
• Access professional development opportunities and supervision
• Contribute to improving access and outcomes for local communities

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Essential Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent.
• Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 6 months of commencement in post)

Experience Essential

• Experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles.
• Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic.
• Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group
• Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development/project work
• Demonstrable interest/skill in a relevant specialist area
• Subject to reasonable adjustments in respect of any disability, candidates must possess a valid driving licence and be able to drive and have the unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle for work at all times including community based work.
• Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists

Registration Essential HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist

Person Specification

• Qualifications Essential Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent.
• Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 6 months of commencement in post)

Experience Essential

• Experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles.
• Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic.
• Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group
• Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development/project work
• Demonstrable interest/skill in a relevant specialist area
• Subject to reasonable adjustments in respect of any disability, candidates must possess a valid driving licence and be able to drive and have the unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle for work at all times including community based work.
• Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists, UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Main duties of the job

As a Trust we pride our-selves on our innovative and collaborative approach to providing the highest quality, person-centred care: As part of our transition to a neighbourhood model of care, we are developing integrated clinical pathways across primary, secondary care and crisis and emergency service.

Our pathways embody strong partnership working with a wide range of statutory and VCSE providers and people with lived experience. Each of the advertised roles is key to ensuring therapies pathways are high quality, effective and accessible across the adult age range, and that psychosocial interventions are embedded in wider service delivery.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.