Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Wallington; Presencial; GBP 48 000 - 56 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join a team focused on severe mental health conditions, including psychosis, bipolar disorder, personality disorder and PTSD. The role welcomes final year trainees and those with less than 18 months post-qualification experience, with potential to progress from Band 7 to Band 8a.

The post offers a permanent full-time option and a part-time fixed-term role (15 hours per week) until

Qualificações

• final year Clinical Psychology/Counselling Psychologists trainee welcome
• less than 18 months post-qualification considered for progression to Band 8a
• experience in CBT for psychosis, trauma and DBT therapies preferred

Responsabilidades

• Provide a qualified clinical/counselling psychology service to clients across all sectors of care
• Deliver highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy
• Offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues
• Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development within the area served

Conhecimentos

CBT for psychosis

Trauma-focused therapy

DBT therapies

Assessment skills

Formação académica

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy)

Ferramentas

SPSS

Descrição da oferta de emprego

This post is an established at 8a level but we welcome applications from final year Clinical / Counselling Psychologists Trainee Clinical Psychologists, and from Psychologists with less than 18 months post qualification experience, who could progress from a Band 7 preceptorship to a Band 8a in this post. We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with experience in CBT for psychosis, trauma and DBT therapies.

We have both a permanent full-time position and a part-time fixed-term position (15 hours per week) available until 13/09/2027. The part-time role can be worked flexibly to suit your preferences and circumstances, including over 2 full days per week or spread across 3 or 4 days.

The role focuses on providing evidence-based psychological therapies and assessments for severe and enduring mental health conditions, including psychosis & bipolar affective disorder, personality disorder, complex mood, anxiety disorders & PTSD.

Main duties of this job is to provide a qualified clinical/counselling psychology service to clients of the service team, across all sectors of care; providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, nonprofessional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures; and to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

About our locations:

Jubilee Health Centre East

Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Harding Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07858688589