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    Psychological Therapist - Ipswich, United Kingdom - Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

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    Job summary

    Our dedicated team is seeking to recruit a full or part-time, fixed term or secondment opportunity band 7 psychological therapist to cover maternity leave for 12 months. We welcome applicants interested in perinatal mental health and wishing to develop specialist knowledge and practice in this rewarding field.

    The team are a county wide service currently operating from a number of bases in the East and West of the county and involves some opportunities for remote working.

    Main duties of the job

    We are a countywide service, committed to improving the wellbeing of parents and their babies. We offer assessment and treatment to women with moderate to severe mental health difficulties who are either pregnant or within the first post-natal year (increasing to 24 months). You will be joining an established psychology team, consisting of clinical psychologists, parent-infant therapists and assistant psychologists. You shall be supported to delivering formulation based and NICE recommended psychological interventions. This post would be suitable for anyone interested in models of adult mental health (such as CBT, systemic family therapy, IPT and CAT), transgenerational patterns of trauma, attachment, and infant mental health.

    You shall contribute to the supervision, consultation and training of the MDT who consist of highly skilled and psychologically minded professionals and include perinatal mental health nurses, a psychiatrist, nursery nurses, peer support workers, a social worker, and an occupational therapist. Our team have very good working relationships with a wide range of primary and secondary care professionals, including midwives, health visitors, CAMHS and adult mental health services across Suffolk.

    About us

    Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

    Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

    Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Job responsibilities

    ROLE SUMMARY:

    Contribute to the provision of the Psychological Therapy Services within NSFT.

    Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, carrying a caseload of clients.

    Receive regular supervision in line with the Trust Policies and responsible for management of own caseload and ensuring high standards of care are maintained in line with Trust policies and professional codes of practice.

    Supervision and consultancy to other mental health professionals and involved in the development of Psychological Therapy provision within the locality as appropriate.

    Accountable for accurate mental health clustering of all patients in caseload on admission, discharge and at review meetings.

    Ensure all mental health clustering information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients.

    Responsible for maintaining the accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team.

    Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY

    Some of the benefits you can expect:

  • NHS pension
  • a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • career progression
  • starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • staff physio service
  • NHS discounts and many more.
  • Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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    Person Specification Qualifications Essential
  • Health or Social Care professional qualification RMN, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology, Diploma in Social Work or equivalent
  • Postgraduate diploma in CBT or CAT or family therapy or equivalent
  • Registration with appropriate professional body
  • Experience Essential
  • Documentary evidence of continuing professional development
  • Group work in mental Health
  • Training and ability to deliver other therapeutic approaches DBT, EMDR, IPT
  • Skills Essential
  • Able to communicate effectively with a range of individuals, clients, professionals and organisations
  • Able to demonstrate a flexible enabling approach to service delivery
  • Work autonomously and set down priorities and practice effective time management
  • Knowledge Essential
  • Awareness of other therapeutic approaches and application
  • Awareness of safeguarding principals
  • NICE guidelines
  • Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
  • Other Essential
  • Accreditation with BABCP or ACAT
  • Willingness to share skills, experience and thus promote patient care
  • Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • Health or Social Care professional qualification RMN, Dip OT, Degree or equivalent in Social Work or equivalent
  • Postgraduate diploma in CBT
  • Registration with appropriate professional body
  • Experience

    Essential

  • Documentary evidence of continuing professional development
  • Group work in mental Health
  • Training and ability to deliver other therapeutic approaches DBT, EMDR, CAT
  • Desirable

  • Service development
  • Other

    Essential

  • Accreditation with BABCP
  • Willingness to share skills, experience and thus promote patient care
  • Able to travel independently


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