Counselling / Clinical Psychologist in Complex Care
Job Description
Job summary
Queensway Hospital (Rotherham) is looking for a part time (3 days/week) HCPC registered clinical or counselling psychologist skilled at working with adults with complex mental health and co-morbid presentations e.g. ASC, complex trauma, personality disorders, functional neurological disorder, disordered eating, depression, OCD and self-harm. Salaries in the region of £55 to £60 K (pro rata) will be negotiated depending on experience.
Main duties of the job
The post is integral in supporting and developing psychological perspectives across the MDT as well as in providing assessment, formulations and therapy to patients and their families. Specialist psychological interventions (in individual, family and group settings) and therapeutic relationships play an important role in supporting vulnerable adults to overcome their mental health difficulties and prepare for life outside of hospital. The post will be supervised by a consultant or senior clinical psychologist and you will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, other psychologists, assistant psychologists, and therapeutic support workers and autism champions (i.e. with psychology undergraduate degrees) on the unit and as part of the psychological services team who work closely across the Ellern Mede hospital sites.
Ellern Mede has a reputation as a unit of last resort treating some of the most complex patients in the UK. As such, we are committed to offering evidence-based treatments, but also want to create opportunities to expand the evidence-base and knowledge in the field. Consequently, there will be excellent opportunities for research, training, teaching, service improvement and service evaluation projects. We have a fortnightly Academic Forum across the group which you will be able to join for CPD and presentations from internal and external speakers. The role will include opportunities for research and clinical/counselling psychology trainee placements.
About us
Queensway Hospital is a Mental Health service in association with the Ellern Mede Group We provide individualised, person-centred care for our patients. Our multidisciplinary team (MDT) collaborates with patients, families, and professionals to enhance mental health and wellbeing. Care is delivered across the spacious Elizabeth Ward, with Elizabeth Lower downstairs and Elizabeth Upper upstairs. We Offer In our service, we collaborate with commissioning teams to keep admissions as brief as possible, based on each patient's bespoke care plan. Our goal is to support recovery and reintegration into the community by offering choice and developing trust with all our partners. We work closely with community teams to reduce hospital stays and help prevent future admissions - this is central to our mission. We offer a wide range of support, including:
Job responsibilities
The post is integral in supporting and developing psychological perspectives across the MDT as well as in providing assessment, formulations and therapy to patients and their families. Specialist psychological interventions (in individual, family and group settings) and therapeutic relationships play an important role in supporting vulnerable adults to overcome their mental health difficulties and prepare for life outside of hospital. The post will be supervised by a consultant or senior clinical psychologist and you will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, other psychologists, assistant psychologists, and therapeutic support workers and autism champions (i.e. with psychology undergraduate degrees) on the unit and as part of the psychological services team who work closely across the Ellern Mede hospital sites. Ellern Mede has a reputation as a 'unit of last resort' treating some of the most complex patients in the UK. As such, we are committed to offering evidence-based treatments, but also want to create opportunities to expand the evidence-base and knowledge in the field. Consequently, there will be excellent opportunities for research, training, teaching, service improvement and service evaluation projects. We have a fortnightly Academic Forum across the group which you will be able to join for CPD and presentations from internal and external speakers. The role will include opportunities for research and clinical/counselling psychology trainee placements.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist within Adult Mental Health.
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of supervision of staff.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adult and young people across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Post qualification experience of working with patients (and their families) with eating disorders , complex care and/or associated co-morbidities (e.g. ASD, complex trauma, EUPD, depression, OCD, self-harm).
- Experience of the application of clinical or counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of providing consultation / training for staff
- Experience of supervision of trainee or assistant psychologists or other psychologists.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology including specific models of psychopathology and psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
Desirable
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Ellern Mede Group
Address
Queensway Hospital
136 Moorgate Road
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 3AZ
United Kingdom
