Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or experienced CBTp therapist

Job summary

We are delighted to have developed a new post in Mid Essex where the postholder will be able to enjoy a variety of clinical work both in Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Services, alongside local adult inpatient services.

The EIP team, is small and friendly MDT team working in the community of Mid Essex providing evidence based services in innovative ways to people experiencing a first episode of psychosis. There are a number of psychological services staff in the team who enjoy: the clinical work; the team work; the autonomy; and also the career development opportunities. We have links across 6 EIP teams in Essex and are also connected with the new At Risk Mental State (ARMS) services being developed across the county.

The local Inpatient Service provides a vibrant, dynamic and varied aspect to this role. The successful applicant will work as part of a psychological services team across the site.

We have a number of recruitment possibilities in EIP and Inpatient Services, so this post can be adapted either to be part time or to vary location and discipline (e.g. all EIP or Inpatient). Our psychological services staff are offered, and take up, a great range of CPD including varied Family Interventions for Psychosis, CBTp, and EMDR to name a few.

For further information or an informal chat please contact Dr Alison Fell, Consultant Clinical Psychologist (07944 923 292 alison.fell2@nhs.net)

Main duties of the job

• Provide psychological assessments of service users, utilising information from health, social care, education and employment contacts, as well as direct contact with the service user and their carers.
• To formulate and implement plans for psychological treatment and/ or management of the service user's mental health problems based on appropriate conceptual frameworks and employing methods of efficacy.
• To be responsible for delivering evidenced-based psychological interventions.
• To be responsible for planning, setting up and delivering evidence-based group psychological interventions.
• To deliver consultation, supervision and training to other members of the MDT.

For further main duties please see the Job Description.

About us

The EIP team and Inpatient team are made up of Nurses, OTs, Social workers, Support workers, Peer Support workers, Psychiatry, Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CAPs, and Assistant Psychologists. The NICE guidance recommends that those experiencing a first episode of psychosis be offered CBTp and a Family Intervention.

The post holder will be required to work across the Mid Essex locality including Chelmsford, Braintree, Maldon and Halstead.The inpatient service is based in Chelmsford.