About this role
Job summary
The Intensive Life Skills service is seeking an experienced Consultant Clinical / Counselling psychologist and clinical leader to join the team at a time of exciting change and service development.
The Intensive Life Skills service is a multi-disciplinary community mental health team providing assessment and intervention for adults who experience the complex emotional and personality difficulties, associated with adverse experiences and trauma.
We are a specialist community team providing assessment, formulation and intervention using a Structured Clinical Management (SCM) framework. Our focus is on treatment, recovery and enablement to increase emotional, social and practical functioning, through a combination of group skill based learning and individual therapy.
You will have an interest in working with people with complex emotional and personality difficulties, to contribute and enhance the professional psychological care of our service users and Clinical / professional and strategic psychological leadership for Intensive Life Skills (CEN Intensive Treatment Pathway, Shropshire Telford and Wrekin).
There is an emphasis on team based multi-disciplinary care and decision making. We value compassionate reflective approaches, supporting collaborative ways of working alongside service users.
Main duties of the job
Accountable for own professional practice in the delivery of highly specialist psychological care to clients with severe and enduring mental health conditions or learning disabilities which include significant challenging behaviours and risk of physical aggression. In agreement with Head of Mental Health and Professional lead for Mental Health Psychological Services and in collaboration with other locality Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologists, to provide clinical leadership and direction in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin for those working with people with Complex Emotional Needs and/or to act as lead within ILS. To be compassionate in meeting the needs of clients, their carers and families. To provide expert advice, clinical supervision and training in working with CEN to colleagues within ILS and to other healthcare professionals across the organisation. To be a Senior Psychologist within STW Care Group and to provide knowledge around CEN pathway. To undertake co-ordination and management of research and development projects within ILS. To provide clinical leadership in the continual development and provision of excellence to CEN service users across the locality. To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental ill health or learning disabilities. To promote at all times a positive image of the service and the wider Trust.
About us
Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.
We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.
We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.
We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical / counselling psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS Post doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice HPC registration as a clinical/counselling psychologist with Chartered Status Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
Registration with BPS Training and experience in the delivery of Trauma informed care and treatment modalities; EMDR, NET CBT-T
Experience Essential
Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings. Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a care co-ordinator and leader of a multidisciplinary team. Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses. Providing clinical and professional leadership to other qualified and non-qualified members of the profession Managing multi-agency service delivery models. Working at a strategic level
Desirable
Experience of developing, delivering, supporting and supervising/managing the delivery of EB/NICE recommended CEN group treatment programmes
Skills Essential
oEvidence- based practice relevant to the role oRisk assessment and risk management oThe care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour. oProvide effective clinical leadership. oCommunicate highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information effectively, to a wide range of people oAdapt creatively the evidence base for interventions in mental health for clients with communication difficulties / learning disabilities.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Hall Court
Hall Park Way, Overdale
Telford
TF3 4NF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)