Band 8a Primary Care CEN & PCLS Psychologist - Wiltshire

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic psychologist to work across two innovative services in Wiltshire. This role offers the chance to develop your leadership skills by supporting a growing brief psychological intervention service as well as working within a busy MDT providing assessment, formulation, and brief interventions for a wide range of mental health needs. The Primary Care Complex Emotional Needs Service (PC CEN) delivers brief psychological support for individuals with emotional and relational difficulties, associated with personality disorder.

With additional investment the service will expand to also offer intervention to people with complex PTSD who may fall between the gap between primary and secondary MH services. The Primary Care Liaison Service (PCLS) provides mental health triage, assessment, brief interventions, advice, and signposting for diverse mental health issues.

You will link with the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service (PTS) for this part of the role.

Main duties of the job

This role involves working between the PC CEN Service and PCLS covering North and South Wiltshire. Your line management will be held with the PC CEN Service, although you be linked with the Wiltshire PTS service.

As PC CEN Psychologist, you will lead the locality team as the service expands, managing therapists and MHWP’s to deliver safe, evidence-based interventions for clients with complex emotional needs and cPTSD.

As PCLS Psychologist, you will collaborate within the MDT to provide assessment, formulation, brief interventions, and signposting for a wide range of mental health presentations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide highly specialist assessment and therapy (CBT / DBT informed) to patients and carers as appropriate to the service.

To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients care and management in relation to the service.

To clinically supervise other therapists and other professionals in the team in addition to taking on line management responsibilities for some.

To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the complex emotional needs pathway.

To develop and deliver training in complex emotional needs and trauma informed care for multidisciplinary staff.

Contribute to continued service development and audit

Participate in CPD and other developmental activities

As the PCLS psychologist, you will work closely with the other members of the MDT to ensure that service users receive a high quality assessment and intervention/ onward signposting.