Senior Psychological Therapist

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a passionate senior psychologist or CBT therapist to enhance their skills while supporting staff in the health and social care sector. This role involves clinical work, supervision of team members, and contributing to innovative service development. Join a diverse and supportive environment where your expertise will directly impact the wellbeing of healthcare professionals. This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to make a meaningful difference in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate training in clinical or counseling psychology or equivalent.
• Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the operational and clinical running of the staff support service.
• Responsible for clinical supervision and line management of Assistant Psychologists.

Skills

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

Psychological Assessment

Supervision of Psychological Interventions

Communication Skills

Cultural Competence in Therapy

Education

Post-graduate Doctoral Level Training in Psychology

Professional Registration with HPC

Postgraduate Diploma in CBT

Job description

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We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated senior psychologist or CBT therapist with an interest in developing their skills and experience supporting staff across the health and social care sector.

Alongside some direct clinical work to assess individuals referred to the Keeping Well NWL service, the postholder will be responsible for the clinical supervision and line management of Assistant Psychologists and qualified Psychologists / CBT Therapists within the team. They will also contribute to the development of the educational, training, outreach, and consultation offer for the Keeping Well NWL service.

We particularly encourage applications from candidates with an interest in supporting Healthcare staff, as well as service development and innovative practice.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the operational and clinical running of our friendly and innovative staff support service. This includes working with partnership organisations to consider and implement best practice support for Healthcare staff.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England, and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow, and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counseling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or postgraduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, Occupational therapy) plus 1 postgraduate diploma or higher degree in CBT. OR Accredited as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist by the British Association of Cognitive & Behavioural Psychotherapies (BABCP) or nearing completion of accreditation process.
• Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HPC), if applicable to core professional training.
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training, and/or other fields of applied psychology.

EXPERIENCE

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity, including maintaining professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of supervising psychological interventions.
• Experience of the application of CBT in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of working with two distinct psychological therapies, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
• Experience of working within an IAPT service and delivering to agreed service targets (e.g., clinical contact hours, percentage recovery).
• Experience of supervising both low- and high-intensity workers within an IAPT service.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Skills in the use of complex assessment, intervention, and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical, and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-to-treat groups (e.g., personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities or long-term physical health conditions, etc.).
• High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.