Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Radlett

Here at HPFT we have a long history of delivering outstanding care, and we are taking our inpatient psychological therapies service to the next level. Through an extensive expansion of our psychology provision, we are embedding trauma informed approaches across all wards. This is an exciting time of change.

We are looking for caring and committed 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologists to work alongside the multi-disciplinary team in supporting change. If you have the relevant skills, are energetic, imaginative and, above all, care passionately about working with individuals and their families towards recovery, then we want to hear from you!

The role is based in the innovative and purpose-built Kingfisher Court, Radlett. You will form part of a vibrant, passionate, and supportive inpatient psychology service that is well established and highly valued across our inpatient services. The role is part time, 30 hours per week.

Main duties of the job:

• Provide a specialist psychology service to service users on the adult mental health wards.
• Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions.
• Provide clinical supervision, advice and consultation to colleagues, and to other non-professional carers, on psychological aspects of assessment, formulation, care and treatment.
• Provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity, and underpinned by principles of recovery and knowledge of trauma informed approaches.
• Support the development and roll out of Trauma Informed Approaches across HPFT inpatient services.

In return, we can offer you:

• Leadership and management training opportunities
• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK’s best pension schemes
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
• Special leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us:

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission. Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings.

Job responsibilities:

• To provide specialist psychological assessments of service users referred to Acute Services based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources.
• To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems.
• To work within the MDT, forming part of the leadership team for the ward and ensuring psychologically informed ways of working are embedding across all systems.
• To support with and lead the embedding of Trauma Informed Approaches across all systems.

Person Specification:

KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or fully completed training as a Counselling Psychologist.
• Experience working as a qualified practitioner with clients with severe mental illness within a mental health setting.
• Current full registration with HCPC.
• Training in risk assessment and management.

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings.
• Knowledge of whole life span development and the impact on emotional, psychological and mental well-being.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two evidence based psychological interventions.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment.
• Ability to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

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.