- 27 days leave plus bank holidays,increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhancedpay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile workingopportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, andadoption support
- Wide range of staff networks suchas LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)
- Health service discounts andonline benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrificeschemes
- Health and wellbeingopportunities
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others Highly developed and effective communication skills, both oral and written, including ability to communicate complex, highly personal and sensitive information
- Advanced ability to develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship and manage transference appropriately
- Able to communicate effectively within the team and build good sound working relationships
- Good presentation and teaching skills, able to use multi-media materials for both formal large group situations and small informal settings
- Ability to use IT equipment including the use of internet to carry out literature searches for research purposes
- Able to prioritise own work and deal with competing demands to work effectively
- Committed to promote patients right, independence and choice , through informed consent for interventions
- Able to manage change through influence, persuasion and good interpersonal relationships
- Able to think strategically; to consider the wider picture for developing specialist services long term and planning developments, which may impact across agencies
- BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in psychology
- Post graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Post qualification training in specific, evidence based techniques for use with clients with complex psychological presentations and/or physical health difficulties, across the age span
- Evidence of regular further professional training and experience as required by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the BPS
- Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
- Eligible for registration as a Practitioner member of the BPS Division of Clinical/Counselling Psychology
- Registered with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
- Related academic qualifications to masters or doctorate level
- Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
- A minimum of 2 years of experience working as a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within the relevant area
- Sufficient training and experience to be recognised by the Division of Clinical/Counselling Psychology as a suitably qualified psychologist to offer clinical placements to trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologists
- Training and experience in the application of psychological knowledge within a number of different specialties
- Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions to patients presenting with the full degree of clinical severity and across a range of clinical mental health presentations
- Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
- Experience of strategic planning and service development
- Experience of teaching and training psychologists in a Clinical/Counselling Psychology doctorate training course
- Knowledge required specific to the role and clinical area
- Advanced theoretical and applied knowledge of psychological approaches for people with psychological problems including specialised psychological assessments and interventions for patients with complex and psychological presentations and physical health difficulties
- Well-developed psychometric assessment skills
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis, as practiced within the field of Clinical/Counselling Psychology
Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Worcester, United Kingdom - Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Description
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a specialistattachment and trauma informed multi-agency team, supporting care experiencedchildren and young people and their carers. The post comprises days inAnchor Emotional Health & Wellbeing Team, and days in our Core Childand Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), though we are open to part time applications.As an 8a Psychologist you will offer assessment and attachment focusedinterventions to support children, their carers and the network aroundthem to better understand their communications and needs. The complexitiesinvolved in this therapeutic work necessitates a flexible approach tointerventions, and the length of therapeutic work is always clinically driven.Anchor offers a range of therapeutic interventions including therapeuticparenting work, trauma focused interventions (including EMDR), attachmentfocused work, and Analytic Psychotherapy. Your role would also involveconsultation and liaison with professional networks to help increase andstrengthen understanding of the impact of early adversity and trauma. Youwill offer clinical supervision and reflective practice to other members ofstaff. We are keen to support with your development and training, includingTheraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy. Please call us to discuss
Main duties of the job
Working within a multi-agency team alongside other Psychologists, Childand Adolescent Psychotherapists, Senior Mental Health Practitioners, and SocialWorkers offering psychological consultation and interventions to CYPs and theircarers.
Assessment, formulation, consultation, and intervention for CYPs with anemphasis on systemic thinking and the network. You would work mostly with CYPswho present with complex emotional needs as a result of early adversity andtrauma, using a range of trauma and attachment informed psychologicalinterventions that best meets the needs of the CYP. A central component of thiswork would be with networks and carers, as well as directly with the child.
You will provide clinical leadership working in collaboration withmanagers, team leads and senior clinicians (appropriate to the stage of yourcareer development) supporting the team through case discussions, formulationand care planning.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHSTrust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community healthservices across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learningdisability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for peopleof all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions fromover 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible workingoptions for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, andempower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why wewere named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. Wevalue diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,and ethnicities.
What we offer
If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Carry a defined caseload of care experienced children and youngpeople who have a varying range of severity and complexity of emotional needand provide support to
their network and carers, as appropriate.
Undertake the assessment, treatment and management of patientsreferred to the
Service with a varying range of severity and complexity ofpsychological problems
and psychiatric disorders. Assessment and intervention to involvefamilies
and carers, as appropriate.
Provide a psychological service to patients referred from otherdepartments, through
identified pathways, as agreed with the Team/Service Manager.
Provide psychological therapy, where appropriate, making use of avariety of
psychological models, as appropriate, with individuals, couplesand/or groups.
Provide specialised psychological therapies which requirespecialist post-qualification
experience, supervision and training to acquire the necessaryclinical and therapeutic
skills and personal resources.
For full details of the duties and criteriafor the role please refer to the job description and person specificationattached.
Person SpecificationSkills & Abilities
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential