Job summary
Clinical /Counselling Psychologist / CBT Therapist. Band 7 full time.Newham Secondary Care Psychological Services
Newham Secondary Care Psychological Services delivers a comprehensive NHS Psychotherapy Service for people presenting with severe and complex mental health problems. We provide a high quality clinical service, where flexible and complex interventions are available across a range of therapy models and modalities, which are accessed via health professionals in the community.
The service offers a variety of psychotherapeutic approaches including cognitive-behavioural, arts, integrative, systemic and psychodynamic psychotherapies, and a range of groups across the modalities. The service offers supervision and consultation to mental health professionals and runs a placement programme for trainee psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists.
We are looking for a Psychologist to work with the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Team. Experience of working with complex mental health problems in NHS settings is essential. The job offers a great opportunity to further your skills in CBT; as well as regular clinical supervision, there are forums for support and professional development. The post holder will also be actively involved in consultation, teaching and training. The psychologist will monitor and evaluate treatment offered to service users. They will participate in an area of the service delivery within the team, with the support of the CBT Lead.
Main duties of the job
.Provide and receive highly complex information (related tomental health and CBT) to individual, groups, and large groupsof service users, relatives, carers, members of the public andprofessionals.Develop and maintain close professional therapeutic relationships with Service Users using advanced psychotherapy skills to bring about lasting psychologicalchange.Have specialist theoretical and practical clinical knowledge ofCognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Have some experience of indirect work and teaching: to build on this to begin supervising less experienced staff and to provide teaching and
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
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Job description
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Person Specification
Education, Training Qualification
Essential
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
- Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Desirable
- Formal qualification in CBT.
- Formal qualification in another model of psychotherapy
- Formal training / qualification in trauma therapy e.g. NET / EMDR.
- Formal basic training in teaching, lecturing or clinical supervision.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with patients from moderate to complex mental health conditions.
- Any experience providing teaching, training or supervision in CBT
Desirable
- Experience of delivering CBT to adults in a secondary care setting.
- Experience delivering therapy through an interpreter
- Experience providing group treatments
- Experience working within a diverse cultural setting.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of generic and specialist psychological assessments and range of therapeutic interventions required for people with mental health problems
- Knowledge pertinent to effective risk assessment and management
- Knowledge of CBT including the standard CBT treatment models for common mental disorders, and treatment outcomes and methods
- Knowledge of adapting standard models using individualised formulations.
Desirable
- Advanced knowledge of more than one area of clinical practice, e.g. work with complex and persistent anxiety or depression, psychosis or personality disorder
Person Specification
Education, Training Qualification
Essential
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
- Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Desirable
- Formal qualification in CBT.
- Formal qualification in another model of psychotherapy
- Formal training / qualification in trauma therapy e.g. NET / EMDR.
- Formal basic training in teaching, lecturing or clinical supervision.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with patients from moderate to complex mental health conditions.
- Any experience providing teaching, training or supervision in CBT
Desirable
- Experience of delivering CBT to adults in a secondary care setting.
- Experience delivering therapy through an interpreter
- Experience providing group treatments
- Experience working within a diverse cultural setting.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of generic and specialist psychological assessments and range of therapeutic interventions required for people with mental health problems
- Knowledge pertinent to effective risk assessment and management
- Knowledge of CBT including the standard CBT treatment models for common mental disorders, and treatment outcomes and methods
- Knowledge of adapting standard models using individualised formulations.
Desirable
- Advanced knowledge of more than one area of clinical practice, e.g. work with complex and persistent anxiety or depression, psychosis or personality disorder
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).
