Psychological Therapist

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health care provider in Coventry seeks a dynamic clinical psychologist to join the Primary Care Psychology Service. The role involves providing psychological assessments and therapy while collaborating with GP practices. Candidates should have significant mental health experience and a strong background in evidence-based psychology. A commitment to improving patient outcomes is essential. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals in the community.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts through Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing support

Staff networks and support groups

Qualifications

• Significant experience in mental health with evidence-based interventions.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy.
• Ensure systematic provision of psychological services.
• Communicate assessment results and complex information.

Skills

Working in mental health services

Providing evidence-based interventions

Collaborating within multi-disciplinary teams

Job description

Overview

Are you a dynamic person looking for a psychology post that will provide you with new opportunities and experience? Do you have significant experience of working in mental health services and providing a range of evidence-based interventions to people with a variety of mental health problems and serious mental illness?

This is a unique opportunity to join the Psychology Service within our Primary Care-based Mental Health and Wellbeing Service, an ambitious service established over the past 2 years. We're passionate about offering the right psychological support early on, and in this role, you\'ll ensure our patients can access this care at the point of need. You will be employed by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust but be embedded within a group of GP practices (Primary Care Network) with a focus on supporting local patients living in Coventry, offering care at the point of need. You will be working within a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) environment and within an established Primary Care Psychology Service that is integrated within this MDT. This is a patient facing post, so you will have a meaningful impact on improving the access, experience and outcomes for service users on a daily basis through promoting and offering early psychology assessments, formulations, brief psychological interventions and consultations in a recovery focused way. We recognise that placing specialist Psychology staff in GP practices will help people with mental health problems achieve the best possible outcomes.

This is a clinical role with some development opportunities which may include supporting our CWPT junior psychology team members; communication with our clinical directors, GPs and wider GP practice colleagues; supporting the Psychology Leads in the coordination of the day-to-day operational management needs and clinical issues arising from mental health service delivery. You will also contribute to delivering and co-developing the primary care mental health service model. This includes care pathways for the provision of integrated mental health care within the Primary Care Networks and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust.

Responsibilities

• To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy, using complex psychological data gained from a variety of sources.
• To ensure the systematic provision of psychological services, including the responsibility to prioritise work appropriately.
• To communicate assessment results, formulations, outcome data, and other complex and sensitive information orally and in written form in order to support the work of multi-disciplinary colleagues.
• To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, consultation and supervision to other professionals and staff contributing to the formulation, diagnosis, treatment plans and management of clients, both within and outside the Trust.
• To contribute to the development of Primary Care Mental Health Services, reviewing service outcomes, designing and participating in audit, research and clinical governance initiatives, and working cooperatively with colleagues to achieve service goals and maximise service effectiveness. This will involve communication with a wide range of clinical and managerial colleagues, within and outside the Trust.
• To provide supervision to assistant psychologists, clinical associates in psychology, volunteers and other colleagues, as required.
• Please see attached job description for full details of this role.

Qualifications / Experience

• Significant experience of working in mental health services and providing a range of evidence-based interventions to people with a variety of mental health problems and serious mental illness.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and in a Primary Care setting.

About the Trust

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, race, disability or sexual orientation. Guidance and criteria on the filtering criminal cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.

For more information on how our Trusts handles your data please view the Privacy Notice - Staff - V1.0 May 2018.pdf at https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/privacy

About Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT)

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services. At CWPT, we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put \"people at our heart\"; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We\'re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.