Clinical Psychologist/ CBT Psychotherapist

Sheffield Health and Social Care; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000

Job description

Clinical Psychologist/ CBT Psychotherapist

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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.

About Us
At Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust we provide a range of mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, primary care and other specialist services designed around the needs of people in our city.

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. You will be joining a friendly multidisciplinary team with great prospects for developing a good range of skills in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
To provide a qualified highly specialist clinical psychology/ CBT service to service users of the South Recovery service. Responsibilities include:

1. Providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy.
2. Offering highly specialised advice and consultation on service users' psychological care.
3. Providing clinical supervision to less experienced psychologists/CBT therapists.
4. Managing waiting lists and participating in the allocation of cases.
5. Utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development.
6. Maintaining professional registration as a Clinical Psychologist or accreditation as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist.

Minimum Requirements
Essential criteria include:

• Post-graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology.
• Registration as a Clinical Psychologist with the HCPC.
• Post-graduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
• Experience working with service users presenting with complex psychological difficulties.

We aim to be an organisation that is diverse and inclusive. We welcome applications from people with a wide range of life experiences.

For further details or informal visits, please contact Dr. Nicola Styring, Principal Clinical Psychologist at [email protected]