If you are passionate about working with people who are experiencing acute difficulties with their mental health and using your skills in working with Acute Adult Mental Health Inpatient, and Home Treatment, multidisciplinary teams we have a great opportunity for you!

We have two 8a Psychologist positions for Psychologists to work closely with the teams to contribute to the provision of psychological formulations and interventions for people admitted to the wards and home treatment teams, and to support the provision of Trauma Informed Care.

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly and innovative place to work which was recognised by us being awarded the HSJ Mental Health Trust of the Year in November 2021.

We are working with our Experts by Experience to coproduce and develop our clinical model and deliver Trauma Informed Care.

As part of Trauma Informed Care we are committed to your wellbeing and professional development.

We will support your development from a newly qualified role / band 7 into working as an 8a Psychologist.

If you have a particular interest in working with the wards or with Home Treatment Teams we can support this.

Main duties of the job

The focus of your clinical role will be working directly with clients with severe and enduring mental health needs who are experiencing a crisis with their mental health, and the people around them, to provide assessment, shared formulation, and psychological interventions.

You will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary teams and your clinical work will include consultation, and ensuring good liaison across services.

To support psychologically informed working and Trauma Informed Care, you will provide team formulations, training in psychological models and skills, clinical supervision and reflective practice, and staff support conversations.

The Assistant Psychologists provide groups on the wards, and online groups for people working with the Home Treatment Teams, and you will support and further develop these. You will provide clinical supervision for Assistant Psychologists and other colleagues. You will be encouraged and supported to provide training placements for Trainee Psychologists, and to link with the Exeter D.Clin.Psy. course.

There are good opportunities in these roles to develop your leadership skills, for example with taking a lead role on projects or for aspects of service development.

We are a friendly and supportive team, and there are opportunities for joining forums across the Trust to support your specialist interests and development.

In Somerset NHS Foundation Trust we are working to increase our research capacity and you would be welcome to be part of this.

About us

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Sonia Oyervides East Psychologist Lead Urgent Care sonia.oyervides@somersetft.nhs.uk

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psy. or equivalent), and eligible for Chartered Clinical Psychologist status with the British Psychological Society.
• Active Registration HCPC

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in adult mental health services and working with people with severe and complex mental health needs.
• Experience of teaching/training, and of clinical supervision of health care professionals.

Desirable

• Experience of working with complex trauma and with systems working around people who have experienced trauma.
• Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency contexts

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

The Crescent

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 4DY

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