Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

2 weeks ago


Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our Intensive Support Team in Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing comprehensive, therapeutically-informed assessments for individuals with dementia who reside in care homes.

The Intensive Support Team is guided by the principles of Positive Behaviour Support and offers evidence-based approaches to promote the wellbeing of people with dementia. As a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, you will have the confidence to engage with a range of stakeholders, including the person, relatives, professionals, and care home staff.

You will draw on your professional skills and knowledge to assess/respond to behaviour that challenges in dementia, as part of a stepped-care service by delivering interventions that focus on unmet needs of people using services. You will offer specialist training, supervision, and share ideas informed by psychological theory and practice.

The role requires a strong understanding of psychological models, including systemic, behavioural, and individual therapeutic approaches. You will be working closely with primary care services, statutory/voluntary agencies, and service users & carers to ensure a comprehensive and person-centred approach to care delivery.

Main Responsibilities

  • To be responsible for the systematic provision of specialist assessments for people with dementia who present with complex presentations or behaviour that challenges.
  • To deliver high quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory, and evaluative) specialist psychological interventions by making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
  • To act as a person-centred leader and role model at all times to inspire others to deliver high quality, dignified care for people with dementia.
  • To operate as part of a multidisciplinary team and work closely with primary care services, statutory/voluntary agencies, and service users & carers.
  • To offer clinical supervision to CMHTOP Care Home Pathway colleagues (non-psychologists) and Assistant Psychologists.
  • To take a leadership role within defined sectors of the Trust (NW Surrey and Surrey Heath) and work collaboratively with the Care Home Pathway Lead within the CMHTOPs to ensure the care home pathway functions well within those regions.

About Us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Home Working Contract Only - Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer.



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