Clinical Psychologist/CBT Therapist/Psychotherapist

Job overview

We are excited to invite compassionate and dedicated applicants for opportunities as a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist/CBT Psychotherapist or Psychotherapist post our Community Adult Mental Heal Services, within which we have established membership from the psychological professions. The team works closely with other providers to ensure service users are accessing the right level of treatment and support.

We have two opportunities available: one if a full time (37.5 hours) permanent post within the West Locality. The other is a part time (30 hours) temporary post for 12 months covering maternity leave within the South Locality, this could be appointed to as a fixed term or secondment opportunity.

Main duties of the job

The team supports service users with complex mental health presentations associated with a high level of intersectional difficulties.

We are looking for a motivated and skilled candidate, who is passionate to make a difference for our service users with complex mental health needs, is looking forward to work closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team, families and services users and is using a trauma informed approach to working with service users. The work involves working directly with service users as well as indirectly with other team members and agencies to support formulation driven care.

Care and interventions are mainly delivered via face-to-face appointments on site or in people’s homes, as such some travel is required; however, some remote working will be required which can be done from site or from home if agreed.

We have excellent connections with the regional the D. Clin psych course, regularly providing placements to trainees.  There is opportunity to develop skills through supported CPD activity, including further skills in supervision.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Working closely with members of the multidisciplinary team to provide psychological perspective and thinking to support care planning and trauma informed care approaches.
• Providing supervision and reflective spaces within and across the multidisciplinary team.
• Contributing to and supporting training initiatives to enhance psychological and trauma-informed approaches within the team, sharing your knowledge and best practice.
• Providing specialist evidence based psychological assessment, formulation and psychological therapy, whilst making autonomous clinical decisions about your own professional practice.
• Providing clinical consultation and advice to healthcare professionals across the team where indicated.
• Supporting adherence to relevant NICE guidance and clinical governance arrangements.
• Ensuring the clinical effectiveness of your own practice and to support service functioning by contributing to relevant research and development activities relevant to the service area.