Clinical Psychologist

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The 8a psychologist will be part of Islington Better Lives, a substance misuse service provided by a partnership between North London Mental Health Partnership and the health and social care charity Humankind.

The post might be available as a Band 7 to 8a development role for recently qualified psychologists who do not meet all of the person specifications for Band 8a.

Better Lives provides a comprehensive service for residents in Islington who are experiencing difficulties with substance misuse.

The service operates from a range of community settings to support consistent access to care and treatment. The service also works closely with the wider NHS, statutory bodies, local authorities and the third sector, to ensure the appropriate support is in place for service users and their families.

Main duties of the job

The role of the psychologist will be to provide psychologically informed consultation, training and supervision for the team, and psychological assessment and formulation contributing to effective team-based recovery care plans. They will also provide specialist 1:1 and group psychological interventions with service users with multiple and complex areas of need.

The psychologist will support the team to develop, improve and evaluate effective services to enhance recovery outcomes and develop pathways into wider services such as mental health teams and social services, including translating findings from the research evidence base into innovative practice and designing audit and research to answer local treatment questions.

The post holder will be expected to work across multiple sites in the division. Time spent at each site will vary according to service need.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact dominic.o'ryan@candi.nhs.uk

About us

Working for North London Mental Health Partnership:

The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C& I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

Why choose to join the Partnership?

o We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.o Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practice in supporting those with mental health illnesses.o Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.o Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.o We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.o Generous Annual Leave Allowanceo NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.o We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job description and main responsibilities

To provide specialist psychological consultation, guidance and supervision to the team, including trainee psychologists, in formulating and devising psychologically informed recovery care plans and risk assessments for service users.

To provide specialist psychological assessments for service uses, families and social networks using interview, formal psychometric and other assessment methods as appropriate.

To provide psychological treatment, using a range of specialist psychological interventions as appropriate for the treatment of a range of problems and severity and complexity, including brief therapy and group interventions.

To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the consultation, assessment, formulation and treatment offered and undertaken with service users.

To liaise with other health and social care staff, from a range of agencies, in the care provided to service users.

To case manage clients and work with other members of the MDT and other services to meet the needs of service users.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential


  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology or its equivalent as accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Experience

Essential


  • Experience of post-doctoral post-qualification supervised clinical practice in Substance Misuse

Education/Qualification

Essential


  • Completion of further post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training including training in supervision of trainee clinical psychologists, or completion of this within probation period.

Employer details

Employer name

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Better Lives

309 Grays Inn Road

Islington

WC1X 8QS

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