Job summary
Are you an experienced psychologist or psychological practitioner with an enthusiasm for working in a crisis service? Do you have the skills and experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team and providing a psychological perspective to the care provided? Do you have experience in supervising and managing members of the psychology team?
This post offers the opportunity to be part of our crisis and home treatment services in West London. The post holder would be joining the psychology team comprising of a Principal Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Associate in Psychology based in the Hounslow team.
The post-holder will work collaboratively and proactively with the multi-disciplinary team to manage risk robustly and to provide a psychological perspective to the care provided. Along with providing assessment, formulation and brief interventions to service users and their families. Reflective practice, team formulation, consultation, and post incident support are an integral part of the psychology service.
The post holder will be the supervisor and line manager for the Clinical Associate in Psychology. There will also be opportunities to provide placements for trainee clinical psychologists from the North Thames courses and students from the MSc in Early Intervention in Psychosis at the IOPPN
Main duties of the job
Hounslow Crisis Assessment and Home Treatment Team provides a service for adult service users experiencing mental health crisis requiring intensive home based support and treatment. The service aims to prevent service users requiring a hospital admission. Therefore, part of the role will entail providing assessments and brief interventions in service user's homes.
MAIN DUTIES
Providing a full and comprehensive psychology service providing direct care to service users and their families offering assessment, formulation, risk assessment and brief evidence based interventions when indicated.
Offer indirect work ensuring that all members of the multidisciplinary team have access to a psychological framework for understanding the service user's needs. This will be provided by giving psychological advice, consultation, contributing in clinical meetings and team formulation.
Developing the MDT's knowledge and skills to use a psychological approach to a service user's care through teaching, training and where needed supervision.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology or its equivalent, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS and/or Accredited psychological practitioner with at least 3 years of experience.
- Professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council and/or equivalent registering body.
- Training in clinical supervision for doctoral, and equivalent, trainees
Desirable
- Training in the supervision of psychological therapies
- Evidence of post-doctoral training in psychological therapies relevant to severe and enduring mental health difficulties including for example DBT/ CBT-P/ Systemic Practice.
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience of working in mental health settings delivering specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions across a range of settings including community, primary care, inpatient, crisis services.
- Experience of working with a wide range of client groups across the whole life course presenting with a range of psychological problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to assistant/trainee or qualified psychologists, and/or other professionals.
Desirable
- Experience of working in acute mental health services (inpatient wards, HTT, crisis intervention services, psychiatric liaison).
- Experience of teaching/training
- Experience of facilitating reflective practice to teams
- Post qualification experience and/or training in working with adults affected by psychological trauma.
Knowledge / skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- 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
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge and awareness of the trauma informed approach
Desirable
- Knowledge of QN-CRHTT standards and accreditation process.
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodology
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodology
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology or its equivalent, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS and/or Accredited psychological practitioner with at least 3 years of experience.
- Professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council and/or equivalent registering body.
- Training in clinical supervision for doctoral, and equivalent, trainees
Desirable
- Training in the supervision of psychological therapies
- Evidence of post-doctoral training in psychological therapies relevant to severe and enduring mental health difficulties including for example DBT/ CBT-P/ Systemic Practice.
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience of working in mental health settings delivering specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions across a range of settings including community, primary care, inpatient, crisis services.
- Experience of working with a wide range of client groups across the whole life course presenting with a range of psychological problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to assistant/trainee or qualified psychologists, and/or other professionals.
Desirable
- Experience of working in acute mental health services (inpatient wards, HTT, crisis intervention services, psychiatric liaison).
- Experience of teaching/training
- Experience of facilitating reflective practice to teams
- Post qualification experience and/or training in working with adults affected by psychological trauma.
Knowledge / skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- 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
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge and awareness of the trauma informed approach
Desirable
- Knowledge of QN-CRHTT standards and accreditation process.
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodology
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodology
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).
