Job summary
Are you a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist looking for a fresh opportunity within Adult Community Mental Health?
You will be responsible for providing psychological clinical leadership and specialist interventions with regard to the care of service users with complex, severe and enduring mental health difficulties within the community mental health setting, to ensure that the care provided is effective, well led, responsive and compassionate.
This post can also be offered a progression opportunity.
Main duties of the job
- Providing highly specialised psychological assessment and psychological assessment and treatment with clients.
- To carry a clinical caseload, and to offer direct clinical interventions to service users, including evidence based therapy where appropriate, and / or flexible innovative interventions to enable, empower and engage with service users at different stages of the change cycle.
- To provide highly specialist advice, consultation and guidance to a wide range of staff and other professionals, with regard to problem assessment, complex case formulation and therapy interventions as appropriate in order to contribute to care planning and to better enable them to work with service users presenting in challenging and/or risky ways
About us
In November 2021, our organisation won a HSJ award - Mental Health Trust of the Year!
This is an exciting time to join us, as we've officially merged with Yeovil District Hospital, making us one of the largest UK NHS providers in the UK. Our trust offers ample opportunities for develeopment!
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.
There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.
Please contact to have a discussion about the role and team - informal discussions are very welcome!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.
Please contact to have a discussion about the role and team - informal discussions are very welcome!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral Clinical / Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent.
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Knowledge
Essential
- Significant specialist post qualification experience in the field of severe mental illness.
- Experience of work across service settings and agencies.
- Working with clients presenting risk to self and/or others
- Supervision experience with all grades of staff.
- Clinical and audit work within specialist area.
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed In-depth knowledge of specialist therapeutic interventions with the client group, including at least two subspecialty areas, underpinned by comprehensive theoretical knowledge.
- Advanced assessment and formulation skills.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body.
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for clinical practice and professional management, including complex child protection issues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral Clinical / Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent.
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Knowledge
Essential
- Significant specialist post qualification experience in the field of severe mental illness.
- Experience of work across service settings and agencies.
- Working with clients presenting risk to self and/or others
- Supervision experience with all grades of staff.
- Clinical and audit work within specialist area.
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed In-depth knowledge of specialist therapeutic interventions with the client group, including at least two subspecialty areas, underpinned by comprehensive theoretical knowledge.
- Advanced assessment and formulation skills.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body.
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for clinical practice and professional management, including complex child protection issues.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
