Psychological Therapist

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a compassionate Psychological Therapist to join their Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Teams. The role involves delivering psychological assessments and interventions to service users in contact with criminal justice services. Applicants should have advanced communication skills and relevant qualifications in applied psychology or psychotherapy. This position offers career development opportunities and supports a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity and paternity leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 33 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing support

Free parking at all trust sites

Qualifications

• Post-graduate, doctoral level training in applied psychology or equivalent required.
• Significant experience delivering psychological therapy models to service users.
• Membership in a relevant professional regulatory body is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care for service users with complex mental health problems.
• Conduct psychological assessments and interventions.
• Liaise with GPs and other professionals to develop care plans.
• Supervise staff working with the client group.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Psychological assessment

Crisis management

Experience with complex mental health problems

Education

Doctoral level training in applied psychology

MSc/Post Grad Diploma in Psychotherapy (e.g., CBT)

Job description

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and compassionate Psychological Therapist to work within our MHTR Teams in Buckinghamshire

The postholder will be covering High Wycombe and Aylesbury.

If you are seeking a new challenge, and have a keen interest in the criminal justice services, we encourage you to apply and join our supportive and welcoming team!

The Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Team are part of MPFT’s Health and Justice Service. The MHTR team provide psychological assessments and interventions to people with mental health difficulties who have come into contact with criminal justice services and whose offences may attract a community or suspended sentence order.

The team aims to prevent short term custodial sentences and reduce reoffending by improving access to psychological interventions and addressing underlying mental health problems, thereby improving health and social outcomes for the individual and their family.

MPFT deliver services across England. We are experienced in working across a wide geographical area and there is no necessity to travel to headquarters, training and IT support is virtual.

Main duties of the job

In conjunction with the Clinical Lead take responsibility for the delivery of care for service users who experience a range of mental health problems requiring evidence based psychological interventions and sentenced to a Primary Care MHTR. To deliver care to people identified as requiring psychological interventions in accordance with your level of competence.

To assess service users for suitability for a Primary Care MHTR and the evidence-based therapies in which you are qualified. To identify where a person’s problems appear too complex or severe to be appropriate for the Primary Care MHTR and refer to clinical supervisor/secondary mental health services as appropriate.

Making clinical decisions when working with people with comparatively less complex psychological needs, requiring psychological assessment and intervention, within the Primary Care MHTR service. You will provide these assessments, formulations and interventions with regular supervision from an Applied Psychologist.

With the support of the Clinical Lead to develop referral, assessment and treatment pathways for individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic communities identified as potentially suitable for a Primary Care MHTR.

This post will require advanced communication and interpersonal skills. You will be required to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive, and contentious information regarding assessment, diagnosis and treatment of service users with complex mental health presentations.

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
  
  

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents.

Undertake specific elements of a specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of people referred to the service, working in partnership with the person, their families/carers/support networks and other services and professionals involved.

Liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with the individual in order to develop and review care plans/treatments/interventions.

Maintain contact with service users during episodes of inpatient care, care with other teams/ services and or when transitional care is active, ensuring continuity of care and effective communication.

To assist in development of a responsive service: this may include out of hours, evenings and weekend working. To travel to service sites within the catchment area.

Manage, on a regular basis, complex cases, presenting high risk and requiring highly developed and advanced risk assessment, relapse management and crisis management skills.

To provide supervision to staff working with the client group, to support them in delivering psychologically informed interventions, where appropriate.

Maintain timely data collection and regular inputting of information through the use of data collection systems e.g. RiO and MHTR database.

Promote psychological thinking, reflection and trauma informed care within the team.

More details and full list of responsibilities are

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• post-graduate, doctoral level training in applied psychology (or its equivalent), that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration. (Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologists) - OR MSc/Post Grad Diploma qualification in Psychotherapy (e.g. CBT), that has been accepted by the UKCP/ACP/BABCP for purposes of professional registration. - OR HCPC registered clinician who has completed further psychological therapies training, which enables them to be eligible for accreditation with a recognised professional or regulatory body, for example, EMDR, DBT.
• Significant experience of delivering specific psychological therapy models to service users with complex mental health problems ranging from mild to severe and complex.
• To be a member of a relevant professional or regulatory body and continue to fulfil any accreditation or membership criteria, including meeting requirements for: i) continuing professional and personal development, ii) regular supervision and iii) codes of practice.
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of delivering therapeutic interventions to clients with mental health problems ranging from those experiencing mild to severe and complex
• Experience of supervising staff