Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic andexperiencedCBT Therapist/Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologistto join theOp Courage Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing service workingacross Hampshire and Isle of Wight.
OpCourage Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service covers the whole west region of South East (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire including Isle of Wight.
The post holder will provide assessment and psychological treatment for veterans with military-attributable complex mental health issues, including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety disorders, substance misuse and anger issues.
The post-holder will receive high quality supervision, undertake training in the service's treatment model and will be fully supported to offer evidence-based treatment following NICE guidance.
We pride ourselves on offering excellent support provision within the team to carry out clinical duties including access to daily senior clinicians on rota, regular individual supervision as well as specialist supervision in the compassion focused therapy model and EMDR.
The post holder will be equipped to work remotely and there are opportunities for flexible working and working from home as agreed with the Head of Service.
If you share our passion for people, we'd love to welcome you to our warm, friendlyteam, who want to help you to make your career reflect your ambitions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide assessment and psychological treatment for veterans with military-attributable complex mental health issues, including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety disorders, substance misuse and anger issues.
The post-holder will receive high quality supervision, undertake training in the service's treatment model and will be fully supported to offer evidence-based treatment following NICE guidance. The service has links with Reading University and there will be CPD opportunities.
There are exciting opportunities to contribute to service development and service promotion in a number of ways. For example, we are developing and delivering training packages to raise awareness of veterans' needs and developing other professionals' skills in the assessment and psychological treatment of military veterans; and we offer advice and consultation on veterans' psychological care to multidisciplinary mental health staff, IAPT clinicians and other, non-NHS services, including military charities.
The post holder will contribute to the clinical supervision and line management of trainee clinical psychologists and assistant/graduate psychologists, or other professionals' CPD placements.
The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and will engage in appropriate research activities for audit and service evaluation.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
- Free parking across Trust sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to OpCourage
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of our veterans' mental health issues based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods anchored in evidence-based practice.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professionals on the psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
- To communicate, in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment and formulation of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and management of clients.
- To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals around the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of veterans mental health problems.
- To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
- To use current evidence-based practice, as recommended by NICE guidance, in the treatment of psychological disorders attributable to military experience, including PTSD (such as, trauma-focussed CBT and EMDR).
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to OpCourage
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of our veterans' mental health issues based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods anchored in evidence-based practice.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professionals on the psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
- To communicate, in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment and formulation of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and management of clients.
- To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals around the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of veterans mental health problems.
- To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
- To use current evidence-based practice, as recommended by NICE guidance, in the treatment of psychological disorders attributable to military experience, including PTSD (such as, trauma-focussed CBT and EMDR).
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Holder of an HCPC regulated Clinical/Counselling Psychology qualification OR Post graduate certificate in evidence-based psychological treatments and eligible for BABCP accreditation
- Training in evidence-based psychological therapy for PTSD
Desirable
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to the current setting
Previous Experience
Essential
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced common mental health problems, across the lifespan and from different cultures
- Evidence of experience of working with adults presenting with complex mental health difficulties.
- Evidence of experience of working with traumatised people including those with PTSD and/or C-PTSD
Desirable
- Evidence of experience of working with military personnel or veterans with complex mental health difficulties.
- Experience of other models of trauma-focussed therapy including NET and compassion-focussed therapy.
- Experience of running therapeutic groups
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of specialist skills in treating PTSD and trauma related psychological distress within the NICE guidelines
- Evidence of knowledge and specialist skills relating to treating common mental health difficulties in military veterans
- Excellent written communication skills
- Received training on assessment/management of risk and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Computer literate
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Car driver with ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout South Central region
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Holder of an HCPC regulated Clinical/Counselling Psychology qualification OR Post graduate certificate in evidence-based psychological treatments and eligible for BABCP accreditation
- Training in evidence-based psychological therapy for PTSD
Desirable
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to the current setting
Previous Experience
Essential
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced common mental health problems, across the lifespan and from different cultures
- Evidence of experience of working with adults presenting with complex mental health difficulties.
- Evidence of experience of working with traumatised people including those with PTSD and/or C-PTSD
Desirable
- Evidence of experience of working with military personnel or veterans with complex mental health difficulties.
- Experience of other models of trauma-focussed therapy including NET and compassion-focussed therapy.
- Experience of running therapeutic groups
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of specialist skills in treating PTSD and trauma related psychological distress within the NICE guidelines
- Evidence of knowledge and specialist skills relating to treating common mental health difficulties in military veterans
- Excellent written communication skills
- Received training on assessment/management of risk and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Computer literate
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Car driver with ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout South Central region
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).
