Highly Specialist Clinical
1 month ago
As a clinical or counselling psychologist you will work alongside a skilled and welcoming MDT to provide individual, couple and group based therapies to women and their families during the perinatal period. You will supervise more junior psychology colleagues and you will be invited to contribute to the delivery of training to other professionals and to be part of service development projects aimed at improving outcomes for women and their families as well as staff wellbeing.
Main duties of the job Provide assessments of patients referred to the Perinatal Service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources. To provide a comprehensive psychological therapy service to patients within the perinatal service who may have a wide range of psychological needs. This will include the provision of evidence-based treatments for trauma (Trauma focussed CBT or EMDR) To provide evidence based interventions to women, couples and families, where appropriate, considering the specific needs of families who are pregnant or have a young baby Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both the evidence base, theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes which have shaped the individual, family or group. To provide supervision to MDT, maternity and more junior psychology colleagues To be responsible for implementing a range of time-limited psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, grounded in the principles and techniques of a range of theoretical approaches. Provide specialist expertise, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to women's formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan. About us West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation. Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is 426m. The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'. The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative. Job description Job responsibilities The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. Person Specification Qualifications and Training Essential- Post-graduate doctoral level training (or its equivalent) in Clinical Psychology OR Counselling Psychology
- Eligibility for Chartered Status by the British Psychological Society
- HCPC registered or, for those outside the UK, eligible and will be registered by the time of taking up post.
- Post-doctoral training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Training in trauma focussed interventions
- Training in couples interventions
- Advanced keyboard skills and computer literacy
- Relevant post qualification experience in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient 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
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems and supporting them to access opportunities beyond mental health services
- Experience of facilitating therapeutic groups
- Demonstrate further specialist training / experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical / counselling psychologist over a minimum of 18 months, or an alternative agreed by the Head of Psychology and Psychological Therapies Services
- oExperience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- oExperience of the application of clinical /counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
- oExperience of working with parent infant attachment focused interventions e.g. video interaction guidance.
- oExperience of using structured techniques for promotion of health behaviour change such as motivational interviewing
- oExperience of running structured psycho-educational group-based interventions
- oSkills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- oWell-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.
- oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- oDoctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- oEvidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- oFormal training in supervision of other psychologists
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc)
- oHigh level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- oKnowledge of NHS primary and secondary care structures
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