Qualified Psychologist Veterans Trauma PTSD

Integrated Care System; Derby; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service is seeking a Qualified Psychologist to join their Veterans Complex Treatment Service. This role involves delivering impactful psychological therapies tailored to veterans with mental health needs, offering both community-based and remote options. Candidates should be HCPC registered and have experience in trauma therapy. The position provides flexibility and opportunities for professional development within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

38 days holiday

Free use of onsite gym & swimming pool

Opportunities for research and professional development

Qualifications

• Experienced in trauma therapy with adults.
• HCPC registered or due to qualify soon.
• Experience using CBT, EMDR, and Compassion Focused Therapy preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver tailored psychological therapy to veterans in the community.
• Work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Utilize therapeutic modalities based on evidence-based guidelines.

Skills

Trauma Therapy

Complex Mental Health Needs

Psychological Assessment

Education

HCPC Registration

BPS/ACP Certification

Job description

Qualified Psychologist Veterans Trauma PTSD

Qualified Psychologist Clinical, Counselling, Forensic, Practitioner

Veterans Complex Treatment Service (or Trauma Specialist)

Work from home and in the community

Would suit someone based in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk

Roles: 37.5 hours a week although part time / flexible working is considered

This service is part of our Community Partnerships Division whothis year had their CQC rating as good. Below are some commentsfrom service users our services support:

Changed my life and staff were incredible, faultless,supportive, skilled, lovely and polite.

The therapy that has been provided with was like no other I hadreceived in 30 years.

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic HCPC Registered Psychologist tojoin our team to primarily provide therapy in our Veterans Complex TreatmentService, which sits as part of the national Op Courage: Veteran MentalHealth & Wellbeing pathway in the East Midlands or East of England / East Anglia region.The ideal candidate will be looking for a varied role and bring specificexpertise in working with trauma with adults and working with complexpresentations.

Due to the travel required, a full drivers licence isdesirable. However, in return, you will also benefit from having theflexibility to work from home too (roughly 60% from home, 40% in thecommunity).

Main duties of the job

We have different community services based all around the UK so if this role / location isn't quite right for you but you are a Qualified or soon to Qualify Psychologist looking for your next career move please send your CV to [e-mail] or call 07827856634 for an informal discussion around the opportunities and development we can offer.

Why join our Community PartnershipsTeam:

Opportunitiesto progress Most of our Consultant and Principal Psychologists started withinthe team and have developed their careers with us.

We offersponsorship opportunities e.g. MBA degrees

Supportin undertaking indemnified private practice and medico-legal work.

Flexibilityin our working practices that work around you and your family life.

Supportfrom over 10 Qualified Psychologists in the community partnerships team andover 50 in the overall organisation.

Opportunitiesfor research through our Research andInnovation Team

Paidtravel or mileage within the role.

CommunityPartnerships

Our service specialises in developing and delivering communitybased services. We currently offer a range of servicesincluding, a busy private therapy clinic, a Medico-Legal Service, DiagnosticAssessment Clinics (ADHD and ASD), a Complex Treatment Service for MilitaryVeterans, the Assertive Transition Service and criminal justice services inLondon.

About us

The OpCourage Integrated Veteran Mental Health & Wellbeing Service has beenrecently recommissioned by NHS England Armed Forces and offers military-sensitiveassessments, signposting, advice, liaison and intervention for UKveterans. The East of England Op Courage Service is a collaborativepartnership between EPUT, NSFT, St Andrews, Walking with the Wounded, theWarrior Programme and Mental Health Matters and aims to provide a range ofsupport for veterans and their families living in the region.

In order to be eligible for the role, the successful applicantwill be registered with the HCPC (on soon to qualify) and ideally the BPS

We offeran excellent benefits package including pension, 38 days holiday, sicknesspolicy on par with NHS, life cover, car lease scheme, cycle to work scheme andopportunities for research, teaching and continuing professional development.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please James Farrelly, SeniorRecruiter on 07827856634 or via email: [e-mail]

Job responsibilities

The Roleand Person

The successful applicant will join a highly motivated,supportive and friendly multi-disciplinary team, and will report directly to theClinical Lead. The service is psychology-led and holds psychologicalassessment and formulation, as well as the Veterans we work with, at the coreof everything it offers.

You will be responsible for delivering outcome basedpsychological therapy that is uniquely tailored to meet the needs of Veteransliving in the community. The service is community based and appointmentsare offered where possible in the Veterans locality as well as remotely viatelephone and video.

Given the nature of the client group and the geographical needsof the service, we are looking for a clinician with significant experience intreating complex mental health needs in an autonomous capacity. Beingable to demonstrate experience in treating trauma and complex mental healthneeds according to evidenced based guidelines is essential, as is experience ofworking with this client group. Experience of using a range oftherapeutic modalities including CBT, EMDR and Compassion Focused Therapy wouldalso be an advantage. Equally important would be your ability to workboth autonomously within community based settings, as well as collaborativelywith other teams and professionals. The ability to consider and findcreative and flexible solutions to engage individuals in psychologicaltreatment is an essential skill in this setting. You will be able to workindependently, as well as closely and collaboratively with other clinicians inthe team and will be an effective communicator.

Within the role, you will be encouraged to develop yourstrengths and skills through a robust structure of clinical supervision andopportunities for professional development. St Andrews has anexcellent record of providing opportunities for research, training andcontinuing professional development so you will also have access to peer supportfrom the wider Charity, as well as regular CPD events. Due to thepioneering nature of this service, there will be opportunities for servicedevelopment including co-production with service users and an interest andenthusiasm in these areas is desired.

One of our new team members whorecently joined our team had this to say about us:

What a refreshing and dynamic team! The clinicians are friendlyand warm but also focused and driven. Its amazing how quickly things getprogressed here from ideas into actions.

Community Partnerships offers something different to otherservices that I have worked for previously; its diverse and expanding servicehas provided me with opportunities to continually develop through working withdifferent client groups across a range of settings. This has allowed me to workwith and learn from a number of clinicians with different areas of expertise.Its flexible working approach has also been great for promoting a goodwork-life balance!

Ifthis sounds like your type of working environment, we look forward to receivingyour application.

The position is offered as a permanent contract.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC or BABCP or BACP and ideally the BPS/ACP or due to qualify in next few months

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.

£46,781 to £57,161 a year38 days holiday, free use of onsite gym & swimming pool