Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist within the PATH (Psychosis: Prevention, Assessment and Treatment in Hertfordshire) Service. PATH is a specialist service for those experiencing a first episode of psychosis in Hertfordshire.

We are implementing the Access and Waiting Time Standard for early intervention in psychosis (EIP), which is a clear national priority for the NHS. This standard will make a major difference to the quality of care received by those with First Episode Psychosis (FEP) and greatly improve their ability to recover. This is the start of our journey in ensuring our service users receive the right treatment at the right time from an EIP service and can go on to lead full, hopeful and productive lives. Do you want to be part of this exciting journey?

This post is suitable for a Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist who has keen interest in psychosis.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team and be skilled in working with recovery based and collaborative approaches to care planning, working flexibly and creatively with people in order to achieve their individual goals.
• Main responsibilities include good governance of psychological therapies for people with psychosis, providing assessment, therapy, supervision and consultation.
• An important part of this role is effective data collection to evidence the efficacy of psychological interventions.
• It is anticipated that this post holder will work with people accessing the service within South West Hertfordshire, but there may be a requirement to work more widely across Hertfordshire to develop and deliver the service.
• Regarding specialist professional development, PATH has close links with other Early Intervention services. The team is part of the East of England Early Intervention in Psychosis Clinical Network. Hence, there are opportunities to meet other EIP professionals outside of the Trust and attend CPD sessions run by the group.
• Applications will be considered if you do not yet have CBT for Psychosis or Family Intervention qualification, however there is an expectation that you do further NHS funded training should places become available in line with NICE guidelines for Psychosis.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The post-holder will provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients psychological care to other multi-disciplinary professionals.
• The post-holder will work closely with psychological therapy and other MDT colleagues.
• The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedure.
• The post-holder will utilise research skills for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
• The post-holder will provide evidence-based psychological assessment and treatment including a range of group and individual psychological interventions.

For a more detailed description, please see the attached JD and PS.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral/Masters level training in clinical/counselling psychology, including specific models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS and current registration with HCPC Or A registered qualification (e.g., in nursing, social work, occupational therapy) and further postgraduate qualification training in evidence based psychological therapies, including CBT, and considerable experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner, with BABCP registration and eligibility for BABCP accreditation.
• Professional qualification degree level, which should include knowledge and application of research methodology

Desirable

• Additional specialist knowledge or training in psychological therapies including CBTp and Family Intervention

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings, including at least six months clinical experience working in adult mental health
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life span's 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
• Knowledge of whole life span development and the impact on emotional, psychological and mental wellbeing
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one evidence based psychological therapy (i.e. CBT, Family Intervention or CFT) relevant to the treatment of adults with complex problems and their families
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and inter-agency collaboration
• Ability to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
• Ability to take the appropriate action to address any issues or risks
• Awareness of Child and Adult Safeguarding Procedures
• Awareness of current NHS initiatives and Developments
• Knowledge of legislation and the national agenda in relation to Adult Mental Health
• Knowledge and awareness of specific clinical practices and issues relating to clients with mental health problems
• Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
• Experience of working in a community mental health setting

Desirable

• Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or offering supervision
• Experience of service development/project management

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Ability to work and communicate therapeutically with clients and their families consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background and preferred ways of communicating
• Ability to work and communicate as a responsible participating member of a multi- disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members' contributions and to encourage participation of all involved
• Ability to keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Ability to alert line manager / team when direction, policies and strategies are adversely affecting users of services or the public
• Ability to time manage effectively and to work under pressure and to prioritise a clinical workload
• Positive problem solving approach
• Ability to critically evaluate and review developments made by others to determine if and how they could be applied within own area of work
• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships and boundaries with clients from diverse backgrounds
• Ability to apply psychology in different cultural contexts
• Ability to recognise and report behaviour that undermines equality and diversity
• IT Skills including the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook, entering data onto electronic patient records
• Ability to travel and work flexibly across different sites in Hertfordshire
• Ability to deliver complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Ability to recognise signs of stress and seek the appropriate support
• Ability to work with people whose behaviour is personally challenging
• Ability to comply with BPS/HCPC/BABCP professional standards and current developments in the field of mental health and well-being
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice
• Flexible and positive approach to changing circumstances
• Ability to identify own developmental needs and takes responsibility for personal development
• Ability to act consistently with legislation, policies, procedures and other quality approaches and the ability to encourage and develop others to do so

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

PATH. Bowlers Green, Radlett. WD7 9HQ

Bowlers Green

Radlett

WD7 9HQ

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