Senior Psychological Therapist

We are looking for an experienced Psychological Therapist who is looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our team in Burton Upon Trent. We are an award-winning team and when you come to work with us, we will help you reach your full potential. Not only that, we will actively seek opportunitiesto share the great things you are doing, with others locally, regionally, and nationally.

As an experienced Psychological Therapist from the NHS or private sector, you'll join a team that works in close partnership with Staffordshire Police and Mental Health Services and local authorities, and you’ll join a Trust that puts people at the heartof what we do.

Your career with us will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

It's a career that you can take pride in and enjoy, and together we can make life better for our communities.

**What you will get**:

- An annual salary of up to £45,839 (22.5 hours per week) depending on experience
- Attractive relocation package *
- 35 - 41 days annual leave - including bank holidays (depending on the length of service)
- Ongoing career development and training
- NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most comprehensive and generous schemes in the UK
- Wellbeing support, such as access to the MPFT Staff Psychology Service, and additional wellbeing days, along with activities throughout the year
- Annual recognition event recognising our employees who live and breathe our values
- Flexible working opportunities
- There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, a cycle-to-work scheme, an annual leave purchase scheme, and much more
- Terms apply_

**Things that you will have**:

- NMC Registered.
- Post-Graduate accredited qualifications as a Psychological Therapist
- Post-graduate training and accreditation in two or more psychological approaches, being accredited by the BPS, BABCP, EMDR Association UK&I, or equivalent.
- A passion and enthusiasm for working with people experiencing complex mental health problems.

**What you will be doing**:

- To work as a psychological therapist in the specified mental health service, based within the wider team, providing clinical services directly to people with complex mental health problems and supporting the team and staff to use strategies that enhancethe psychological well-being of people who use this service.
- You will be an experienced Psychological Therapist, who will be part of an MDT team responsible for the systematic provision as part of psychological service. This will incorporate complex assessment, leading to psychological formulation and treatment planning,under professional clinical supervision; and forming judgements to inform service provision and provide necessary psychological interventions.
- You will provide input to and be based within a Team, attend team meetings and contribute to the team’s processes and functions and liaise and work with other areas of Mental Health as appropriate and as agreed with the Team clinical lead.
- You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Trust’s policies and procedures. In so doing, will be responsible for adhering to professional ethics and standards. Will be accountable for both professional andclinical actions.
- You may be required to contribute to training, to supervising others, and to employing research skills for audit, policy, and service development and research.