Overview
In this role you will provide expert psychological guidance to non-psychological colleagues and carers within community mental health settings while supporting CBT-based practice. You will supervise band 7 therapists and trainee psychologists, and collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient care. The post emphasizes autonomous work within professional guidelines and contributing to audit, teaching, and service development. This is an opportunity to shape psychological therapies delivery across services in a high-impact trust. You will join a values-driven team that prioritizes collaboration, quality, and compassionate care.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychological therapist colleagues and other carers within community mental health services, primary care and other agencies
- Provide supervision to band 7 psychological therapists / trainee clinical/counselling psychologists and other psychological therapies practitioners
- Work closely with local mental health service teams and other psychological therapy colleagues within the service setting
- Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the team s policies and procedures
- Utilise research skills for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service
Key requirements
- Post-graduate training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and current registration with BACP/UKCP/BAPCP
- Experience of supervising qualified and nonqualified clinical staff
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment across various care settings
- Ability to represent psychological therapies in multi-disciplinary teams and inter-agency collaboration
- Ability to provide consultation to professional and non-professional groups
- Ability to support carers and staff exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours
- Ability to teach and train others using multi-media materials for public, professional and academic settings
- Awareness of safeguarding and current NHS initiatives in eating disorders
- Ability to work autonomously as well as in a team
- Experience of service quality monitoring and service development (clinical audit, evaluative research, service development projects)
- Current UK professional registration
- Disclosure and Barring Service supervision requirements
- Certificate of Sponsorship considerations for skilled workers
- teaching and training skills
- consultation and advisory abilities
- inter-agency collaboration
- multi-media presentation skills
- clinical audit and evaluative research
- service development and project management
Senior Clinician in Braintree employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
