Job summary
Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist/registered CBT Therapist/Psychotherapist
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time psychologist/ psychological therapist to work with the Addictions Plus team in Forward Leeds. We support people in Leeds who experience difficulties with mental health and problematic substance use. You will be joining an enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team which delivers a variety of evidence-based therapies, including Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprogramming (EMDR) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Applications from people with a training or an interest in DBT will be particularly welcomed, as we are hoping to further expand our provision in this area. Training in DBT can be made available for suitable candidates.
Forward Leeds is a CQC-rated Outstanding Partnership Organization. You will be supported by a principal and a consultant clinical psychologist. You will have access to regular supervision and excellent opportunities for CPD.
We will consider applications from trainee Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologists qualifying in 2024, or CBT therapists who have applied and are awaiting their Practitioner Accreditation status with BABCP. We regret to say that this post is not open to creative therapists.
Main duties of the job
- To provide specialist psychological therapeutic input into Addiction Plus services
- To work autonomously and make appropriate clinical decisions.
- To provide high quality psychological assessment, formulation and therapy across the range/ severity of clinical presentations.
- To work in hubs across the city of Leeds
- To contribute to multi-discplinary team working, working alongside colleagues across the partnership.
- To offer advice on service user's psychological care to colleagues and other relevant agencies, working within professional guidelines
- To provide a key role in psychological aspects of service development in service areas of primary responsibility.
- The post holder will communicate with numerous internal and external individuals, teams and services. The type of communication will include highly sensitive, confidential, complex and technical information.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To make autonomous clinical decisions about the assessment, treatment and discharge of SUs whose problems are managed by psychologically based care plans.
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
- To undertake complex risk assessment and risk management for individual SUs and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, complex highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and delivery of evidence based psychological interventions across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, and inpatient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of SU groups across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severit
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behavior.
We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD. Our Psychological Professions Strategy outlines our vision.
We are proud that 100% of LYPFT psychological professionals recently surveyed reported they felt supported by colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To make autonomous clinical decisions about the assessment, treatment and discharge of SUs whose problems are managed by psychologically based care plans.
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
- To undertake complex risk assessment and risk management for individual SUs and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, complex highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and delivery of evidence based psychological interventions across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, and inpatient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of SU groups across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severit
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behavior.
We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD. Our Psychological Professions Strategy outlines our vision.
We are proud that 100% of LYPFT psychological professionals recently surveyed reported they felt supported by colleagues.
Person Specification
Qualifications and registration
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration; Or Postgraduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive and/or Behavioural Psychotherapy AND Accreditation with BABCP as a CBT therapist. With either a prior core profession or via KSA route. Or Masters or above in a psychotherapy and accredited as a psychotherapist with UKCP or BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies used to treat the population of service users specified in the job summary.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Person Specification
Qualifications and registration
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration; Or Postgraduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive and/or Behavioural Psychotherapy AND Accreditation with BABCP as a CBT therapist. With either a prior core profession or via KSA route. Or Masters or above in a psychotherapy and accredited as a psychotherapist with UKCP or BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies used to treat the population of service users specified in the job summary.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
