This post is a fixed term post for 12 months to cover maternity. The role is based in Community Adult Mental Health Teams in the South of the county.
CMHTs are multidisciplinary teams that deliver specialist support and clinical interventions to people with a range of mental health difficulties.
The post-holder will be part of the leadership team within the CMHTs as well as supervising and supporting other practitioner psychologists and team members. Psychologists are valued members of the MDT and are encouraged to play a key role in MDT working. You will work alongside other Principal Psychologists, working in both South and North CMHTs. The Principal psychologists are supported by the Adult Mental Health Psychology Lead.
The postholder will supervise and line manage members of psychology staff who work into the CMHTs. They will also carry out clinical work and we are keen to recruit someone with experience, specialist knowledge and skills of working with severe and enduring mental health difficulties such as complex trauma, psychosis and personality difficulties.
The postholder will also take a leadership role; therefore, leadership skills and the ability to develop innovative practice and play a lead role in service development are essential. We are looking for someone who can contribute at a senior level to the vision for the service, working closely with various stakeholders.
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
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.
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