Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Clinical Associate Psychologist to join our Crisis Home Treatment Team in BANES, and form part of our Multi Disciplinary Team.
The role of a clinical associate psychologist is already well established and supported in the team, offering interventions for service users who are experiencing complex mental health difficulties, and who may otherwise need to be in hospital.
The Clinical Associate Psychologist will be able to practice autonomously with appropriate support, working within their scope of practice, under the supervision of a registered clinical psychologist and within the Intensive Team MDT.
The Intensive Team operates 08:00-22:00 7 days a week - therefore shift and weekend working will be required. We offer generous enhanced pay for anti social hours which includes weekends. There is a possibility of long day working if preferred or single shifts. You will also have access to rota requests which we work very hard to facilitate.
Main duties of the job
- Working within the scope and remit of an Intensive Service, delivering care and interventions to service users and families, as an alternative to hospital admission.
- Professional liaison and planning care
- Working within the MDT
- Risk assessment and front line psycho-social assessment skills
- This role is semi autonomous working under supervision of a local Clinical Psychologist/ BABCP accredited practitioner responsible for
- Psychological assessment and formulation of a specified client group depending on service need and skills/training on practitioner.
- Offer defined evidence based psychological interventions to that specific client group,
- Working with Service Users with complex mental health problems
- You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing training and supervision.
- To offer psychological interventions alongside the MDT
- Shift co-ordination
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Associates in Psychology:
- Are accountable professionals delivering psychological assessments, formulations, interventions and research within their scope of practice.Use applied service research and evaluation to inform interventions.May work with and communicate with patients in their own home, in the community or hospital, or in any settings where their needs are supported and managed.May work with individuals and groups with complex and long-term needs.Act as a psychological resource providing support, guidance and supervision using psychological models to the wider health or social care teams.Provide training to others to inform psychological interventionsUse psychological measurement tools to evaluate psychological treatments and improve the quality of clinical practice.Complement the work of Clinical PsychologistsOften deliver treatment interventions developed with a Clinical Psychologist who will review their practice through supervision.Provide a range of psychological treatments working within their scope of practice, whilst the supervising Clinical Psychologist retains overall clinical responsibility for their work.Undertake researchReport to a Clinical Psychologist in terms of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention
Clinical Associates in Psychology are responsible for:
- Planning, delivering and evaluating psychological interventions which may include more long-term and complex presentations.Working with individuals or groups with long-term and complex needs.acting as a psychological resource to the wider health or social care teams including residential settings.Managing their own caseload while undertaking their own clinical programmes of work, within their scope of practice.Seeing patients in their own homes or in the community.Performing assessments as well as planning and evaluating their own psychological interventions.Conducting risk management assessments and evaluations.their own learning and development using reflection and feedback to analyse their own capabilities.Ensuring that resources are managed effectively.Participating in the delivery of audit and service improvement projects.engaging in their own Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to maintain and update their psychological scope of practice.Meeting their clinical psychology supervisor on a weekly basis in accordance with British Psychological Society (BPS) standards for accredited practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Associates in Psychology:
- Are accountable professionals delivering psychological assessments, formulations, interventions and research within their scope of practice.Use applied service research and evaluation to inform interventions.May work with and communicate with patients in their own home, in the community or hospital, or in any settings where their needs are supported and managed.May work with individuals and groups with complex and long-term needs.Act as a psychological resource providing support, guidance and supervision using psychological models to the wider health or social care teams.Provide training to others to inform psychological interventionsUse psychological measurement tools to evaluate psychological treatments and improve the quality of clinical practice.Complement the work of Clinical PsychologistsOften deliver treatment interventions developed with a Clinical Psychologist who will review their practice through supervision.Provide a range of psychological treatments working within their scope of practice, whilst the supervising Clinical Psychologist retains overall clinical responsibility for their work.Undertake researchReport to a Clinical Psychologist in terms of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention
Clinical Associates in Psychology are responsible for:
- Planning, delivering and evaluating psychological interventions which may include more long-term and complex presentations.Working with individuals or groups with long-term and complex needs.acting as a psychological resource to the wider health or social care teams including residential settings.Managing their own caseload while undertaking their own clinical programmes of work, within their scope of practice.Seeing patients in their own homes or in the community.Performing assessments as well as planning and evaluating their own psychological interventions.Conducting risk management assessments and evaluations.their own learning and development using reflection and feedback to analyse their own capabilities.Ensuring that resources are managed effectively.Participating in the delivery of audit and service improvement projects.engaging in their own Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to maintain and update their psychological scope of practice.Meeting their clinical psychology supervisor on a weekly basis in accordance with British Psychological Society (BPS) standards for accredited practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical associate in psychology (CAP) (integrated degree) - with accreditation with professional body
- Psychology Degree (BSc).
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with adults with mental health and/or personality disorder
- Supervision of staff within own or other profession (including peer supervision)
- Specialist assessment, including risk assessment and formulation skills
Desirable
- Crisis team/acute mental health experience - or passion for wanting to work in this field
Skills
Essential
- Effective team player with very good communication skills
- Self-awareness and emotional resilience in face of highly distressing situations
- Assessment and risk formulation skills
- Access to a vehicle with business insurance
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical associate in psychology (CAP) (integrated degree) - with accreditation with professional body
- Psychology Degree (BSc).
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with adults with mental health and/or personality disorder
- Supervision of staff within own or other profession (including peer supervision)
- Specialist assessment, including risk assessment and formulation skills
Desirable
- Crisis team/acute mental health experience - or passion for wanting to work in this field
Skills
Essential
- Effective team player with very good communication skills
- Self-awareness and emotional resilience in face of highly distressing situations
- Assessment and risk formulation skills
- Access to a vehicle with business insurance
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).
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