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1 WTE (37.5 hours per week) fixed - term for one year.
Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation and investment over the next 3 years. Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust are at the forefront of this transformation, developing a more holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocial approach to supporting people with mental health difficulties, in partnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector. The aim is to build support systems that reach the whole mental health population with a focus on prevention and sustained recovery delivered by multi-agency collaboration. Each population unit is based on the footprint of a Primary Care Network, bringing together NHS, voluntary sector, peer support and community organisations. These relationships will be central to the new community mental health model.
We have an opportunity for a Band 7 clinical or counselling psychologist to join the team on a full-time one year fixed-term contract
Interested applicants are encouraged to make contact for an informal conversation.
Main duties of the job
The Islington Practice Based Mental Health is currently undergoing transformation as part of wider service changes to become Core Mental Health teams. As part of this transformation the service will be developing and offering psychological interventions, in addition to the core task of assessment and consultation in primary care. The teams have been working in primary care in Islington for over 5 years, and have well established ways of working and relationships with primary care and the voluntary sector. The service aims to work collaboratively with primary care and other voluntary sector colleagues to help people with complex difficulties in an integrated and holistic way.
About us
We are a Trauma Informed Organisation and try to embed anti-discriminatory practice into our work. Camden and Islington psychologists are committed to Continuing Professional Development and the Trust has an excellent inhouse programme of CPD including courses in CBT, EMDR, Psychodynamic and Systemic Approaches.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Psychology is a core discipline in the teams, and the culture within the service is one of understanding emotional distress in the context of a psychological formulation. The team values multi-theoretical formulation and this post would suit someone with skills in integrative formulation and ways of working. It is anticipated that as part of the service transformation the teams will begin to offer some limited psychological intervention and the post holder would be expected to contribute to this new development.
There is a significant emphasis in the team on offering consultation and advice to the system, which may for example involve liaising with GPs, offering joint appointments with GPs or others involved in the system and working with family members. The teams usually offer brief contact with people (between 1 and 4 sessions). The teams work closely as MDTs, with weekly clinical meetings where complex cases can be thought about and MDT formulations can be developed. There is also opportunity to work jointly with other members of the MDT in cases of particular complexity.
The post-holder will be part of a team providing extended assessments, formulations and brief interventions (individual and group) to those presenting with severe mental health problems in the London Borough of Islington. They will also support and offer liaison, education, supervision and consultation to GPs, members of the multi-disciplinary team and the wider primary care network. The aim of the service is to increase the number of people whose mental health support is appropriatelymanaged in line with the community framework for mental health using a population health approach.
The post-holder will act as a fully integrated member of the team providing a specialist psychological perspective to support the transformation and development of the service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Psychology is a core discipline in the teams, and the culture within the service is one of understanding emotional distress in the context of a psychological formulation. The team values multi-theoretical formulation and this post would suit someone with skills in integrative formulation and ways of working. It is anticipated that as part of the service transformation the teams will begin to offer some limited psychological intervention and the post holder would be expected to contribute to this new development.
There is a significant emphasis in the team on offering consultation and advice to the system, which may for example involve liaising with GPs, offering joint appointments with GPs or others involved in the system and working with family members. The teams usually offer brief contact with people (between 1 and 4 sessions). The teams work closely as MDTs, with weekly clinical meetings where complex cases can be thought about and MDT formulations can be developed. There is also opportunity to work jointly with other members of the MDT in cases of particular complexity.
The post-holder will be part of a team providing extended assessments, formulations and brief interventions (individual and group) to those presenting with severe mental health problems in the London Borough of Islington. They will also support and offer liaison, education, supervision and consultation to GPs, members of the multi-disciplinary team and the wider primary care network. The aim of the service is to increase the number of people whose mental health support is appropriatelymanaged in line with the community framework for mental health using a population health approach.
The post-holder will act as a fully integrated member of the team providing a specialist psychological perspective to support the transformation and development of the service.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or counselling psychology. Postgraduate doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society or the British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence.
- Current registration with the Health Professions Council as a clinical or counselling psychologist
Experience
Essential
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of clients groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of clients groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Post registration experience of working in a Primary Care Setting
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, including challenging behaviours.
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to offer a multi-theoretical formulation and to communicate this in a clear and concise manner.
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting and experience of working jointly with other professional disciplines.
- Ability to work flexibly and creatively according to the needs of local primary care services
- 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, and to, support and maintain clinical practice
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or counselling psychology. Postgraduate doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society or the British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence.
- Current registration with the Health Professions Council as a clinical or counselling psychologist
Experience
Essential
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of clients groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of clients groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Post registration experience of working in a Primary Care Setting
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, including challenging behaviours.
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to offer a multi-theoretical formulation and to communicate this in a clear and concise manner.
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting and experience of working jointly with other professional disciplines.
- Ability to work flexibly and creatively according to the needs of local primary care services
- 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, and 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).
