Specialist Mental Health Practitioner Or Psychological Therapist

1 month ago

Bournemouth, United Kingdom Dorset Healthcare University Nhs Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary You will be welcomed by an established, nationally accredited multi-disciplinary team which includes dedicated Peer specialists which is expanding to develop the service to meet the Perinatal Long Term Plan ambitions.
You will have the opportunity to work with colleagues committed to providing care for women, their partners, and their infants to enable them to live their best life.To work as an autonomous, independent practitioner responsible for own work and intervention and for the interpretation of agreed guidelines and policies in providing a highly specialist Applied or Clinical Psychology service.You will have access to training and regular supervision to enable you to achieve your full potential as a specialist clinician.
We are an enthusiastic, committed and developing psychological team within the Perinatal service.
We have developed good supervision structures to ensure best practices with access to peer supervision, and access to supervision .
We are an enthusiastic team of psychologist with a drive to ensure that psychological approaches are at the heart of the service through formulation, joint working, individual and group interventions in addition through delivering supervision and consultation to perinatal practitioners.
Main duties of the job To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
To provide psychological assessments of clients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources including psychological, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.
To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
To support risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management To plan and prioritise their own patient workload, which will include taking full responsibility for organising referrals, managing their own waiting list, undertaking patients consultations, attending MDT reviews for those on their case load and other meetings as appropriate About us At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services.
We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019.
It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference.
Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people.
We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity.
We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know.
And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
Job description Job responsibilities For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.
When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work.
We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support.
If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only.
Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.
Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.
Person Specification KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND TRAINING Essential A recognised qualification in one of the core Mental Health Professions (Psychiatric Nursing; Social work; Psychology or Occupational Therapist Professional Registration with HCPC or equivalent Must be fully accredited with the BABCP or have completed a BABCP accredited high intensity CBT course or diploma programme.
(Unless Applied psychologist requirement MSC or Doctorate in relevant psychology specialty).
Desirable Knowledge of research design and methodology, as practiced within the field of clinical psychology Experience Essential Experience of working as a psychological therapist with patients with complex presentations in the perinatal service.
A clear understanding of the function of perinatal mental health services.
Experience of working in multidisciplinary team community teams, independently and as part of the team including joint working.
Desirable Pre qualification training and qualifications in research methodology or other fields of applied psychology Experience of application of clinical psychology in physical and mental health setting which may include maternity or CAMHS Knowledge and Skills Essential Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological methods and intervention Desirable high level knowledge of theory and practice of at least 2 specialised psychological therapies Other Essential Ability to teach and train others using a variety of complex multi media materials Desirable experience of working in a multi cultural framework

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