Practitioner Psychologist/Cognitive Behaviour Therapist

Practitioner Psychologist/Cognitive Behaviour Therapist Band 7 Main area Older People's Mental Health Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 310-OPAC-

Site Brookfields Hospital Town Cambridge Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/:59

Job overview We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical /Counselling Psychologist or Cognitive Behavioural Therapist to join our Stepped Care Therapy Team within Older Peoples' Mental Health Secondary Care Services in Cambridge and Ely

The friendly and supportive team comprises Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, a CBT Therapist, a Clinical Associate Psychologist, Occupational Therapists and an OT Assistant. We regularly host trainees from all disciplines. We are a proactive team who use a broad range of therapeutic approaches and work in a person-centred way.

The role will include assessment, formulation and evidence-based intervention including, where appropriate, specialist neuropsychological assessment.
The post holder will also provide supervision and consultation for mental health colleagues and work closely with both mental and physical health staff. The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, an ability to work under considerable pressure, and have a passion for working with older people.

We aim to support staff to develop specialist knowledge and expertise, for the benefit of our service and patients. Creativity and innovation are encouraged.

Main duties of the job To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology, counselling psychology or psychological therapy service to clients referred to Older People's Stepped Care Therapies Service in the Cambridge and Ely locality.

This is across all sectors of care (in outpatient day service, inpatient, residential care and domestic settings) working with people with functional and organically based mental health problems.

This will involve providing specialist assessment and therapy, including where it is appropriate to professional competence providing neuropsychological assessment.

To offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other non-professional carers, taking responsibility for psychological input to one of the neighbourhood teams.

To provide supervision and guidance for more junior staff including Trainee Clinical Psychologists, Trainee Cognitive Behaviour Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners where appropriate

Working for our organisation Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.


Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to contribute to the clinical activity of the service. This will involve holding a clinical caseload, including:

• Providing psychological therapy interventions for cases referred to the team. This will involve the use of evidence based psychological interventions in both individual and group work formats e.g., CBT.
• Formulating, implementing and evaluating therapy programmes for clients.
• Ensuring treatment delivery remains accessible, convenient and with minimal waiting times as agreed by senior clinicians and managers.
• Providing clinical supervision in the service.
• Undertaking risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and providing advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management
• Communicating, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family carers and others, information that may be contentious or highly distressing.
• Producing reports on clients in a timely manner, that convey the key findings of psychological assessment and formulation and treatment outcome in a way that does justice to the complexity of the problems described, but that are understandable to the recipients of the reports, including clients and referrers.
• Working in partnership with other disciplines including attending multidisciplinary meetings relating to referral or clients in treatment where appropriate

The post holder will work with senior clinicians and other managers to:

• Ensure that there is a clinical audit programme developed.
• Ensure that all of the required evaluation data is produced in a timely manner.
• Establish local research priorities and develop a research programme in line with local policies.
• Produce reports by using the date which has been collected for the service.
• Help to collate and disseminate the results of clinical audits and service evaluations

The post holder will contribute to the on-going operation and development of the service by working with the senior clinicians and other managers to be involved with:

• Data collection for the on-going evaluation of the service.
• Promotion of the Older Peoples Therapies Service locally to GP practices and nationally as appropriate.
• Ensure that regular reports are provided for all of the information required for the ongoing and evaluation of the Stepped Care Therapies Service.
• Ensure that all staff complete information requirements as required by local protocols.

The post holder will:

• Participate in regular supervision (clinical or management) in accordance with good practice guidelines and Trust policy.
• Participate in the Trust's annual Appraisal process. attend all relevant mandatory training as and when required to do so.
• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
• Implement NICE guidance and other statutory / best practice guidelines.
• Be responsible for the prevention and control of infection.

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Person specification Education / Qualifications

• Doctorate level training in clinical or applied psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan development psychology as accredited by the BPS or a BPS Statement of Equivalence
• A registered qualification in health care at graduate level in nursing, social work, allied health professional PLUS PG dip post qualification further training in a specialised area of psychological practice e.g. CBT.
• Professional training which supports the ability to provide evidenced based psychological therapy clinical interventions.
• Eligibility for Chartered Clinical or Applied Psychologist status.
• Undertaken post qualification further training in a specialised area of psychological practice e.g. neuropsychology, CBT, CAT, DBT, solution focused therapy, analytical therapy, systemic / family work etc.
• Undertake training in the supervision of trainees and other therapists.

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of mental health care settings.
• Experience of working in mental health services for older people with experience of holding a caseload, assessment, care planning and delivery of psychological interventions.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology / specialist mental health practice in different contexts.
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