Clinical Psychologist - London, United Kingdom - East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated HCPC-registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with an interest in community psychology to an innovative post in Tower Hamlets Adult Mental health Psychology Service.

This is an 8a post fixed term until 11thApril 2025 to provide cover for a member of the team taking an employment break.

The post holder will provide psychological interventions to people with complex mental health needs.

They will also contribute to developing and maintaining partnership working with local community groups to promote social connections, community engagement and participation.

The post holder will contribute to staff supervision and training and provide psychological advice (informal, ad hoc, and formal consultation) to other staff, community workers, carers and people with lived experience of mental distress.

The post is suitable for a psychologist who is keen to embrace the privileges of working in a diverse borough and a commitment to working with people with complex mental health difficulties and from a range of religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds as well as working in partnership with staff teams and community organisations to deliver psychologically informed care.

We aim to develop and deliver our services through co-production with people with lived experience. The department has an excellent relationship with People Participation and the local Recovery College.

To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions to secondary mental health services and those in the community, particularly those with complex mental health problem, who are vulnerable to poor health outcomes through poverty and other social inequalities, disabilities and physical health conditions.
To develop partnership working with local community organisations.

To develop, through co-production, psychological interventions that address the needs of those served including resilience and recovery, shared support, social connections and community engagement.

To provide highly specialist consultation and support to staff of ELFT and other community organisations.
To provide regular support and consultation to staff including the facilitation of reflective practice.
To promote population health and develop innovative ways of working that will also inform the further development of the Trust's approach to population health

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve

Our values are:

We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.