Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist
Job Description
Job summary
12-Month Fixed-Term / Secondment Maternity Cover Opportunity (30 Hours per Week, 0.8 WTE) Exeter Core Community Teams
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified psychologist, psychotherapist, or psychological therapist to join the Exeter Core Community Teams on a 12-month fixed-term contract or secondment to provide maternity cover , working 30 hours per week (0.8 WTE) .
We are a diverse, skilled, and innovative multidisciplinary team committed to delivering high-quality psychological care within community adult mental health services. The successful candidate will provide psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based psychological therapies for adults presenting with a broad range of mental health difficulties.
The role will also involve supporting the development of psychologically informed practice across the multidisciplinary team through activities such as supervision, consultation, reflective practice, training, and joint working with colleagues.
This post offers an excellent opportunity to work collaboratively within a supportive community mental health setting, contributing to both direct clinical work and the wider psychological provision within the service.
Applications are welcomed from:
- Clinical Psychologists
- Counselling Psychologists
- Psychotherapists
- Psychological Therapists
Applicants must be registered with an appropriate professional regulatory body and hold a relevant qualification at Master's level or above.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
The principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health & wellbeing of adults with complex and severe mental health difficulties.
Main duties include:
1. Providing psychological therapy interventions to people as a key component of services provided by Devon Partnership Trust.
2. Providing local clinical leadership, co-ordination and supervision for trainees and volunteers employed by or attached to the service, under the general direction and supervision of the Professional Lead.
3. Carrying a specialist caseload of clients, and providing advice and consultancy to patients, family members, carers and professionals.
4. The post holder will be supported by senior colleagues within their specialist field. The post holder will be expected to make good use of the expertise of others within the service to further develop their clinical skills with this client group.
5. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service / local team.
6. The post holder will receive regular professional and clinical supervision in accordance to Trust policy and to Professional Practice Guidelines set out by the British Psychological Society or appropriate designated Professional Body. Observe, and abide by all relevant Professional Codes of Conduct and Practise including the British Psychological Society.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job responsibilities
Job description
The principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health & wellbeing of people within the post-holders specialist field of practice. This will be achieved in this post through undertaking the following areas of responsibility:
1. Providing a Clinical/Counselling Psychology or Psychotherapy service to peoplereferred to the service as a key component of services provided by Devon Partnership Trust
2. Providing local clinical leadership, co-ordination and supervision for trainees and volunteers employed by or attached to the psychology service, under the general direction and supervision of the Professional Lead
3. Carrying a specialist caseload of clients, and providing advice and consultancy to patients, family members, carers and professionals.
4. To provide clinical supervision and consultation to the wider community mental health teams in the locality as part of integrated mental health team working.
5. The post holder will be supported by senior colleagues within their specialist field. The post holder will be expected to make good use of the expertise of others within the service to further develop their clinical skills with this client group.
6. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service / local team.
7. The post holder will receive regular professional and clinical supervision in accordance to Trust policy and to Professional Practice Guidelines set out by the British Psychological Society or appropriate designated Professional Body. Observe, and abide by all relevant Professional Codes of Conduct and Practise including the British Psychological Society. The post holder will be fully registered with the Health Professions Council as a condition of employment.
Communication and Working Relationships
- Clients, family and carers: To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner with clients who may have specific difficulties in understand and/or communicating and who may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotionally disturbed.
- Multidisciplinary team colleagues: To work closely with colleagues in the multi-professional integrated mental health and wellbeing service on a day to day basis.
- Health & social care staff: To communicate with a wide range of health & social care staff in hospital and in community settings in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, complex and sensitive information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under the services care. To provide support & guidance in the application of psychological principles and techniques, and to foster reflective practice.
- Senior managers & professional staff: To maintain and build good working relationships with senior professional staff and managers across the Psychology and Therapy service and in DPT to foster a positive approach to the integrated mental health and wellbeing service and to enable effective negotiation.
Planning and Organisation
- The service: To plan and prioritise own workload, balancing the demands of patient care, support and guidance of carers and professionals and service research and development activities.
- To contribute to the planning and organising of the psychology and therapy services within the locality area and to contribute to the development and improvement of provision of psychological services within services to best meet the organisations strategy and priorities.
- The multidisciplinary service: To provide psychology/therapy knowledge to the multi-professional planning, development and marketing of mental health and wellbeing services.
- Responsibility for Judgement and Analysis
- To provide specialist clinical/counselling psychology/psychological therapy expertise and advice.
- To provide psychological therapies/other therapies, developing specialist psychological formulations and assessments of clients, formulating plans for their psychological treatment and implementing specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
- To support the Professional Head, General Manager, Practice and Strategic Development Leads and Professional Leads by undertaking service development and redesign projects and coordinating the resulting work within the team.
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