About this role
Job summary
We are looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated and committed individuals to join a well-established Early Intervention Service. The Lancashire and South Cumbria Early Intervention Service (EIS) specialises in working with individuals aged 14 and upwards who are at risk of, or currently experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
We are in an exciting position to be able to recruit a CBT therapist / Clinical Psychologist to join our well-established Early Intervention Service, the post is based within The Bay EIS. The Bay EIS operates via a hub and spoke model of care covering Kendal, Barrow, Morecambe and Lancaster localities. The successful candidate would be able to choose which locality they preferred as their base.
The post will be within The Bay EIS covering the bay areas of North Lancashire and South Cumbria.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve providing a qualified specialist cognitive behavioural assessment and therapy service along with family interventions / family work to our service users and their carers, along with providing advice and consultation on client's psychological care working within the policies, procedures and protocols for the service.
The successful applicants will be working alongside our existing therapists within the multi-disciplinary team. We predominantly use a CBT and CBT for psychosis (CBTp) framework with our clients, who have either experienced a first episode of psychosis or who have been assessed as being at high risk of developing psychosis.
Successful applicants will be supported to develop their skills in working with this client group, including being eligible to apply for the CBT "top-up" training course (if available).
About us
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
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Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Qualification in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to post graduate diploma level or equivalent Professional qualification e.g. RMN, Social Worker Full practitioner accreditation with the British Association for Behavioural and cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Experience Essential
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across a range of care settings. Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Skills and Abilities Essential
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
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 Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address EIS The Bay
Morecambe
LA4 5QG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)