Senior Clinical Counselling Psychologist/Senior Psy Therapist

Colegio Santa Teresa del Niño Jesús - Martínez - Buenos Aires; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust seeks a qualified clinician to join their Therapies team in Milton Keynes. The role involves providing specialist psychological assessments and interventions, supervising staff, and supporting service development within a diverse patient population. Applicants must have doctoral-level training in psychology and MBT training.

Benefits

Generous relocation package

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and formulation of complex mental health presentations.
• Current HCPC/NMC registration required.
• Valid driver's license and ability to drive to different bases.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist MBT psychological assessments of service-users referred to the Therapies pathway.
• Lead on developing and delivering psychological interventions for service users.
• Supervise colleagues where appropriate.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Therapeutic interventions

Supervision

Collaboration

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology

Registered qualification in health or allied health professions

Anna Freud basic and practitioner MBT training

Job description

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

About

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff who provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire. . As a Foundation Trust we involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run and our future development. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust please visi www.cnwl.nhs.uk it: (source: Central and North West London NHS Foundation NHS Trust website)

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Key details

Location

SiteMilton Keynes Community Mental Health Hub, Stantonbury Health CentreAddressPurbeckTownMilton KeynesPostcodeMK14 6BLMajor / Minor RegionLondon

Contract type & working pattern

ContractPermanentHours37.5 hours per week

• Full time
• Part time
• Compressed hours

Salary

Salary£53,755 - £60,504 per annumSalary periodYearlyGrade(NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Main areaAdult Mental Health

Job overview

This role would be based within the Therapies pathway within the Hub.Therapies offer interventions in a stepped care approach for a wide range of needs, broadly summarised as mood problems, trauma,psychosis,and complex emotional needs (clients who may have attracted a diagnosis of personality disorder).We have a very established team working specifically with clients who present with complex emotional needs. This includes the delivery of MBT verbal, MBT art, and DBT.

This post isfundamental in supporting the MBT programme within our Therapies team. The role includes supervising MBTstaff, managing waiting lists, supporting service development and being anexperienced practitioner in this area,leading those who are newer to this model. Either verbal or art-based skills are valued. You would be supported by a team who values reflectivity,taking on challenges and placing the service user at the centre of care.

Please note, this post needs the clinician to have both basic and practitioner MBT training.

Advert

• To provide specialist psychology/therapeutic MBTinput totheservice usersreferred to the team.

• The post holder willwork collaboratively with theleadsfor thepathways within theMental Health Hub and other areas of the mental health service across Milton Keynes.

• The post holder will lead on developingand deliveringthe brief andlonger-termpsychological interventions for service users.

• A key part of the role will beevaluation and audit of the effectiveness of theteam in reducing hospital admission and length of stay.

• The post holder willbe expected tobe involved in thesupervision ofcolleagues,whereappropriate.

• The post holder will be expected to develop the structures and skills necessary for all mental health workers to ‘thinkpsychologically’ as a core philosophy of treatment delivery.

Working for our organisation

We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. Were always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide specialist MBT psychological/therapeuticassessmentsof service-users referred to theTherapies pathwayuponappropriate use,interpretationand integration of complex data from a variety of sources.

Toexercise autonomous professional responsibility for the formulation and implementation of plans for the formal psychological treatment and or management of a client’s problems based uponan appropriate conceptualunderstandingof the service-usersproblems in the context of the family and wider system.

To act as a senior clinician within the team and to work with the more complex cases referred for specialist treatment.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for allservice-usersin attendance within the service, including the protective and risk factors present in the network of significant relationships.

Tobe responsible forimplementing a range of psychological interventions, specific to NICE Guidance for individuals and groups, adjusting and refining the formulations drawing upon different explanatory models andmaintaininga number ofprovisional hypotheses.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff. We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see ourBenefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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

• Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro-psychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies development psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Anna Freud basic and practitioner MBT training
• A registered qualification in any of the health or allied health professions e.g. nurse, social worker, OT, therapist
• Current HCPC/NMC registeration

Other

Essential criteria

• Valid drivers licence and the ability to drive to different bases.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and formulation of complex mental health presentations including Trauma presentations
• Experience of working psychologically with people who have complex mental health problems, including trauma and personality disorder.
• Current experience of working in an NHS community mental health settings in secondary and tertiary care
• Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
• Experience of skills in group work.
• Experience of work with care-givers/families.
• Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology or psychotherapy in different cultural contexts
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Experience in the use of risk assessment and the management of risk and crisis.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in MDT settings in particular the demonstrated ability to work jointly in assessment interventions with multidisciplinary team members.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessment and intervention for people with mental health presentations

Documents

• Job Description (, 456.4)PDFKB
• Person Spec (, 184.6)PDFKB
• CNWL Staff Networks (, 320.0)PDFKB
• CNWL Values (, 182.9)PDFKB
• CNWL Reward and Wellbeing Handbook 2020 (, 1.1)PDFMB
• CNWL Staff Charter (, 684.7)PDFKB
• CNWL Culture SCARF Behaviour Framework (, 710.2)PDFKB

Further details / informal visits contact

NameMichele HeadJob titleClinical LeadEmail address [email protected]Telephone number01908 725800Additional information

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