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Clinical Psychologist Social Worker/Nurse with CBT training at West London NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom
Job Descrption
We are looking for passionate Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologists or Social Workers/Nurses with CBT training to join our dynamic Mental Health Integrated Network (MINT) Teams. These innovative teams are at the forefront of mental health care, providing comprehensive support across both primary and secondary care for adults in Hammersmith & Fulham.
As part of our MINT team, you'll provide psychological assessments and treatment for adults facing a wide range of complex mental health challenges, including Personality Disorders, Complex Trauma, Psychosis, and Mood Disorders. You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the psychological needs of service users are met through liaison and joint working with services such as IAPT and external agencies, delivering care that is flexible, compassionate, and responsive... to individual needs.
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to the development of innovative mental health services in West London, we'd love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
The post holder would be a member of one of three MDTs in Hammersmith & Fulham, and would be expected to contribute to the development and delivery of treatment pathways within these teams, and to support the teams more generally in formulating and caring for service users.
The psychology team aims to offer a range of evidence-based treatments for the above disorders, including CBT, CBT for psychosis, CFT, ACT, Trauma-Focused CBT, EMDR and DBT. Training in these therapies are available, delivered by expert external providers, and supported with the necessary specialist supervision.
As well as working within an MDT, the post holder will be part of the wider MINT psychology team, covering the three MINT teams in Hammersmith & Fulham. This includes clinical and counselling psychologists, CBT therapists, and clinical associate psychologists, assistant psychologists, psychology students and trainee psychologists. We work together in delivering evidence based group therapies and fostering space for reflective practice. You will also develop close working relationships with other local psychologists in related services.
As already mentioned, there is an excellent CPD programme. Training is available in therapies such as EMDR, DBT and CBT for psychosis, which can lead to accreditation in these therapies. We can also support training in other models to support your personal and professional development where it will enhance the service we are able to offer our service users.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or post graduate training in another core mental health profession (social work, nursing, occupational therapy) plus a post graduate diploma or higher degree in CBT.
• Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HCPC, RMN, etc.)
• To be accredited by the BABCP as a provisionally or fully accredited practitioner, or to be able to achieve provisional practitioner accreditation with the BABCP within six months of starting in post.
Desirable
• Advanced keyboard skills
• Other related academic qualifications
Experience
Essential
• Experience in either a severe and enduring mental disorder or inpatient setting (includes training placements)
Desirable
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Experience of the application of psychology/therapy in different cultural contexts
• Experience of administration, scoring and written interpretation of WAIS tests
• Experience of administration, scoring and written interpretation of formal personality tools and/or neuropsychological assessments
Knowledge
Essential
• Highly developed specialist knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of psychology applied to clinical practice, particularly in respect of adults with severe and enduring mental health needs (including complex emotional needs and trauma history)
Desirable
• Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of psychology
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for work in relevant setting
• Knowledge of SPSS
• Post-graduate level knowledge of research design and methodology
Skills
Essential
• Able to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills such as would be required when communicating in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere
• Able to make judgements involving complex facts or situations, which require the evaluation of a range of options (e.g. the assessment of specialist clinical conditions and the determination of treatment options)
• Able to plan, prioritise and organise own service user caseload, treatment programmes involving other staff, and other aspects of the work such as research activity
• Keyboard skills
• Psychomotor skills necessary to administer complex psychological tests and video equipment
• Able to use database, word processing and test administration/scoring software
Personal
Essential
• Able to function in potentially traumatic circumstances and in highly emotionally distressing circumstances on a frequent basis (e.g. in dealing with service users with complex mental health difficulties, self-harm, histories of trauma and abuse)
• Able to provide services in an environment with service users who may be challenging and where the awareness of risk must always be maintained
• Able to respond adaptably to rapidly changing service demands
• Able to sit for lengthy periods of time while demonstrating active listening skills
Other Requirements
Essential
• Knowledge of the professional code of conduct of the BPS or their professional bodies.
• Must be capable of being guided by precedent, clearly defined policies, procedures and codes of conduct
• Able to reflect on own professional practice through the clinical supervision process
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) and willingness to participate actively in CPD in line with BPS' or their professional body's guidelines
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
• Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
Employer details
Employer name
West London NHS Trust
Address
H& F MINT Central
H and F Claybrook Road
London
W6 8QZ
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
222-LS-MINT-278-A
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Clinical Psychologist Social Worker/Nurse with CBT training at West London NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom
Clinical Psychologist Social Worker/Nurse with CBT training at West London NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom