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, perhaps 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 12 - 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 12 - 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.

Main duties of the job

• To provide expert psychological assessment and reports, both written and verbal, to referrers of people with a wide range of psychological problems, in accordance with codes of professional ethics
• Following assessment, to provide expert formulation and psychological therapy to an exceptionally high standard to service users with a range of mental health problems.
• To formulate and implement plans for formal psychological intervention and/or management of a client's psychological difficulties, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
• To manage a specialist caseload autonomously and within the criteria directed by the Trust. To make difficult decisions about priorities and clinical issues.
• To act as a care coordinator where appropriate, taking responsibility for planning and review of care plans under enhanced CPA.

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 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.

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 opportunities to share the great things you are doing, with others locally, regionally, and nationally.

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.

Job description Job responsibilities

To provide a specialist clinical psychology service within pathway to adults their families or carers. To work with clients alone at the team base, in local NHS settings or other care environments, or at their home as necessary. Within this to be able to communicate highly complex information effectively in highly emotive situations and overcome psychological resistances to potentially threatening issues. To be responsible for conducting psychological interviews, deriving information from self-report measures, rating scales, psychometrics (where necessary), direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care, interpreting complex data and giving feedback effectively and with sensitively. To be skilled in risk assessment and management. These demands will incorporate frequent intense concentration often in emotionally demanding or unpredictable environments. You will be expected to maintain high professional levels of clinical judgement and application of complex skills at all times.

You will provide expert psychological assessment and reports, both written and verbal, to referrers of people with a wide range of psychological problems, in accordance with codes of professional ethics. Following assessment, to provide expert formulation and psychological therapy to an exceptionally high standard to service users with a range of mental health problems.

What you will get:

• An annual salary of up to £54,619 (37.5 hours per week) pro-rata
• 35 - 41 days annual leave including bank holidays(depending on length of service)
• Attractive relocation package *
• 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 doctoral level training in clinical / counselling psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
• Good undergraduate degree (Preferably relevant to psychological therapy
• Postgraduate professional doctorate or equivalent relating to psychological services or equivalent as accredited by relevant professional body
• HPC registration as a clinical/counselling psychologist with Chartered Status
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by relevant professional body

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.

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