Job summary
Psychosis services
Clinical or Counselling Psychologists (Band 7) - Recovery and Rehabilitation Division
A 1.0 WTE post has become available for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist in the Trust's Recovery and Rehabilitation Division, which provides services for people with psychosis or bipolar disorders and associated problems. The post is based in Camden Early Intervention Service (working 4 days per week) and Camden Assertive Outreach Service (working 1 day per week).
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting time to join the C&I Early Intervention Service (EIS), which is in the process of an exciting expansion. Our ambition is to be a Gold Standard Service, faithful to the EIP model, capable of having a real impact on relapse rates, inpatient admissions and service user recovery in terms of social inclusion, maximising strengths and potential. We would like to invite the most energetic, motivated and competent practitioners to join us in moving further towards this goal.
Previous experience of working with people with psychosis and enthusiasm for creative working with this group are essential for the position. The post requires Health and Care Professions Council registration as a Clinical or Counselling psychologist.
About us
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) provides high quality, safe and innovative mental health care to our patients in the community, in their homes or in hospital. We provide services for adults of working age, adults with learning difficulties, and older people in the London area. We currently deliver the majority of our care to residents in the London Boroughs of Camden and
Islington. However, we also provide substance misuse services in Westminster, and a substance misuse and psychological therapies service to people living in Kingston. Our trust is also a member of University College London Partners (UCLP), one of the world's leading academic health science partnerships. In addition we have specialist programmes which provide help and treatment for: veterans living in London, young people caught in the cycle of gang culture, older people living with dementia and other age related mental health conditions. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.candi.nhs.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Candidates coming towards the end of their clinical or counselling psychology training may apply and commence in post after qualification and registration with the HCPC. If there is significant delay in obtaining qualification from a training course as a result of requirements to make major thesis corrections, then initial appointment at Band 6 as a trainee psychologist, with progression to Band 7 on qualification and HCPC registration, will be considered.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Candidates coming towards the end of their clinical or counselling psychology training may apply and commence in post after qualification and registration with the HCPC. If there is significant delay in obtaining qualification from a training course as a result of requirements to make major thesis corrections, then initial appointment at Band 6 as a trainee psychologist, with progression to Band 7 on qualification and HCPC registration, will be considered.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a clinical psychologist or a counselling psychologist
Desirable
- Post-graduate doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence
Experience
Essential
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of adult service users with psychotic disorders and their comorbidities in a secondary mental health setting, ideally within the community
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service users, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity evident in populations with psychosis
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and offering effective consultation and supervision services
- Experience of the application of clinical or counselling psychology in different cultural contexts
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment (including psychometric tests), intervention and management for the full range of problems of severity and complexity presented in adult mental health, particularly with regards psychosis and its comorbidities
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Knowledge
Essential
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies, with demonstrated competence in the delivery of effective, evidence-based psychological interventions (in particular CBT for psychosis and family interventions in psychosis) with adults with psychotic disorders
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the service user group and mental health
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a clinical psychologist or a counselling psychologist
Desirable
- Post-graduate doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence
Experience
Essential
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of adult service users with psychotic disorders and their comorbidities in a secondary mental health setting, ideally within the community
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service users, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity evident in populations with psychosis
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and offering effective consultation and supervision services
- Experience of the application of clinical or counselling psychology in different cultural contexts
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment (including psychometric tests), intervention and management for the full range of problems of severity and complexity presented in adult mental health, particularly with regards psychosis and its comorbidities
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Knowledge
Essential
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies, with demonstrated competence in the delivery of effective, evidence-based psychological interventions (in particular CBT for psychosis and family interventions in psychosis) with adults with psychotic disorders
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the service user group and mental health
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice
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).
