Psychology Practitioner

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

This job is now closed

Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic Practitioner Psychologist to join our friendly, energetic, process-driven and forward-thinking specialist CAMHS Eating Disorder Service. We are delighted to be recruiting a full time Band 7 Psychologist Practitioner to join our Psychology Team. Doctoral trainees in their final months of gaining their qualification are invited to apply for this post, as well as applicants with experience post qualification who have an interest in working with young people with eating disorders and their families.

This is a great opportunity for a Psychological Practitioner to work within a specialist eating disorder service, delivering psychological informed interventions. You will work alongside colleagues from a variety of disciplines, providing high quality evidence based treatment.

The role allows for diverse working practice, providing family-based treatment with specialist psychological interventions. Our well embedded psychology team oversees a psychology pathway that provides a variety of interventions, such as CBT (including CBT-E) and EMDR, that are formulation led and evidenced based.

The successful post holder will receive regular high-quality supervision as well as opportunities to deliver supervision.

The successful applicant will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team with a base in Winchester but working across Hampshire supporting clinicians.

Main duties of the job

To contribute a qualified, high-quality specialist psychology service to individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, in line with best, evidence-based practice and trust care pathway.

The successful applicant will be supported by colleagues within the Eating Disorder Team and encouraged to attend County Wide Psychology meetings to support understanding of wider psychology provision, as well as acting as an opportunity for networking and contribution inline with job plans and professional development.

The successful post holder will support our multi-disciplinary team to complete specialist assessment in a community setting.

To provide consultation to colleagues and supervision to team members of the Eating Disorder Team in relation to psychological aspects of their roles, including the provision of psychology informed interventions to service users care.

They will be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.

They will also use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions, where appropriate, in complex clinical issues.

Utilising research skills for the purpose of service evaluation, audit, research and teaching within the team/to various stakeholders.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

As a Trust, our footprint spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities.

- We function as a unified team, placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

- Our 7,000+ workforce is skilled and diverse, with a deep commitment to ongoing staff development. We offer customised training, leadership pathways, and a plethora of career opportunities.

- We respect and listen to your thoughts, ideas, and concerns via well-established network of staff groups to increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Building on all this, we are currently working closely with other local NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Our new organisation is set to launch in April 2024 and will incorporate Southern Health, Solent, Isle of Wight and Sussex Partnership Trusts.

While the new Trust will be substantially bigger, it will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, streamlining services and making healthcare across the county more accessible.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Date posted

15 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-SS-2877

Job locations

Avalon House

Chesil Street

Winchester

Hampshire

SO23 0HU

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK], including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and
lifespan developmental psychology as approved by the HCPC. Professionally registered as a Practitioner
Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK], including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and
lifespan developmental psychology as approved by the HCPC. Professionally registered as a Practitioner
Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC)

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.