Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen up for someone to join our friendly CPTSD team, located within the wider EnfieldIntegrated Core Teams. Enfield is a diverse borough, and we take pride in offering specialist, evidence based therapy to clientspresenting with complex PTSD. We are a phase-based service, offering a PTSD Psychoeducation and Symptom Managementgroup (in various languages) as well as individual trauma-focussed therapies e.g. Trauma-focussed CBT, NET and EMDR. Wewould welcome applicants who are trained and experienced in these modalities, and will also support applications for furthertraining where required. Specialist EMDR and CFT supervision is provided to the team by experienced external supervisors.
We are a friendly team and value supporting one another, reflective practice and continually learning from one another and our clients to offer high quality care and a welcoming place to work.
Main duties of the job
The duties of the post holder will include:
- The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of a high-quality trauma-informed and trauma-focused assessments and therapies. This will involve undertaking psychological assessments; psychoeducation and stabilization groups and evidence based trauma-focused therapies.
- Working closely alongside other CPTSD colleagues; cofacilitating groups, contributing to team meetings and formulations, and offering informal peer support and supervision where appropriate.
- As a team member both of the CPTSD Pathway and the wider Core team, the post-holder will be expected to work collaboratively with our wider colleagues, adding trauma-informed perspectives to team formulations and meetings.
- The post-holder will supervise doctoral trainees, assistant psychologists and other junior staff as appropriate.
- The post-holder will provide training, supervision and support to other clinical members of the team, who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
- The post-holder will be expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychology practice within the service/team.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme . Excellent internal staff network
The postholder will be aligned with our Values: We Are Kind , We Are Respectful, We Work Together, We Keep Things Simple,We Empower, We Are Proudly Diverse
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
The duties of the post holder will include:
- The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring the systematic provision of a high-quality trauma-informed and trauma-focused assessments and therapies. This will involve undertaking psychological assessments; psychoeducation and stabilization groups and evidence based trauma-focused therapies.
- Working closely alongside other CPTSD pathway colleagues; cofacilitating groups, contributing to team meetings, joining team formulation meetings and offering informal peer support and supervision where appropriate.
- As a team member both of the CPTSD Pathway and the wider Core team, the post-holder will be expected to work collaboratively with our wider colleagues, adding trauma-informed perspectives to team formulations and meetings
- The post-holder will provide specialist psychological assessment, treatment and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to non-professional carers working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures.
- The post-holder will supervise psychological assessment and therapy provided by doctoral trainees, assistant psychologists and other junior staff.
- The post-holder will provide training, supervision and support to other clinical members of the team, who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
- The post-holder will be expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychology practice within the service/team.
- The post-holder will utilise skills for research and audit and contribute to policy and service development, in relation to the CPTSD Pathway and in collaboration with the wider team
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
The duties of the post holder will include:
- The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring the systematic provision of a high-quality trauma-informed and trauma-focused assessments and therapies. This will involve undertaking psychological assessments; psychoeducation and stabilization groups and evidence based trauma-focused therapies.
- Working closely alongside other CPTSD pathway colleagues; cofacilitating groups, contributing to team meetings, joining team formulation meetings and offering informal peer support and supervision where appropriate.
- As a team member both of the CPTSD Pathway and the wider Core team, the post-holder will be expected to work collaboratively with our wider colleagues, adding trauma-informed perspectives to team formulations and meetings
- The post-holder will provide specialist psychological assessment, treatment and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to non-professional carers working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures.
- The post-holder will supervise psychological assessment and therapy provided by doctoral trainees, assistant psychologists and other junior staff.
- The post-holder will provide training, supervision and support to other clinical members of the team, who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
- The post-holder will be expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychology practice within the service/team.
- The post-holder will utilise skills for research and audit and contribute to policy and service development, in relation to the CPTSD Pathway and in collaboration with the wider team
Person Specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Doctoral level training or equivalent in Clinical or Counselling Psychology including two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Registration with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical or Counselling psychologist (or accreditation pending if you are a trainee clinical or counselling psychologist due for qualification in September 2024).
Desirable
- Training and experience in Trauma focused model of therapy (particularly Trauma focused CBT, EMDR and Narrative Exposure Therapy).
- Speaks of wanting to work in trauma as a deliberate career choice, conveys passion and enthusiasm for the work in their personal statement and evidences in their job choices/thesis etc.
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community and inpatient settings and experience of working with complex PTSD.
- 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.
- Experience of working in the Enfield CPTSD Pathway offering trauma focussed therapy with patients with complex PTSD presentations particularly those with adult experience of torture or domestic violence and/or with childhood histories of abuse or neglect.
Desirable
- Experience of working with refugee and asylum seekers and of providing therapy with the aid of interpreters.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Desirable
- Able to speak a second language E.g. Turkish speaking.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
OTHER
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- 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 behaviour.
Desirable
- Personal experience of mental health problems and/or experience of receiving personal therapy
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Person Specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Doctoral level training or equivalent in Clinical or Counselling Psychology including two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Registration with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical or Counselling psychologist (or accreditation pending if you are a trainee clinical or counselling psychologist due for qualification in September 2024).
Desirable
- Training and experience in Trauma focused model of therapy (particularly Trauma focused CBT, EMDR and Narrative Exposure Therapy).
- Speaks of wanting to work in trauma as a deliberate career choice, conveys passion and enthusiasm for the work in their personal statement and evidences in their job choices/thesis etc.
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community and inpatient settings and experience of working with complex PTSD.
- 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.
- Experience of working in the Enfield CPTSD Pathway offering trauma focussed therapy with patients with complex PTSD presentations particularly those with adult experience of torture or domestic violence and/or with childhood histories of abuse or neglect.
Desirable
- Experience of working with refugee and asylum seekers and of providing therapy with the aid of interpreters.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Desirable
- Able to speak a second language E.g. Turkish speaking.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
OTHER
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- 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 behaviour.
Desirable
- Personal experience of mental health problems and/or experience of receiving personal therapy
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
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).
