Senior Applied PsychologistNHS AfC: Band 8a - Wolverhampton, United Kingdom - Black Country Job Support

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    Job overview

    The post holders will work closely with the multi disciplinary team in their locality. They will offer rapid assessment and time limited intensive treatment to people in their own home in order to prevent hospital admission or facilitate discharge from hospital through a recovery approach.

    Main duties of the job

    The main duties of the job includes providing rapid assessment and time limited intensive treatment to people in their own home in order to prevent hospital admission or facilitate discharge from hospital through a recovery approach.

    Working for our organisation

    You will be committed to the provision of a high quality service with the skills to work within a changing environment. You will also demonstrate the ability to develop and maintain professional, effective working relationships with other disciplines, agencies, patients and their carers.

    In return the trust also offers a flexible approach to working, opportunity for development and training, regular supervision and annual personal development reviews.

    If you like the sound of joining our creative, warm and friendly trust, and feel the job description and person specification has excited you, please come and join us by applying for this post.

    Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    please see attached job description and person specification, for any further details please contact the Brooklands Health Centre on

    Person specification

    essential criteria

    Essential criteria

  • qualified mental health nurse
  • experience in community and older adults
  • passion to work with older adults
  • training relevant to older adults
  • car driver
  • desirable

    Desirable criteria

  • recent demonstrable community older adults experience
  • training in CBT / SFT