Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a highly specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join their dynamic team in delivering exceptional psychological care to children and families. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a supportive environment, providing specialized interventions and clinical leadership while collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team. The position includes a 12-month fixed-term contract with a focus on professional development and flexible working options. Join a dedicated team that values diversity and supports your ambitions in making a positive impact in the community.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• HCPC registered psychologist with experience in CAMHS and clinical leadership.
• Post-graduate training in evidence-based psychological techniques required.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological interventions to children and families in a supportive team.
• Conduct assessments and manage complex psychological problems.

Skills

Therapeutic interventions

Clinical leadership

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Assessment and management of psychological problems

Education

BSc/BA Honours degree in Psychology

Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology

Tools

Psychological assessment tools

Evidence-based techniques

Job description

Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

This is a full-time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part-time.

CAMHS Clinical/Counselling Psychologists. Maternity cover 12-month fixed term contract.

We are seeking an experienced Psychologist who has a passion for working with children, young people, and their families as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide maternity cover.

Psychologists are highly regarded in the service and there are excellent relationships within the service where staff are supported with regular clinical, line management, and ongoing CPD opportunities.

If you are a HCPC registered psychologist with experience of working in CAMHS, offering therapeutic interventions, supervising others, and providing clinical leadership, we would love to hear from you.

If you wish to be considered for a secondment, please gain permission from your Substantive Manager before applying.

Main Duties of the Job

The post is in the Herefordshire CAMHS team which is a highly supportive, experienced, and dynamic team offering a wide range of psychological interventions and care to children in Herefordshire. In this post, you would be offering highly specialised psychological interventions directly to children and families, providing clinical supervision to trainee and qualified psychologists and other senior clinicians in the team, and providing clinical leadership in the delivery of psychological and trauma-informed care. There is a supportive team of psychologists in the service who are trained in delivering a wide range of interventions SFT, ACT, DDP, Theraplay, CAT, CFT, EMDR, and NVR.

About Us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What We Offer

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours.
• Flexible and agile working opportunities.
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support.
• Wide range of supportive staff networks.
• Health and wellbeing opportunities.

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.

Job Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities, The post holder will:

Undertake the assessment, treatment, and management of patients referred to the Service/Team or locality, with a varying range of severity and complexity of psychological problems and psychiatric disorders. In particular, patients with psychological conditions and psychiatric disorders referred by other health professionals, as specified by the Team/Service Manager and the Service Lead for Psychological Interventions, some of which may be highly specialised. Assessment and intervention to involve families and carers, as appropriate.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology.
• Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• Post qualification training/ experience in specific, evidence-based techniques for use with clients with complex psychological presentations and/or physical health difficulties, across the age span.
• Evidence of regular further professional training and experience as required by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the BPS.
• Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS.
• Eligible for registration as a Practitioner member of the BPS Division of Clinical/Counselling Psychology.
• Registered with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist.
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at the point of offer.

Experience

• Experience required specific to the role and clinical area.
• A minimum of 4 years of experience working as a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within the relevant area.
• Experience of leading in relation to the development and organisation of psychological interventions within a given clinical area.
• Sufficient training and experience to be recognised by the Division of Clinical/Counselling Psychology as a suitably qualified psychologist to offer clinical placements to trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologists.
• Training and experience in the application of psychological knowledge across a range of mental health presentations, including organic illness, functional mental health, and physical health.
• Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions to patients presenting with the full degree of clinical severity and across a range of clinical mental health presentations across the life span and care settings.
• Experience of multi-agency/multidisciplinary working.
• Therapeutic expertise in working with carers/families/couples.
• Experience of conducting clinically relevant research.

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.

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