Clinical / Counselling Psychologist, Band 8b

Job summary

Band 8b Clinical Psychologist 0.6 (3 days) Fixed-term for 12 months - Early Intervention in Psychosis Team - South Warwickshire, Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership Trust.

Compassion ... Respect ... Excellence... Collaboration... Integrity... do you share our values?

Voices... trauma... visions... stigma... withdrawal... exclusion... depression... substance use - the people we support need psychologists who can help them find a way through these experiences and make a meaningful recovery - are you ready to work alongside them and their families?

Peer workers... true multi-disciplinary teams... service development... new partnerships... organisational change - do these excite you?

If the answer to these is 'Yes', we would love to hear from you. We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about making a difference to the lives of people experiencing early psychosis or ARMS to join our Early Intervention Team in South Warwickshire on a 12-month fixed-term basis.

The post is funded as 0.6 wte but there is some flexibility if people wish to work fewer hours.

Main duties of the job

As a Principal Clinical Psychologist, you will be expected to provide strong leadership in psychology provision in the team, as well as contributing to the Trust-wide development of our Early Intervention in Psychosis Service. You will also be expected to provide leadership and oversight around service development, and you will need to work collaboratively with your peers and the leadership team across the Early Intervention Service. You will work with people with complex difficulties and their families. You will be expected to promote values that seek to support recovery in this client group and maximise the potential of individuals with the aim of reducing social exclusion, stigma and the potentially disabling effects of psychosis.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

Job responsibilities

It is essential that candidates have post qualification experience of working with people with psychosis. Experience in delivering CBT, CBTp and family interventions with people with first episode psychosis, including those with complex presentations and trauma, is highly desirable. Experience of using trauma-focused interventions is also highly desirable. You are required to hold a current professional registration with the HCPC, and it would be advantageous to be BABCP accredited or have passed a BABCP accredited CBT training course. A recognised qualification or to be currently training in CBTp is also desirable. The ability to travel over a large geographical area may still be necessary on occasion. The ability to work flexibly with the needs of the client group is essential.

We support our psychologists to develop their skills, particularly in developing specialist skills in working with psychosis, trauma, and family work. We welcome people with an interest in research, particular areas of clinical practice or particular types of intervention, and will give dedicated time for this. All of these can be considered within the parameters of the number of hours of the post and the duration of the fixed term.

Please note: It is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK] as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
• Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Other

Essential

• Requirement to travel throughout the Trust

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.