Job summary
Are you an experienced, enthusiastic and resilient clinical/counselling psychologist or psychological therapist who thrives in a role which includes variety, complexity and challenge alongside opportunities for growth? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Psychologist/Psychological Therapist to join our specialist Personality Disorder Hub team for either a 12 month secondment or fixed term contract. There might be the opportunity for this role to become permanent and we would welcome those wishing to work either 0.8, 0.9 or whole time equivalent.
The Hub provides case management and treatment to service users with complex emotional needs/severe personality difficulties who present with high risk to self and multiple comorbid complexities. The team also provides a range of scaffolding activities to other services. For a full description of the client group and role of the team please see the supplementary information.
Our service aims to provide hope, reduce stigma, promote inclusion and achieve positive treatment outcomes. We are currently reviewing the service model to ensure a goodness of fit between service user/carer, organisational and community transformation needs. As part of this we wish to enhance service user involvement, alongside working in line with the developing evidence base, especially trauma-based approaches.
Main duties of the job
As a senior clinician within the team, you will be expected to have a clinical, supervision and leadership role. Practice shall entail both autonomous and collaborative team working with an emphasis on ensuring our practices and treatment pathways are psychologically and trauma informed. Successful candidates will receive clinical and professional supervision from a Principal or Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
The post will involve supporting clinical service delivery and will have a focus on providing supervision and scaffolding, developing complex formulations, enhancing and embedding trauma informed care. Caseloads will be small with an emphasis on clients with complex presentations. The role will also involve some degree of clinical leadership of community practitioners within a set locality.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
We recognise that the people who work for us are our greatest asset, and when you feel supported and happy at work this positively reaches those very people we are here for - our service users.
Within the Hub team a strong, positive culture has been fostered with a particular emphasis on wellbeing and building resilience, for what can undoubtedly be challenging roles. As a team we welcome diversity, celebrate and cultivate individual differences. We have a strong reflective culture, providing protected time and forums for learning, growth and development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to both the job description and supplementary information for full details about the roles, responsibilities and necessary competencies required for the post.
For those applying for a secondment please also ensure you have the agreement of your manager.
Key elements of role
The key elements of the role will be:
- providing specialist assessment, consultation and adapted treatment to adult service users with severe personality difficulties, complexity and high levels of risk to self
- developing and embedding complex formulations with service users and team members
- enhancing and embedding trauma informed care for individuals with co-morbid personality difficulties, complex trauma and dissociative disorders.
- enhancing and embedding adaptations for clients with comorbid neurodiversity
- providing clinical supervision to community practitioners within the team
- providing supervision, advice and consultation to colleagues in other services, and to other non-professional carers, on psychological aspects of assessment, formulation, care and treatment of people with personality difficulties
- assisting the clinical leadership develop team training, supervision models and wellbeing/reflective practice
- assisting with service evaluation, development and appropriate service work streams
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 2nd July 2024
Closing date : 16th July 2024
We welcome your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to both the job description and supplementary information for full details about the roles, responsibilities and necessary competencies required for the post.
For those applying for a secondment please also ensure you have the agreement of your manager.
Key elements of role
The key elements of the role will be:
- providing specialist assessment, consultation and adapted treatment to adult service users with severe personality difficulties, complexity and high levels of risk to self
- developing and embedding complex formulations with service users and team members
- enhancing and embedding trauma informed care for individuals with co-morbid personality difficulties, complex trauma and dissociative disorders.
- enhancing and embedding adaptations for clients with comorbid neurodiversity
- providing clinical supervision to community practitioners within the team
- providing supervision, advice and consultation to colleagues in other services, and to other non-professional carers, on psychological aspects of assessment, formulation, care and treatment of people with personality difficulties
- assisting the clinical leadership develop team training, supervision models and wellbeing/reflective practice
- assisting with service evaluation, development and appropriate service work streams
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 2nd July 2024
Closing date : 16th July 2024
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- An Honours Degree in Psychology recognised for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society, or RMN/OT/Social worker, or equivalent degree level qualification in mental health.
- Post-graduate qualifications in psychological assessment and psychological therapy (e.g. Doctorate in Counselling Psychology, Post-graduate diploma in CBT, IAPT High Intensity CBT diploma, EMDR).
- Appropriate professional registration eg HCPC, BABCP.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Advanced skills in managing emotional impact of dealing with highly emotive and distressing situations through self-management and use of the clinical supervision process.
- Ability to demonstrate clinical leadership skills
- Highly developed skills and abilities to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to support and advise other professionals working with this group of patients
Desirable
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oSpecialist knowledge, skills and experience of assessment, formulation, reformulation and intervention with adults with complex mental health difficulties
- oSpecialist knowledge, skills and competencies in understanding, formulating and working with people with personality difficulties.
- oHighly developed knowledge and experience of trauma informed care and approaches utilised for trauma stabilisation.
- oDemonstrated ability of providing specialist teaching, training, consultancy and supervision.
- oThe ability to understand the role and contribution of colleagues and collaborate effectively with other care pathways and across agencies.
- oThe ability to contribute to service planning and development in Specialist Psychological Therapies, as appropriate.
- Demonstrate further specialist training and experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a psychological therapist over a minimum of 18 months or an alternative agreed by the Psychological Services Professional Lead.
Desirable
- oAdvanced knowledge, delivery and supervision of Structured Clinical Management practitioners, including its adaptions
- oTraining, accreditation in and experience of implementing and supervising DBT or MBT
- oSpecialist training in assessing and adapting clinical material for people with neurodiversity
- oSensory training
- oSpecialist knowledge, skills and experience of assessment and management of risk in relation to people with complex psychological presentations and personality disorder.
- oTraining in Structured Clinical Management, including delivery and supervision of SCM, DBT and/or MBT treatment approaches.
- oThe knowledge and ability to work at a systemic level to understand and address the psychological needs of the individual and the wider system.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- An Honours Degree in Psychology recognised for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society, or RMN/OT/Social worker, or equivalent degree level qualification in mental health.
- Post-graduate qualifications in psychological assessment and psychological therapy (e.g. Doctorate in Counselling Psychology, Post-graduate diploma in CBT, IAPT High Intensity CBT diploma, EMDR).
- Appropriate professional registration eg HCPC, BABCP.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Advanced skills in managing emotional impact of dealing with highly emotive and distressing situations through self-management and use of the clinical supervision process.
- Ability to demonstrate clinical leadership skills
- Highly developed skills and abilities to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to support and advise other professionals working with this group of patients
Desirable
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oSpecialist knowledge, skills and experience of assessment, formulation, reformulation and intervention with adults with complex mental health difficulties
- oSpecialist knowledge, skills and competencies in understanding, formulating and working with people with personality difficulties.
- oHighly developed knowledge and experience of trauma informed care and approaches utilised for trauma stabilisation.
- oDemonstrated ability of providing specialist teaching, training, consultancy and supervision.
- oThe ability to understand the role and contribution of colleagues and collaborate effectively with other care pathways and across agencies.
- oThe ability to contribute to service planning and development in Specialist Psychological Therapies, as appropriate.
- Demonstrate further specialist training and experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a psychological therapist over a minimum of 18 months or an alternative agreed by the Psychological Services Professional Lead.
Desirable
- oAdvanced knowledge, delivery and supervision of Structured Clinical Management practitioners, including its adaptions
- oTraining, accreditation in and experience of implementing and supervising DBT or MBT
- oSpecialist training in assessing and adapting clinical material for people with neurodiversity
- oSensory training
- oSpecialist knowledge, skills and experience of assessment and management of risk in relation to people with complex psychological presentations and personality disorder.
- oTraining in Structured Clinical Management, including delivery and supervision of SCM, DBT and/or MBT treatment approaches.
- oThe knowledge and ability to work at a systemic level to understand and address the psychological needs of the individual and the wider system.
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).
