Practitioner Psychologist/Psychotherapist

North East London NHS; London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to providing mental health and community services. This exciting opportunity as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist offers a chance to work with a committed team focused on improving the lives of patients with long-term health conditions. You will engage in evidence-based interventions and collaborate with various healthcare professionals, ensuring high-quality care. The organization values employee development and well-being, providing a supportive environment for personal and professional growth. If you're passionate about making a difference in the community, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Health and wellbeing support

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in specialist psychological assessment and treatment across various settings.
• Skills in complex psychological assessment and intervention delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy using various modalities.
• Work in a multidisciplinary team to deliver integrated care.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Therapeutic modalities

Communication skills

Team working skills

Cognitive assessments

Education

HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist

UK Registration as a psychotherapist/counsellor

Job description

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

About

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex and Kent.

We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

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Key details

Location

SitePorters Avenue Health CentreAddress234 Porters Avenue,TownDagenhamPostcodeRM8 2EQMajor / Minor RegionLondon

Contract type & working pattern

ContractPermanentHoursPart time

Salary

Salary£46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum, Pro Rata (Plus HCAS)Salary periodYearly

Grade(NHS AfC: Band 7)

Specialty

Main areaClinical/Counselling Psychology

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, inthis video

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 0.6WTE Band 7 Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Therapist to bring their skills and join the Clinical Health Psychological Services (CHPS) and the Long-Term Conditions Psychology Service in Barking and Dagenham based at Porters Avenue Health Centre. Our team is committed to making a difference within the long term conditions teams in the community (Respiratory, Cardiac and Diabetes) . We are looking for applicants who have the energy and enthusiasm to acquire experience in working in health psychology and specialise in providing evidence-based interventions to non-professional carers and patients who are presenting with psychological distress in the context of living with long term physical health conditions.

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We are keen to recruit people who share our vision of contributing to best practice, national guidelines and an evidence base. We offer excellent development opportunities including high quality and regular supervision, opportunities to supervise trainees and involvement in research.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role involves:

• Provision of specialist psychological assessment and therapy using a range of psychological therapeutic modalities and techniques.
• Working in a multidisciplinary team alongside nurses, dietitians, doctors and physiotherapists offering integrated care and delivering a high quality health psychology service.
• Working autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link .

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Equal opportunities employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [email protected] .

Correspondence with us

You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.

As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.

Applicant requirements

warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist/ UK Registration as a psychotherapist/counsellor, eg UKCP, BABCP, BACP Registered

Desirable criteria

• Additional specialist training in advanced therapy skills, such as CBT, motivational interviewing, family interventions
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Skills in the application and delivery of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, management and evaluation.
• Expertise and skill in assessment and management of mental health risk situations if they occur within the service, or through consultation from other services
• Good communication skills
• High level of team working skills

Desirable criteria

• Experience in working with carers and families in terms of carers support
• Able to administer and interpret cognitive and neuropsychological assessments.
• Able to work with interpreters

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including physical health settings, community, primary care and in patient, community and mental health settings, within the NHS.
• Experience of delivering psychological therapy to a wide variety of client groups, ages, contexts and presenting problems, reflecting the full range of clinical severity.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. Willingness to offer training/honorary placements to suitably qualified people

Desirable criteria

• Experience of delivering psychological therapy in physical health services
• Experience of working with patients with Long Term Conditions

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• High level knowledge of clinical risk, and how to effectively assess, manage and communicate risk information, at times within crisis situations in a community setting.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge and ability to work with patients with physical health difficulties, and within clinical health psychology settings
• Knowledge and ability to work with long-term health conditions
• Knowledge of models of supervision

Documents

• JD Band 7 Practitioner Psychologist LTC BD (, 504.3)PDFKB
• NELFT Application - Hints and Tips (, 38.4)PDFKB

Further details / informal visits contact

NameMaria SmagaJob titlePrincipal Counselling PsychologistEmail address [email protected]Telephone number03003001595