Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - £67k-74k - Jersey

Job description

Job responsibilities

Deliver a high-quality specialist psychology service to adults accessing support from the Mental Health Care Group. This will involve providing highly specialised assessments, formulations, and interventions to adults over the age of 18 years with complex/ highly complex needs and presentations, utilising a range of psychological approaches and interventions. Supervision of newly qualified psychologists, development of peer supervision and advocacy of psychological theories and interventions among other professionals.

1 . Provide highly specialised psychological assessments for adults, based on the use, interpretation and integration of complex data in order to formulate complex plans for psychological intervention and make highly skilled evaluations about treatment options.

2. Implement, monitor and evaluate a range of highly specialised psychological interventions for individuals and groups across a variety of settings and in partnership with other therapists when necessary, to provide high-quality, timely and tailored support to all clients.

3. Develop and co-ordinate intensive multi-agency care packages and therapeutic interventions for adults with complex and acute presentations, necessitating intensive outreach, intensive client support and high-level risk management to ensure that each individual client receives the support they need when they need it.

4. Deliver high-level risk assessments regarding risk of suicidality, harm to self and others for adults across a range of community locations, in order to make complex clinical decisions regarding level of risk and appropriate management of this, taking into account the adult's presentation and wider systemic factors.

5. Provide advice and support to other professionals working with adults with mental health issues e.g. Listening Lounge, Sexual Assault Referral Unit in order to facilitate a comprehensive multi-disciplinary approach to case management, formulation, and intensive care packages.

6. Provide clinical Supervision to assistant/ trainee Psychologists and high intensity workers.

7. Lead the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service through the active demonstration of good management and maintenance of a caseload, undertaking appropriate risk assessment and management and providing consultation and support to other professionals and policy/business planning processes, in order to ensure the service meets agreed protocols, legislative requirements and best practice standards.

8. Maintain high standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry and recording and report writing, and preparation of materials to meet legislative requirements and to support the dissemination and understanding of psychological concepts and ideas.

9. Carry out small scale research projects applicable to service development and carry out audits of service provision, to support the implementation of evidence-based good practice in the clinical work of the service.

10. Be involved and support Line managers in service development and delivery of KPl's.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A recorded/registered doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology and eligible for chartered status with the British Psychological Society.
• Registration with the HCPC.

Desirable

• Two or more qualifications in NICE recommended models of therapy, e.g.: CBT, CAT, EMDR, DBT, Schema therapy.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within a competency framework.
• Experience with routine outcome monitoring.
• Relevant training undertaken in relation to adult/child safeguarding.
• Knowledge of service procedures and protocols.

Desirable

• A minimum of 2 years experience of working with adults who have mental health issues.
• Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Facilitation and tutoring of clinical staff and monitoring the caseloads of assistant/junior psychologists/other members of staff.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Health and Community Services

Address

Government Of Jersey

19-21 Broad Street

St. Helier

Jersey

Channel Islands

JE2 3RR

Employer's website

https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)