Practitioner Psychologist / Psychological Therapist (CBT or CAT)

NHS; Hove; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Practitioner Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to join the Brighton & Hove Neighbourhood Mental Health Team. This permanent Band 7 role includes working with complex mental health problems, supporting professional development and specialist training opportunities. Applicants must have a Doctoral level qualification in applied psychology and registration with the HCPC.

Benefits

Support for professional development

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in applied psychology approved by the HCPC.
• Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality, specialist applied psychology service.
• Support psychological practice through consultation and training.
• Contribute to the multi-disciplinary team addressing psychological care.

Skills

Specialist psychological assessment

Formulation and treatment

Research design and methodology

Cultural context application

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology

Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council

Job description

Practitioner Psychologist / Psychological Therapist (CBT or CAT)

We're looking for a Practitioner Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to join our friendly, highly-skilled and enthusiastic community of psychological professions in the Brighton & Hove Neighbourhood Mental Health Team.

This is a permanent Band 7 post (WTE 0.9) where you will be working with people with complex mental health problems, their families and carers.

We are keen to support your professional development and will support you to undertake additional specialist training relevant to the post, plus the regular CPD opportunities for psychological professionals available in the Trust. There will also be the opportunity for you to have protected time to gain experience in other parts of Brighton community mental health services if this would be of interest.

We would like to support you to develop a specialism within your role to build your expertise in an area of interest, such as within trauma, psychosis or complex emotional needs. Please talk with us if you have an area of work that you're passionate about and would like to develop.

Main duties of the job

To work as a member of the clinical service/ team, providing a high quality, specialist applied psychology service to clients, their families or carers. In addition, to support psychological practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training and by participating in systematic clinical governance. The practitioner psychologist / psychological therapist will contribute to the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that psychological aspects of patient care and risk management are considered and integrated into treatment plans. To utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

About us

The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex.

Living & Working in Brighton:

Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions

Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep

Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park.

We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Key staff survey results include:

70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work

79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team

77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description documents (Practitioner Psychologist and Psychological Therapist) for full details on the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Knowledge/Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
• Experience working with diverse client groups across the lifespan, managing a range of clinical severity, while maintaining professionalism in the face of emotional distress, verbal abuse, and potential physical threats
• Experience of applying psychology in different cultural contexts and working within a multicultural framework

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.