Job summary
We are looking to recruit a full-time HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to work in our innovative model of care in Woodberry Wetlands Primary Care Network (PCN) covering a maternity post for 12 months.
Context: Woodberry Wetlands Primary Care Network is a group of 4 high performing GP Practices working together to help benefit their diverse local patient population of 33,450. Woodberry Wetlands PCN has the largest projected increase in population in the next 10 years and has a relatively young population. Within Woodberry Wetlands PCN there are relatively high rates of SMI as well as referrals to IAPT
Role: This is an exciting new opportunity and role which is jointly funded by the Primary Care Network (PCN) and East London Foundation Trust (ELFT), which will be embedded in both the PCN Multidisciplinary Team, and also the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team which spans primary and secondary care in the locality. This newly created post offers a unique opportunity for the post-holder to carve out a role and work innovatively in providing a psychological service for Woodberry Wetland PCN.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, you will be based in 4 GP practices support with assessment and the delivery of short-term psychological interventions to the local population of Woodberry Wetland PCN. The post is not organised around diagnostic categories, and will involve working with people who experience a range of psychological distress, often alongside social and physical health problems, regardless of the label this may attract. The post holder will support residents who are currently managed by their GP, and provide brief interventions to support them to self-manage care.
The role will also require supporting local GP practices to help rebuild and reconnect healthcare team across the communities they serve, and provide targeted care according to the needs of the population by supporting the PCN clinical strategy and consultation. The post is suitable for a psychologist who is keen to embrace the privileges of working in a diverse borough with people from a range of religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds who have various complex mental health difficulties.
Although we are looking to recruit to a full-time post we would consider part-time or flexible working.
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
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oPostgraduate Doctorate in Clinical or counselling Psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- oRegistered with Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist
- oClinical supervision training for doctoral clinical /counselling psychology trainees.
Experience
Essential
- oDemonstrable experience of working therapeutically in mental health settings directly with service users with severe and complex needs e.g. Complex trauma, social deprivation, substance misuse etc.
- oExperience of working with people with co-morbid mental health and substance misuse problems, complex trauma and significant difficulties in the area of interpersonal functioning.
- oExperience of psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of service users across the full range of multidisciplinary care settings
- oAt least two years' experience of work in the NHS
- oDeveloping collaborative, effective risk assessment and management plan.
- oExperience of facilitating different types of therapeutic interventions, individually or within groups.
Desirable
- oAdditional qualification in a therapeutic model relevant to the post (e.g. Narrative, CBT, DBT, MBT, CAT)
- oExperience of teaching, supervising or mentoring
- oExperience of working in a community psychology framework
- oExperience of supervising staff from other disciplines.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oWell-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, in both verbal and written form clinically sensitive information to patients, other professional colleagues, families, and carers within a highly emotive and unpredictable environment.
- oTo be able to assess the mental state and risk for a wide range of patients with complex mental health problems including Personality Disorder/Complex Trauma and substance misuse
- oTo be able to engage with service users, carers and experts-by-experience in the co-production of meaningful interventions including training, treatments and other wellbeing-focussed endeavours.
- oTo offer brief psychologically informed interventions in a meaningful way to develop a clear formulation around difficulties. This may support transition to other services or provide support within the system to other professionals.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of theory and practice of a number of specialised psychological therapies, such as CBT, psychotherapy, MBT, group therapy, CAT.
- oKnowledge of research design and methodology, including complex, multivariate data analysis and service evaluation.
- oSkills in providing consultation to other qualified and unqualified staff, within both statutory and non-statutory sectors.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oPostgraduate Doctorate in Clinical or counselling Psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- oRegistered with Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist
- oClinical supervision training for doctoral clinical /counselling psychology trainees.
Experience
Essential
- oDemonstrable experience of working therapeutically in mental health settings directly with service users with severe and complex needs e.g. Complex trauma, social deprivation, substance misuse etc.
- oExperience of working with people with co-morbid mental health and substance misuse problems, complex trauma and significant difficulties in the area of interpersonal functioning.
- oExperience of psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of service users across the full range of multidisciplinary care settings
- oAt least two years' experience of work in the NHS
- oDeveloping collaborative, effective risk assessment and management plan.
- oExperience of facilitating different types of therapeutic interventions, individually or within groups.
Desirable
- oAdditional qualification in a therapeutic model relevant to the post (e.g. Narrative, CBT, DBT, MBT, CAT)
- oExperience of teaching, supervising or mentoring
- oExperience of working in a community psychology framework
- oExperience of supervising staff from other disciplines.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oWell-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, in both verbal and written form clinically sensitive information to patients, other professional colleagues, families, and carers within a highly emotive and unpredictable environment.
- oTo be able to assess the mental state and risk for a wide range of patients with complex mental health problems including Personality Disorder/Complex Trauma and substance misuse
- oTo be able to engage with service users, carers and experts-by-experience in the co-production of meaningful interventions including training, treatments and other wellbeing-focussed endeavours.
- oTo offer brief psychologically informed interventions in a meaningful way to develop a clear formulation around difficulties. This may support transition to other services or provide support within the system to other professionals.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of theory and practice of a number of specialised psychological therapies, such as CBT, psychotherapy, MBT, group therapy, CAT.
- oKnowledge of research design and methodology, including complex, multivariate data analysis and service evaluation.
- oSkills in providing consultation to other qualified and unqualified staff, within both statutory and non-statutory sectors.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Woodberry Wetland Primary Care Networks and VivienneCohen House, The Lodge, 2 Crozier Terrace, Homerton
LONDON
E9 6AT
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
