Job summary
Are you passionate about working alongside individuals experiencing a range of acute mental health difficulties, or in crisis? This newly created post offers the exciting opportunity to work across the acute care pathway in Salisbury.
This split post is two days per week with South Wiltshire Intensive Service and two days per week at Ashdown inpatient unit, a 6-bedded male psychiatric intensive care unit.
We support service users in their recovery from acute mental health challenges through multi-disciplinary professional teamwork and the adoption of evidence-based clinical practice. You will be joining established multidisciplinary teams, where the role of the psychologist is much valued. The successful applicant will be a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with clearly demonstrable skills, experience and knowledge of working in a fast moving, often challenging multi-disciplinary environment. You will be comfortable and confident working with a high level of involvement with a broad staff team and with a client group with high levels of complexity, risk, and need.
The acute care psychology team is part of the Wiltshire Psychological Therapy Service. We are an enthusiastic and innovative team, which values the input and contribution of all team members and strives to offer the best services possible to our clients. The importance of support and supervision for psychology staff is well recognised, there are many opportunities for support, joint working and supervision.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide a comprehensive psychology service to both teams, including specialist assessment, evidence based formulation, individual and group brief interventions.
There is also a strong focus on indirect work with staff teams, through team formulation, reflective practice, training and provision of supervision.
You will need to be well organised with the ability to prioritise your work according to clinical need and liaise effectively with team colleagues and professionals in other teams/services.
Supervision of junior psychologists.
Manage and supervise the assistant psychologist.
There is the opportunity to help shape and develop the service dependant on skills and experience.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed description of all aspects of this role.
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.
AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.
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
- To provide a highquality, largely autonomous, and systematic clinical/counselling psychology service.
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To undertake highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessments, risk assessments, and assessments of suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).
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To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health difficulties, based on an appropriate conceptual framework and using evidencebased methods across the full range of care settings.
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To take responsibility for delivering a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, and groups, within and across teams, using approaches individually and in combination, and adjusting and refining psychological formulations by drawing on different explanatory models while maintaining multiple provisional hypotheses.
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To provide at least one specialist, evidencebased psychological intervention as required by the needs of the servi
NOTE: Development (Preceptorship) Post We welcome applications from newly qualified psychologists as well as those ready to undertake an 8a position from the outset. Although this position is advertised at an 8a banding, we are also able to offer a preceptorship/development post for newly qualified applicants or those with less than two years of postqualification experience. Please contact us if you would like to discuss this further.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed description of all aspects of this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a highquality, largely autonomous, and systematic clinical/counselling psychology service.
-
To undertake highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessments, risk assessments, and assessments of suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).
-
To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health difficulties, based on an appropriate conceptual framework and using evidencebased methods across the full range of care settings.
-
To take responsibility for delivering a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, and groups, within and across teams, using approaches individually and in combination, and adjusting and refining psychological formulations by drawing on different explanatory models while maintaining multiple provisional hypotheses.
-
To provide at least one specialist, evidencebased psychological intervention as required by the needs of the servi
NOTE: Development (Preceptorship) Post We welcome applications from newly qualified psychologists as well as those ready to undertake an 8a position from the outset. Although this position is advertised at an 8a banding, we are also able to offer a preceptorship/development post for newly qualified applicants or those with less than two years of postqualification experience. Please contact us if you would like to discuss this further.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed description of all aspects of this role.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Doctorate Clinical/Counselling Psychology qualification (BPS registered course)
- HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist
- Eligible for Chartered Psychologist Status (with BPS)
- Post qualification and further specialist training in specified specialist evidence-based intervention
Desirable
- Clinical experience of working in acute care pathway (e.g. inpatient, intensive/crisis/CRHTT)
- Supervision training
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Doctorate Clinical/Counselling Psychology qualification (BPS registered course)
- HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist
- Eligible for Chartered Psychologist Status (with BPS)
- Post qualification and further specialist training in specified specialist evidence-based intervention
Desirable
- Clinical experience of working in acute care pathway (e.g. inpatient, intensive/crisis/CRHTT)
- Supervision training
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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