Job summary
To provide a qualified specialist psychological service to clients of the community mental health team; to provide specialist psychological assessment, psychological interventions and therapy; to provide supervision and consultation on client's psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers; to work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures; to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development, and research in line with service need; to undertake a personal research and development programme and contribute to a research culture in the clinical team.
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality specialised psychological input to people/clients who fall within the acceptance criteria of the SHFT CMHT Community Mental Health Team
To provide specialist psychological assessment and treatment to people in this setting
A recovery focused approach is essential including working with others involved in clients care (e.g. family, professionals).
To offer advice, consultation and supervision on clients psychological care to other members of the multi-disciplinary team. To facilitate awareness of systemic factors involved in repeated crises for clients.
To contribute to audit, service development and research within the area served.
To provide teaching and training in line with the service needs identified.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
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. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
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
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS. Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a clinical psychologist or Professional training (e.g. RMN, Dip SW, Dip OT or BSc OT) AND post-qualification training and accreditation in specialist therapy training (e.g. DBT, CBT, CAT)
Desirable
- Training and qualifications in DBT/CBT / CAT and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings (e.g. in-patient and community settings).
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Experience of working with clients with severe and enduring mental ill- health.
- Experience of the application of specialist psychological therapies for complex presentations
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of conducting research that contributes to theory and practice
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations in 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.
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
- Able to undertake flexible working hours
- Car driver or suitable alternative
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS. Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a clinical psychologist or Professional training (e.g. RMN, Dip SW, Dip OT or BSc OT) AND post-qualification training and accreditation in specialist therapy training (e.g. DBT, CBT, CAT)
Desirable
- Training and qualifications in DBT/CBT / CAT and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings (e.g. in-patient and community settings).
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Experience of working with clients with severe and enduring mental ill- health.
- Experience of the application of specialist psychological therapies for complex presentations
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of conducting research that contributes to theory and practice
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations in 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.
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
- Able to undertake flexible working hours
- Car driver or suitable alternative
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
