Job summary

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Band 7 to 8a Development Opportunity - Clinical/Counsellor Psychologist

Are you coming to the end of your training and thinking about where to start your career? Would you like to commence in a role where there is career progression inbuilt from a Band 7? On the other hand, are you more experienced and looking to step up to a more senior position? Alternatively, an experienced 8a looking for a new challenge?

The successful candidate will be supported through a formal preceptorship process to progress from a Band 7 to a Band 8 over a period of 18 - 24 months dependent upon prior experience, and contingent on achievement of the required competencies.

We are open to applications from those approaching the end of training and people who are newly qualified looking for a Band 7 role. The successful candidate will be supported through a formal preceptorship process to progress from a Band 7 to a Band 8 over a period of 18 - 24 months dependent upon prior experience, and contingent on achievement of the required competencies. However, we also welcome more experienced people looking for a Band 8a either as a step up or looking to diversify their experiences.

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, but we will also actively seek opportunities to share the great things you are doing, with others locally, regionally, and nationally.

Main duties of the job

• You will be expected to undertake psychological assessments and formulation of complex clinical presentations, with a focus on trauma and attachment. Therapy will be provided on an individual and group basis, in line with assessed needs and complementary to the pathway model.
• There will be a requirement to provide clinical supervision to colleagues within the pathway.
• The role will also involve engaging with service development & evaluation. Regular clinical supervision will be offered, along with a range of supervisory and developmental opportunities.

About us

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an award-winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.

We pride ourselves on the services provided to support with the well-being of all of our employees both physically and mentally and offer counselling support and lifestyle information. Opportunities for flexible working are also available depending on the role. We encourage career development provided by in house training programs and coaching support.

As part of our strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, we welcome applications from candidates who meet the specific criteria, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, physical and/or mental disability or offending background. We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Intensive Life Skills Pathway is a multi-disciplinary mental health team providing assessment and intervention for adults experiencing complex emotional difficulties across East and West Staffordshire as part of the Adult Mental Health Service.

The multi-disciplinary team works in a highly psychologically minded way and are passionate about working with service-users who present with high levels of emotional distress and who often have histories of complex trauma and/or adverse experiences. Applicants should have an interest in working with this client group, and an experience of relevant evidence-based interventions.

The pathway utilises Structured Clinical Management (SCM) as a core therapeutic model, combining individual and workshop-based interventions. A range of additional therapeutic models are utilised including attachment theory, behavioural theory, Compassion-Focussed Therapy, EMDR, Trauma-Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Mentalisation-Based Treatment, and DBT informed interventions.

The successful candidate will be expected to undertake psychological assessments and formulation of complex clinical presentations, with a focus on trauma and attachment. Therapy will be provided on an individual and group basis, in line with assessed needs and complementary to the pathway model.

There will be a requirement to provide clinical supervision to colleagues within the pathway. The role will also involve engaging with service development & evaluation. Regular clinical supervision will be offered, along with a range of supervisory and developmental opportunities. The team has good links with the nearby Clinical Psychology Doctorate course based at Staffordshire University.

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What you will get:

• An annual salary of up to �45,839 (37.5 hours per week) depending on experience
• Attractive relocation package *
• 35 - 41 days annual leave including bank holidays(depending on 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:

• Post-Graduate accredited qualifications as a Psychological Therapist
• Current registration/accreditation with appropriate body with current practising certificate
• A passion and enthusiasm for working with people experiencing complex mental health problems
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including psychosis, across the whole life course

For further information please contact Dr Kate Stapleton, Consultant Clinical Psychologist (Kate.Stapleton@mpft.nhs.uk ) or Emily-Grace Church, Pathway Manager (emily-grace.church@mpft.nhs.uk).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Good undergraduate degree (preferably relevant to psychological therapy)

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including psychosis, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and intervention,

Desirable

• Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist.

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