Bank, Band 7, Psychological Therapist, Welwyn - SW1509

Job overview

We are currently seeking an experienced Psychological Therapist, at Band 7 to work via a Bank Contract, for our Adult Community Services, based in Welwyn. You will be joining our Temporary Staffing Team within HPFT - Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

The post-holder will provide specialist psychological assessment and treatment to clients with a diagnosis of personality disorder within the service, and will provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychological therapist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers within community mental health services, primary care and other agencies

You will work closely with the local and quadrant-wide psychological therapy teams, as well as a range of other psychological therapy colleagues within the service setting and act as a resource on positive risk-taking and the management of people with personality disorders, for staff within the community hubs

The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures and will utilise research skills, on a regular basis, for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service

HPFT provides services for service users with mental health, learning disability and children’s and adolescent mental health problems.

All applicants need to hold a Professional Registration and can evidence this.

Main duties of the job

• The post-holder will provide specialist psychological assessment and treatment including a range of evidence-based groups and individual psychological interventions
• The post-holder will provide specialist support, guidance and consultation relevant to personality disorders in clients’ psychological care to other multi-disciplinary professionals
• The post-holder will work closely with both psychological therapies staff and other non-psychological therapy colleagues
• The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures
• The post-holder will utilise research skills for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self- report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care
• Formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings
• Be responsible for implementing psychological interventions from within your area of specialty for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining the psychological formulation according to the evolving clinical scenario.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group
• Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans

Please see JD attached for further information and responsibilities required

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.