Band 7 Clinical Psychologist/CBT Therapist Bristol

Job summary

The South West Gambling Service would like to recruit Clinical Psychologists or Cognitive Behaviour Therapists. We provide treatment to people experiencing gambling harms as well as their families and significant others, working in a trauma informed manner. These exciting new roles can be based in any location across the South West of England as we are a remote working team.

The roles involve assessment, formulation and treatment, providing Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Family Interventions, both individually and in groups. The role involves working as part of the MDT, participating in relevant meetings and processes, and supporting our wider network of partner organisations.

As Gambling services are new to the NHS we will provide support and training to help you in your role. The team have regular in-person meetings and there is a strong focus on staff wellbeing. The role will involve working at least one evening per week according to service needs and there will be opportunities to get involved in research and service development.

If you are interested in being part of an expanding area of clinical practice then we would welcome your application. We have funding for 1 WTE, so there is scope for the role to be part-time or full-time.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide, evidence-based psychological therapy to people who experience gambling harms in line with the NICE guidelines. The service covers the South West of England and the majority of our work is completed online (although face to face appointments may be required depending on service needs).

Job Summary

• Assess and treat people experiencing gambling harms and co-occurring needs, and maintain associated records on the electronic patient record system.
• Provide high-intensity, evidence-based psychological interventions; these will include at least Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Motivational Interviewing for people with a broad range of needs.
• Provide consultation, liaison, and, where appropriate, clinical supervision to other professionals, including less experienced therapists, Assistant Psychologists, and Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
• Undertake clinical audit and service evaluation activities to support the development of services relevant to client needs.
• Develop best-practice knowledge in working with people who gamble and promote expertise in this area, including supporting research projects where appropriate, with the guidance of the Clinical Lead.

About us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Job responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive psychosocial assessments as required, taking into account issues of safety and suitability for psychological therapy, to formulate, implement, and evaluate treatment or support programmes for patients.
• Provide a psychological therapy service for individuals and groups as appropriate (e.g. CBT groups).
• Be part of the MDT to contribute psychological therapy knowledge, discuss care pathways, identify risk and safeguarding concerns, and engage in joint working as appropriate.
• Educate and involve family members and others in treatment and support, as appropriate.
• Adhere to an agreed job plan relating to the number of patient contacts offered and clinical sessions carried out per week, in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
• Ensure timely and accurate recording of all data required by the Trust, and maintain accurate records on the electronic patient record system.
• Ensure that patient confidentiality is protected at all times.
• Monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.
• Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
• Provide a specialist consultancy service to multidisciplinary teams and other agencies providing care for people with gambling harms.
• Participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the service.
• Provide supervision to colleagues as required by the service.
• Attend and where appropriate chair multidisciplinary/professional meetings relating to referrals or patients in treatment.
• Carry out clinical audits of service performance, including service user surveys and evaluations, and help collate and disseminate the results for feedback.
• Attend Team Days and engage in CPD activities to support the development and maintenance of skills and knowledge.

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology, or postgraduate qualification in CBT
• HCPC registration or BABCP accreditation

Desirable

• Training in Motivational Interviewing
• Training in working with addictions

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of working as a psychological therapist in NHS services
• Experience of providing evidence-based assessments, formulation and therapeutic interventions in addiction or mental health services (individual and group)
• Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
• Experience of safety assessment, safety planning and safeguarding

Desirable

• Experience working with people with gambling harms or other addictions
• Research and quality improvement experience
• Experience in teaching and training.
• Experience of working remotely and delivering therapy online

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.

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