Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health services is seeking a dedicated Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join their Crisis Resolution and Intensive Support Service in Leeds. This role offers the opportunity to provide high-quality psychological care to individuals in crisis, working within a supportive team environment. As a key member of the team, you will engage in psychological assessments, supervise staff, and contribute to service improvement projects. The organization is committed to staff development and well-being, providing a range of benefits including flexible working arrangements and opportunities for professional growth. If you are passionate about making a difference in mental health care, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

NHS Pension Scheme

Career development opportunities

Employee wellbeing support

Exclusive discounts and payment schemes

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology required.
• Experience in psychological assessment and interventions is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and interventions for service users.
• Supervise other psychological professionals and assistant psychologists.

Skills

Psychological Assessment

Risk Assessment

Psychological Interventions

Supervision

Service Improvement

Education

Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive and/or Behavioural Psychotherapy

Job description

Are you looking for mental health jobs in Leeds, York or with one of our regional services operating across the country? We have a range of NHS Job opportunities, placements and specialities in our clinical, research, and professional support teams across Leeds and York.

At Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT), we strive to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. We can only achieve this by putting our staff and the people using our services at the centre of everything we do. This starts with the people we employ. We recruit based on values and qualifications (where required) and believe lived experience is an advantage. We look for potential, not perfection, and this means that together, we are as diverse as the communities we care for.

Simply put, we seek out people who care, act with integrity and have the right skills. We want to add to our incredible colleagues, students and volunteers who share these principles, with people like you, who find empathy comes easily and who treat everyone with respect without thinking. Search our latest jobs to start your journey with us.

Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist

8a

Main area: Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service (CRISS)
Grade: 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 173-44024-ACUTE-B

Site: St Marys Hospital or Aire Court
Town: Leeds
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/01/2025 23:59

All references should be directed through the Employers HR Department wherever possible to comply with NHS Check Standards. Please ensure that a HR address/email is provided for each referee named.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Crisis Resolution and Intensive Support Service (CRISS) in Leeds as a psychological professional. The CRISS Service in Leeds and York NHS Partnership Foundation Trust provides urgent assessment and intensive home treatment provision to service users in Leeds experiencing a mental health crisis. CRISS offers a 24-hour service; however, the psychology provision is within regular working hours Mon-Fri with the potential of working condensed hours. The CRISS service has recently undergone a re-structure of the service delivery model, following a recent Core Fidelity assessment.

We are currently expanding the psychological workforce in this service and looking for a highly motivated individual committed to high-quality service user-focused care. This post would link to either the West or South locality and you would work alongside another 8a, an 8b and be supported by a Consultant Psychological Professional colleague working strategically across the acute pathway. We will also be recruiting Assistant Psychologists to support the psychological work in the teams.

We are encouraging of development opportunities for staff and aim to support staff in developing skills in EMDR and DBT.

Main duties of the job

The team is made up of many different disciplines, including nurses, OTs, harm reduction workers, Health support workers and medical staff. There is strong leadership and practice development support in the team. There are many opportunities to get involved and lead service improvement projects.

The psychological professions workforce is supported by a Deputy Director of Psychological Professions and Professional Leads. We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD. Our previous Psychological Professions Strategy was achieved and we are in the process of writing a new strategy.

Interview date will be in person the week commencing the 3rd of February 2025.

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. To provide psychological assessment, risk assessment and formulation with SUs and staff.
2. To support staff to continue to use formulations.
3. To provide high quality psychological interventions.
4. To attend relevant MDTs to offer a psychological perspective.
5. To research and deliver innovative psychological ways of working.
6. To be a senior psychological professional within a locality, contributing to relevant service improvement projects.
7. To supervise other psychological professional staff as appropriate within the organisation.
8. To supervise assistant psychologists within the CRISS service.
9. To facilitate adherence to the Core fidelity model within CRISS.
10. To help embed outcomes measures and assist with Trust priorities.
11. To provide training to LYPFT colleagues and on the D Clin Psych course as needed.
12. To provide trainee placements where appropriate.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration;
• OR Postgraduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive and/or Behavioural Psychotherapy AND Accreditation with BABCP as a CBT therapist. With either a prior core profession or via KSA route.

Training

• Additional significant post qualification training relevant to the service and job role outlined in the job summary.
• Formal training in supervision of others.

Experience

• Significant post qualification experience in an area of practice relevant to the service specified in the job summary, to include assessment of risk.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement – please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application.

Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Please note that from 1st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.

LYPFT is committed to upholding its statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.