NHS Veterans' Service Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Part time

Job summary

A national health service is seeking a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in London to provide specialized assessments and interventions for veterans with complex PTSD. The role includes data management and supporting the audit process, alongside clinical treatment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with PTSD cases and a relevant post-doctoral qualification. Competitive salary and a supportive work environment offered.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave allowance

NHS pension scheme

Qualifications

• Professional registration is required for this role.
• Completion of further post-doctoral training in a relevant field.
• Experience in managing complex PTSD cases.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessments to referred clients.
• Formulate psychological treatment plans based on assessments.
• Support in data collection and management for audits.

Skills

Complex PTSD management

Psychological assessment

Psychological intervention

Liaison with external services

Data management

Education

Professional Registration

Post-doctoral specialist training

Tools

Psychometric assessment tools

Job description

NHS Veterans' Service Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

The NHS Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service - Op COURAGE is recruiting a clinical or counselling psychologist to carry out specialist assessments, deliver veteran-sensitive formulations, interventions including trauma focused therapy and emotional regulation work for those suffering with complex PTSD.

Part of this role will involve supporting and collaborating in audit, patient and service-related data collection, management and analyses, resulting in the collection of high-quality data. This will involve both patient-facing and data administration work. You will supervise members of the team involved in the collation of clinical outcome data collection and in embedding better data collection and management systems within the Service.

This is a 0.4WTE, 2 day per week equivalent post.

Op COURAGE, based at St Pancras Hospital, operates in a range of community settings to support consistent access to care and treatment. It is an NHS-led partnership alongside three Forces-friendly charities, Walking with the Wounded, Stoll and The Ripple Pond.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve providing psychological assessment and treatment and offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to referrers, non- psychologist colleagues and other, non-professional carers. The post holder will draw up and co-ordinate specialist veteran-specific risk assessments and care plans involving multiple others, including partner agency workers and peers. Liaison with wider NHS, statutory bodies, local authorities and the third sector is key to ensure the appropriate support is in place for veterans and their families.

Care plans are comprehensive, covering mental health, social and welfare needs, necessitating extensive liaison with external services. Family members will also be expected to be included in any care planning with the veteran's consent.The successful applicant will contribute to governance and audit within the team, as well as mentoring and supervision. The post holder will operate to the requirements of the service operational policy and strategy, and deliver safe, evidence based, effective, culturally competent care in a timely manner to veterans.

About us

Why choose to join the North London NHS Foundation Trust?

We believe that by working together, our Trust can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.

We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.

We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

NHS Discounts, generous annual leave allowance and NHS pension scheme

Job responsibilities

To provide psychological assessments of referred clients, using interview, formal psychometric and other assessment methods as appropriate.

To formulate and devise psychological treatment and management plans for referred clients with a range of problems of severity and complexity, including those with challenging behaviours, and to provide psychological treatment for such clients, using a range of psychological interventions appropriate to the service.

To support and collaborate in audit, patient and service-related data collection, management and analyses.

To supervise members of the team (research assistant, senior administrator data, honorary assistants) involved in the collation of clinical outcome data collection and in embedding better data collection and management systems within the Service.

Please see attached JD and PS for further information.

Person Specification

Qualification

• Professional Registration
• Completion of further post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training

Experience of intervention

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management of complex and acute PTSD.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice

Experience and knowledge

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including with acute and complex PTSD, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
• Experience of audit/outcome measure collation and data interpretation
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Experience of producing reports/assessments/case notes.

Experience

• Experience of supporting ex-UK Armed Forces military veterans

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.

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearpro rata Inclusive of HCAS