At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to provide specialist psychological care for those in acute mental health crises.
- Company: Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, a supportive and innovative healthcare provider.
- Benefits: Enjoy 27 days holiday, excellent pension, staff discounts, and flexible working options.
- Other info: Opportunities for part-time, job-share, and professional development available.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in mental health while developing your skills in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Postgraduate training in clinical or counselling psychology and HCPC registration required.
The predicted salary is between 49387 - 64750 £ per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 1.0 WTE Band 7/8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join our Adult Inpatient Psychological Services Team in Chelmsford and Colchester. This role offers an excellent opportunity to help shape and enhance psychological provision across our rehabilitation ward in Colchester and one of our acute inpatient wards at the Linden Centre, creating a varied and rewarding clinical role.
The successful candidate will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, therapy, interventions and consultation for people experiencing acute mental health crises, as well as those requiring longer-term rehabilitation and recovery-focused support. You will join a supportive, compassionate and forward-thinking psychological team committed to improving outcomes for people experiencing acute mental health difficulties, while also prioritising staff wellbeing, professional development and opportunities for innovation. We value staff wellbeing and offer a range of flexible working options, including compressed hours. Part-time and job-share applications are warmly welcomed.
If you are passionate about trauma-informed care, enjoy working in dynamic multidisciplinary teams, and want to help shape the future of inpatient mental health services in Essex, we would love to hear from you! Applications from newly qualified clinical/counselling psychologists or those about to complete training are welcomed under a development post arrangement.
Main duties of the job:
- The successful candidate will have a strong interest in inpatient mental health care, working with people experiencing acute mental health crises as well as those requiring longer-term rehabilitation and recovery-focused support.
- They will be skilled in undertaking specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention with individuals presenting with a wide range of severe, enduring and complex mental health difficulties.
- This unique role provides a varied and rewarding clinical role across different stages of the recovery journey.
- The post holder will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to develop psychologically informed understandings of crisis presentations, helping teams make sense of complexity and identify pathways towards recovery.
- The ability to formulate risk, make professional recommendations and contribute confidently to clinical decision-making alongside ward team is central to this role.
- A key aspect of the role will be supporting and developing staff and will include supervision of junior staff.
- The post holder will also contribute to teaching, training, reflective practice groups, post-incident debriefs and psychologically informed consultations, helping to build the confidence and psychological skills of ward teams.
About us:
Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you. Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential. Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks. If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
Benefits:
- 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
- Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
- Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
- Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
- Flexible working options available.
The Adult Inpatient Psychological Services Team is committed to delivering high-quality psychological care to people experiencing acute mental health difficulties during their inpatient admission. We work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and Care Unit colleagues to support recovery-focused care, helping service users make the most of their admission and achieve timely, meaningful discharges.
We are committed to supporting our staff to thrive in their roles. As part of a large and supportive psychological service, the successful candidate will have access to regular clinical and managerial supervision, specialist therapy supervision, reflective practice spaces, case discussion forums, and opportunities to connect with and learn from the wider psychological services team. We place a strong emphasis on professional development, peer support and creating a culture where staff feel valued, connected and supported in managing the complexities of inpatient work.
We offer flexible approaches to working wherever possible. Part-time, job-share and flexible working requests are welcome and will be considered.
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