Band 8a Counselling or Clinical Psychologist
- Employer
- Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Buxton
- Salary
- £53,755 to £60,504 a year pa, pro rata
- Closing date
- 15 Oct 2024
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- Profession
- Mental health, Counsellor / Psychotherapist, Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 8A
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part Time
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Would you like to work alongside friendly, enthusiastic and supportive psychological therapists in Adult Community Mental Health in beautiful Derbyshire in Buxton ?
We are looking for a Counselling or Clinical Psychologist, Band 8a, who we would like to support to progress in their career. We will provide relocation costs for the right candidate.
Our team of Psychologists & Psychological therapists are passionate about developing services that create meaningful change based on lived experience, so that people flourish, feel connected and empowered to pursue their aspirations.
This permanent role can be offered as a part-time opportunity. We can offer a variety of flexible working options and welcome opportunities to work into other localities and specialisms.
We warmly welcome enquiries for a chat about the options and your interests.
Main duties of the job
Join our friendly Division of Psychology and Psychological Therapies (DPPT) at a truly exciting transformational time for us with our focus on 'Living Well' Community Mental Health Framework changes and trauma-informed care in our CMHTs. Together, these developments have collaboration, lived experience and compassionate relationships at the core and DPPT Services have a pivotal role.
You will provide individual & group clinical work with your colleagues, promoting psychological ideas by offering advice and consultation in addition to supervision and training to colleagues, multi-disciplinary practitioners, the wider organisation and contribute to service development.
We support and develop our staff to work with complexity, eg, by access to training to support work with complex trauma & offer specialist supervision 1:1 or in facilitated groups for DBT, CFT, complex dissociation, Psychodynamic, CAT, CBT or EMDR. We are strongly committed to research, there are many opportunities in our newly formed Division.
About us
You will be based in High Peak Living Well Community Mental Health Team at Buxton.
You will be joining a dynamic group of over 250 staff in our Division of Psychology & Psychological Therapies.
You will be joining us at a time of exciting, innovative and values-based transformation for place based and needs led integrated care across our localities, with trauma informed and trauma sensitive practice at the forefront of these developments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Join our Psychology Services and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to making a positive difference in people's lives. CQC rated us as 'GOOD overall, commenting on how our colleagues treated patients with compassion and kindness and felt positive and proud about working for the trust. Our team reports feeling valued and supported working in services focused on staff well-being and service transformation.
To support career progression, we offer leadership and project management training:
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account
Benefits include:
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Desirable
Personal
Essential
Other
Essential
Employer details
Employer name
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
High Peak Community Mental Health Team
Buxton
SK17 6HU
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
383-SPE-3599-23-E
We are looking for a Counselling or Clinical Psychologist, Band 8a, who we would like to support to progress in their career. We will provide relocation costs for the right candidate.
Our team of Psychologists & Psychological therapists are passionate about developing services that create meaningful change based on lived experience, so that people flourish, feel connected and empowered to pursue their aspirations.
This permanent role can be offered as a part-time opportunity. We can offer a variety of flexible working options and welcome opportunities to work into other localities and specialisms.
We warmly welcome enquiries for a chat about the options and your interests.
Main duties of the job
Join our friendly Division of Psychology and Psychological Therapies (DPPT) at a truly exciting transformational time for us with our focus on 'Living Well' Community Mental Health Framework changes and trauma-informed care in our CMHTs. Together, these developments have collaboration, lived experience and compassionate relationships at the core and DPPT Services have a pivotal role.
You will provide individual & group clinical work with your colleagues, promoting psychological ideas by offering advice and consultation in addition to supervision and training to colleagues, multi-disciplinary practitioners, the wider organisation and contribute to service development.
We support and develop our staff to work with complexity, eg, by access to training to support work with complex trauma & offer specialist supervision 1:1 or in facilitated groups for DBT, CFT, complex dissociation, Psychodynamic, CAT, CBT or EMDR. We are strongly committed to research, there are many opportunities in our newly formed Division.
About us
You will be based in High Peak Living Well Community Mental Health Team at Buxton.
You will be joining a dynamic group of over 250 staff in our Division of Psychology & Psychological Therapies.
You will be joining us at a time of exciting, innovative and values-based transformation for place based and needs led integrated care across our localities, with trauma informed and trauma sensitive practice at the forefront of these developments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Join our Psychology Services and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to making a positive difference in people's lives. CQC rated us as 'GOOD overall, commenting on how our colleagues treated patients with compassion and kindness and felt positive and proud about working for the trust. Our team reports feeling valued and supported working in services focused on staff well-being and service transformation.
To support career progression, we offer leadership and project management training:
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBTQI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and well-being opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Good Honours degree in Psychology (2:1 or above). Eligibility for Graduate membership of BPS
- Post-graduate doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the B.P.S./HCPC
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist by the HCPC
- Eligible for Chartered status of BPS
- Post qualification training in supervision of other psychologists
- Post qualification specialist training/experience of assessment/intervention for people with complex mental health problems
Desirable
- Post qualification training in a therapy model
- Chartered status with BPS
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with clients across a variety of settings
- Commitment to developing specialist area of expertise relevant to the post through significant training, personal study, etc
Desirable
- Expertise and interest in specialist area relevant to adult mental health
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Very high level of interpersonal and communication skills enabling written and oral presentation and receipt of complex and sensitive information, to facilitate acceptance, and relate effectively in an emotive and hostile environment
Desirable
- Ability to process text, set up and use databases and spreadsheets
Personal
Essential
- Enthusiasm for psychology in relation to MH Problems. Interest in developing/consolidating skills in working with complex trauma and associated diagnoses
Other
Essential
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
Employer details
Employer name
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
High Peak Community Mental Health Team
Buxton
SK17 6HU
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
383-SPE-3599-23-E
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