Senior Clinical Psychologist/Psychological Therapist

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Senior Clinical Psychologist/Psychological Therapist Band 8a Main area Mental Health Adult Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 351-PEN949-EB-A

Site Pendle House Town Nelson Salary £53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/05/:59

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
• Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them.

Job overview Applications are invited from suitably qualified Clinical Psychologists or Psychological Therapists with the experience, skills and competencies to undertake the duties and responsibilities of this post in CMHT. A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and accreditation with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a practitioner psychologist or a core professional qualification in a relevant field and qualification and accreditation, either as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) with full practitioner accreditation with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) or qualification and full accreditation as a Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) practitioner with the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT) are the essential qualifications for the role. The post will provide assessment, psychological therapy and consultation for the care of Service Users within the Burnley and Pendle Community Mental Health Teams. The post holder will work alongside other psychological professionals and the wider MDT.

The teams provide services to people with complex mental health needs. Psychological therapies and psychologically informed care are valued within the teams and network and are fully integrated within mainstream adult mental health services. The post holder will be operationally managed within the teams as a core team member, while strong professional leadership works alongside to support the role.

Main duties of the job An interest in working with individuals experiencing significant levels of complexity and personality difficulties will be essential. Good team working skills are also essential, as are abilities in providing consultation / supervision to team colleagues and other psychological therapists. Skills in group approaches, or an interest in developing these, would be an asset.

The post holder will develop links with psychological therapists within other CMHTs and specialist networks as part of the service model developments to broaden our group work approaches. Clinical and professional supervision is provided, and a growing network of complex case fora and expanding menu of psychological therapy models afford excellent opportunity for the post holder to develop their skills in multidisciplinary team working and psychologically informed care.

Working for our organisation Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person specification Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• HCPC registration as practitioner psychologist
• OR Either - Recognised qualification in CBT to post graduate level AND BABCP Accreditation (either full or provisional, but not simply 'membership')

Skills

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well developed skills in communicating effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Knowledge

• An increased level of knowledge relevant to this post equivalent to a post-graduate diploma (in addition to entry level qualification)
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to the patient group.

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient 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
• Demonstrable evidence of a continuing commitment to developing expertise in psychological assessment and intervention

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