Clinical Psychologist/ CBT Psychotherapist

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 51,000

Job description

Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

About

Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated health and social care Trust. We are the main provider of a wide range of specialist health & social care services to individuals and their carers or families in Sheffield. The Trust has an excellent reputation for providing high quality services to people within our care. Our vision is that people who use our services will achieve their full potential, living fulfilled lives in the community.

We provide:

• Mental health services for adults and older people
• Services for people with learning disabilities
• Services for people with drug and alcohol problems
• A wide range of other specialist services, such as for people accessing maternal mental health, gender dysphoria services and psychology for people with physical health problems.

We also provide a full range of services at sites where people live. These services aim to provide care and treatment to individuals and their families and help people to maintain their independence and continue with their day-to-day lives as far as possible. We provide a range of in-patient and residential services for individuals who cannot be appropriately helped in a community-based setting. Within our learning disability services we work closely with a large number of supported living settings/residential care homes in partnership with housing associations. Many of the people we help are seen in their own homes by members of staff, and some people attend our clinics to see nurses, social workers, therapists or doctors. We provide treatment, care and help on an individual or group basis where support and guidance is provided. We also work alongside GPs and other staff in local health centres, or with staff from other organisations often in the voluntary sector. We often see people for short periods of time, providing advice and treatment which helps resolve the person’s problems. For people with more serious longer term difficulties we will support them and work with them for a number of years. As a Foundation Trust we work in partnership with Sheffield City Council and have formal agreements with them, called a section 75 agreement, to provide a range of social care services on the Council’s behalf. Through these arrangements, we have made good progress in developing ‘integrated’ services for the people of Sheffield - an important goal that is shared by ourselves and the City Council. We have placed great importance on working with other organisations to deliver integrated health and social care services to local people. In doing this we have aimed to reflect and provide for the diverse needs of the people and communities of Sheffield.

We have core values which are at the heart of all our daily activities, these values are:

• Working together for our service users
• Respect and kindness
• Everyone counts
• Commitment to quality
• Improving lives

Key details

Location

Site: East Glade Centre

Address: 1 East Glade Crescent, Sheffield, S12 4QN

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 30 hours per week

• Full time
• Part time

Salary

Salary: £43,742 - £50,056 pa pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Main area: Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to trauma-informed care in a community mental health setting, currently undergoing a process of transformation, in which the expectations of the work will be broad and varied. You will be joining a friendly multidisciplinary team in which there are great prospects for developing a good range of skills in a supportive and dynamic environment.

There will be scope for involvement in supporting new evidence-based therapeutic treatments such as Structured Clinical Management (SCM). You will also have opportunities to work alongside colleagues on service development projects and input into the current transformation plan in line with national plans for integrated Mental Health community services.

The psychological therapies team works in an integrated way with all members of the wider team. Our multidisciplinary team aims to promote an optimum level of recovery, independence and social inclusion for each individual.

Advert

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated, skilled and compassionate Clinical Psychologist or Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (CBT) to work as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team.

You should be able to demonstrate an enthusiasm and willingness to work proactively in both multi-disciplinary teams and within a multi-agency context. This role provides excellent opportunities for developing your skills in both direct and indirect team working, within a supportive team of experienced psychological therapists.

The job will involve working alongside experienced MDT colleagues to offer one-to-one evidence-based psychological interventions to service users and their families, contributing to and delivering group work. The role also includes joint and indirect work with colleagues (team formulation, staff training, support and consultation around psychological issues); and appropriate audit, service development, evaluation and research activities as required.

The post will suit a candidate with experience of work with adults with complex presentations, such as psychosis, bipolar disorder, complex trauma and personality difficulties. The psychological therapies team includes both clinical psychologists and CBT psychotherapists who offer a range of interventions including CAT, CBT, EMDR, ACT, family work, DBT-informed work, and CFT.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a qualified highly specialist clinical psychology/ CBT service to service users of the South Recovery service. To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering highly specialised advice and consultation on service users’ psychological care to psychologist/therapist colleagues, non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.

To provide clinical supervision to less experienced psychologists/CBT therapists, assistant(s), trainee(s) or other professionals.

To provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to service users’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans, through team formulation, reflective practice, and other meetings. To work well and develop good professional relationships with a range of colleagues to develop and deliver the service.

In common with all Clinical Psychologists/ CBT therapists, to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with good practice.

To take sole professional responsibility and exercise autonomous professional and clinical judgement within the overall framework of Trust, HCPC, & BPS policies/guidelines/standards.

To manage any waiting lists within the team and participate as a senior clinician in the allocation of cases taking into account skill mix and caseload. To respond to referrals, making autonomous professional and clinical judgements based upon complex information, prioritising accordingly and contributing to multidisciplinary decision making.

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

To manage the workloads of assistant psychologists, and peer recovery workers, where appropriate, within the framework of the team/service’s policies and procedures.

To maintain professional registration as a Clinical Psychologist (practitioner psychologist) with the Health and Care Professions Council. OR to maintain accreditation as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).

We aim to be an organisation that is diverse and inclusive and to meet this aim we welcome applications from people with a wide range of life experience and whose diversity echoes the diversity of Sheffield, that of the people who use our services, and that of the people who may need to use our services but face barriers to access. Please think about your personal values and how these align with our values when you are applying.

We are a Disability Confident employer level 2 and hope to achieve level 3 this year. We offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. When you apply you will have the opportunity to let us know if you require adjustments to be made, please contact us if you are not sure or if you require adjustments to the application process itself.

Our six staff network groups welcome new members, these are:

• The Ethnically Diverse Staff Network Group
• The Disability Staff Network Group
• The Lived Experience Staff Network Group
• The Rainbow Staff Network Group
• The Staff Carers Staff Network Group
• The Women’s Staff Network Group

We know how important flexible working can be to applicants and therefore we encourage you to discuss any working arrangements as part of this process. We will always aim to accommodate requests, wherever possible.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children and as part of our safe recruitment practice the successful applicant(s) will be subject to a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if it is deemed appropriate for the role. The cost of the DBS check (currently up to £48.23) must be met by the successful applicant(s).

When applying for this post you will redirected to complete your application in our preferred applicant management system, Trac. If you are successfully offered a role, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Proven track record of providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups, including across service interfaces and multiple agencies.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for working with people with psychosis, personality difficulties, and complex trauma.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Post-graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the HCPC and/or BPS.
• Registration as a Clinical Psychologist with the HCPC.
• Post-graduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Full accreditation with BABCP for CBT and attended a level 1 or 2 BABCP training programme.

Desirable criteria

• Additional, post-qualification short courses.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Ability to work with service users presenting with complex psychological difficulties, including psychosis, bipolar, complex post-traumatic experiences, and personality difficulties.
• Demonstrable evidence of being able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary settings and teams and possessing good professional interpersonal skills.
• Evidence of drawing on psychological formulations to inform MDT care plans and risk management plans.
• Ability to be part of the wider Leadership team, be a positive role model, and be able to lead on difficult discussions.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision and having formal training in supervision.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Dr Nicola Styring

Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist

Email address: [email protected]

Telephone number: 0114 2716451