Applied Psychologist/Senior Accredited Psychological Therapist

Job summary

Queen Alexandra Self Harm Clinic is an innovative newly developing service for adults presenting to the Emergency Department with self harm. You will join the service lead and principal clinical psychologist, in developing a therapeutic service based on a model of offering six session Cognitive Analytic Therapy, plus one session follow-up. As a newly developing service, research, audit, and service evaluation will be an integral aspect to the role and developing the service further, as will liaison and consultation with allied services.

The post holder will contribute to shaping the vision and delivery of the QASHC, a dynamic and expanding service using a six session CAT intervention. In addition, there will be opportunities to gain experience within the wider Portsmouth & South East Hampshire Psychological Services. This role, in a psychology-led service, will involve assessment and intervention in addition to training and supervision of staff ,liaison and consultation to allied services. This role will also enable you to build on audit and research skills.

You will be part of the Portsmouth & South East Hampshire Psychological Services, which is comprised of 20 Psychologists and Psychological Therapists with expertise in CBT, DBT, CAT, Art Therapy, IPT, ACT,CFT and EMDR.

Informal enquiries and visits are very welcome. Please contact Dr Marianne Grimes on: 02392286000 or e-mail: marianne.grimes@southernhealth.nhs.uk.

Main duties of the job

*To provide a qualified psychology service to clients of the Queen Alexandra Self Harm Clinic, as agreed with the Lead Psychologist.

*To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

*To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

*To carry out other clinical work, research activity and training as agreed with the Lead Psychologist which may be in other departments within the General Hospital and related to other health conditions.

*To be responsible for some junior Psychology staff which may include Band 7 Clinical Psychologists, attached Doctoral Trainees on placement, Clinical Associate Psychologists (Caps), Assistant Psychologists or Undergraduate Psychology Students on placement.

*To be responsible for an on-going programme of personal professional development.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital

South Block, Southwick Hill

Cosham

Hampshire

PO6 3LY

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital

South Block, Southwick Hill

Cosham

Hampshire

PO6 3LY

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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