Clinical Psychologist / CBT Therapist

NHS; Melksham; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Melksham is looking for a part-time Clinical Psychologist or CBT Therapist to support young people within a multi-disciplinary team. The role includes conducting mental health assessments and developing care plans for children and adolescents. Ideal candidates will have valid HCPC registration and significant experience in psychological therapies. Benefits include 27 days annual leave, career progression opportunities, and training support.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

NHS Discount across retailers

Access to training and development

Qualifications

• Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist.
• Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner.
• Pre-qualification training in research methodology.

Responsibilities

• Conduct mental health assessments and risk assessments.
• Develop holistic plans of care with families and agencies.
• Manage a clinical caseload of children and young people.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Effective communication

Complex intervention methods

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Post graduate qualification training in evidence-based psychological therapies

Tools

Research methodology

Job description

Clinical Psychologist / CBT Therapist - Melksham

Are you an HCPC registered Psychologist seeking a new challenge?

We are looking for a part time CBT Therapist or Clinical Psychologist who is committed to supporting developing services as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This post would suit someone who is keen to develop their skills in the Getting More Help pathway.

You will be part of our Wiltshire Mental Health Service. The service is designed to provide young people with expert help from a single point of access, and is part of the wider multi-disciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

You will be joining the Getting More Help Pathway within Melksham CAMHS, a rapidly evolving service which is committed to adapting to meet diverse and challenging demands and to maintaining high quality specialist assessment and intervention whilst being mindful of throughput, innovation and efficiencies.

The Melksham CAMHS team is a supportive team with a particular focus on clinicians wellbeing. We understand that working in CAMHS can be challenging and therefore strive to ensure that clinicians are well supported. Teams managers work alongside clinicians to ensure that individual job plans are created to support clinicians in managing capacity of caseloads. We ensure that we celebrate our successes and acknowledge the hard work we do to support children and YP. There is a strong sense of team working and supporting one another.

There will be opportunities to develop clinical skills through ongoing training.

Main duties of the job

The appointed clinician will

• Work along side our multi-disciplinary team consisting of Nurses , Social Workers, Occupational Therapists , Family therapists , Psychologist and Consultant Psychiatrists.
• Deliver generic mental health assessments and risk assessments of children and young people. Depending on the needs of the YP this could either be on an urgent or routine basis.
• Working collaboratively with CYP families/other agencies you will develop holistic plans of cares which are evidence based.
• Hold a clinical caseload of children and young people who require a psychology/CBT intervention. You will be joining our psychology team and will also be expected to provide consultation/support to other members of the team to discuss possible CYP that may require a psychology intervention.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist OR A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts/drama therapy or a psychological therapy and further post graduate qualification training in evidence-based psychological therapies, including CBT, and significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner Accredited or able to demonstrate that you are now accreditable with the BABCP
• If HCPC registered, Doctoral level training in clinical / counseling psychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Knowledge

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS / HCPC

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of CAMHS clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum| pro-rata