Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Preceptorship

Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Preceptorship

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

B7 - 8a Preceptorship working in the Primary Care Network, Telford and Wrekin PCN Psychology Team.

Are you a newly qualified looking to make a meaningful impact on adults facing severe, long-term mental health challenges? Do you want to support the dedicated teams working with these individuals while utilising opportunities in teaching, research and service development?

Join our compassionate and collaborative Primary Care Network Psychology Team in Telford & Wrekin, where we take pride in fostering a supportive, innovative, and nurturing team culture. We are dedicated to encouraging creativity and continuous improvement as we expand and enhance our services.

Our group interventions service supports clients with severe and enduring mental health issues who do not meet the criteria for IAPT or Adult Community Mental Health Teams. While we primarily offer group interventions, one-to-one interventions are available in specific circumstances. We work closely with other mental health teams and services.

We are committed to your professional development, offering ongoing training and growth opportunities to help you thrive in your career.

MPFT will offer a welcome bonus of 10% of first year salary- at 50% on commencement of employment and 50% following 12 months employment.

Main duties of the job

• To provide an excellent standard of psychological and clinical input into the Primary Care Networks in order to meet the needs of people in primary care with complex psychological needs and provide support to general practice and mental health staff working in primary care.
• To work both autonomously and in consultation with colleagues, making appropriate decisions within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the employing organisation's policies and procedures.
• To provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions to service users with more complex psychological presentations within the PCN.
• To offer advice and consultation on service users' psychological care to clinical colleagues within the PCNs and to other professionals as appropriate.
• To provide high quality supervision and complex case formulation to individuals and groups of staff in order to enhance clinical understanding and practice, and help develop and embed psychological formulation within primary care.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.

Job responsibilities

What Were Looking For:

• A reflective, open-minded psychologist who thrives in a collaborative, team-focused setting and is a team player.
• Strong communication, organisational and time management skills, with a keen ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks.
• Experience and interest in working with adults with severe mental health conditions, utilising a range of therapeutic approaches.
• An interest in group interventions and developing skills in managing groups dynamics or relational processes.
• Ability and/ or willingness to integrate a range of therapeutic models such as DBT, MBT, CFT, CBT, ISTDP, ACT, and CAT into your practice and development of the group psychology offers.
• A strong passion for service development and team support is essential,as this role involves collaborating closely with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist to enhance the CPD offerings for Primary Care Network Teams across Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin.

Why You Should Apply:

• Collaborative & Compassionate Team: Become part of a psychologically minded team that values innovation, creativity, and mutual support.
• A Land of Opportunities:The successful applicant will conduct specialist assessments, formulations and deliver group interventions tailored to meet the needs of our clients. They will also supervise assistant psychologists across the Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin PCN Psychology Teams, contribute to and help shape the CPD offerings for staff within our services, and support the development of collaborative relationships with other services. Additionally, there will be opportunities for one-to-one work with clients.
• Personal and Professional Growth: In addition to clinical development, there are numerous opportunities for supervision, service development, research and leadership.

This is an opportunity to be part of an empowering, team-oriented environment where your contributions will truly matter and be valued.

If this sounds like the opportunity youve been looking for, apply today or share with someone who might be interested.

Please refer to the Job Description and Specification for more details, and feel free to contact Dr Sonia Kaur Dhinse (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) for any further discussions.

Person Specification

Screening Criteria

• Doctorate in Clinical / Counselling Psychology
• HCPC registered
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course.
• Experience in developing and delivering group work
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and intervention

Screening

• Doctorate in Clinical / Counselling Psychology
• HCPC registered
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course.
• Experience in developing and delivering group work
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and intervention

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.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust