This fixed-term, five-month post sits in the Community Mental Health Hub in North Kensington and Chelsea, part of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, and aims to cut Psychology waiting times. The post holder assesses and treats clients with complex mental health problems, including psychosis and complex PTSD, and runs part of the Hub's group programme. The role also advises and trains colleagues and carers, and interest in DBT diploma training is encouraged. HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist is essential.
What the job involves
- Provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy for clients with complex mental health problems
- Formulate and implement psychological treatment plans within a conceptual framework, contributing to a psychologically based care framework across settings
- Deliver psychological interventions to individuals, carers, families and groups
- Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and advise other professions on psychological risk
- Offer advice, consultation and training to team members and non-professional carers
- Deliver aspects of the Hub's psychosocial group programme
- Take an active role in managing referrals and planning clinical care
- Exercise autonomous responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients on standard care plans
- Attend weekly team meetings and case discussion forums
- Support assessment of the psychological and social needs of referred patients, including in care planning
- Contribute to recovery-oriented treatment models and initiatives to make psychological therapy accessible and timely
- Communicate assessment, formulation and treatment plans sensitively and monitor progress during treatment
What’s required
Qualifications
- BPS-accredited doctoral training in clinical or counselling psychology, covering psychopathology, psychometrics, neuropsychology, two or more therapies and lifespan development
- Doctoral-level knowledge of research design and methodology
Registration & licences
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Experience
- Assessed experience in a CMHT or similar complex care service, working with complexity and co-morbidity
- Clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care within a multidisciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and/or clinical or professional supervision
- Experience of working with diversity in a multicultural setting
Skills & knowledge
- Complex psychological assessment and intervention, requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Clear communication of technical, sensitive information orally and in writing to clients, carers and professionals
- Post-qualification practice of CBT or other evidence-based psychological therapies
- Providing consultation to professional and non-professional groups
- Knowledge of legislation and policy for the client group and mental health
- Strong teamwork skills
Other
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- Commitment to the recovery model
- Commitment to service user and carer involvement
Nice to have
- Post-doctoral training in one or more specialised areas of psychological practice
- Interest in taking up DBT diploma training
- Training and experience in models such as CBT, CBTp, FI, MBT, CAT, DBT, EMDR and ACT
- Post-qualification training and accreditation in CBT or other evidence-based therapies
- Knowledge of specialised therapies and assessment methods, including for difficult-to-treat groups such as those with personality disorder or dual diagnoses
- Experience of representing psychology within multidisciplinary care
- Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings
- Experience of supervising other mental health staff
What’s offered
- Supportive colleagues and good supervision structures
- Access to Trust opportunities to develop special interests
- Support for continuing professional development
- Close links with regional Clinical Psychology training courses
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
