Band 7 / 8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Are you a psychologist with an interest in inpatient mental health and a passion for bringing psychological approaches to complex systems?
If so, read on!
We are looking for an enthusiastic qualified psychologist to join the Newham Acute Psychology Service (NAPS). This team provides psychological services to the people who reside, work and visit Newham Centre for Mental Health (NCMH). This post is open as a developmental band 7 or 8a.
Why work with us?
You will be encouraged to bring your ideas and creativity to develop the psychology provision in your wards and across the unit. We are keen to develop our staff, but also to learn from staff who join us. Here are some of our current projects:
+ Relational Security and trauma-informed care implementation.
+ Quality improvement projects (e.g. Inpatient Sexual Safety and Reducing Restrictive Practices).
+ Sensory intervention in NCMH (working alongside out therapies colleagues in OT).
+ NCMH ward climate evaluation project
CPD opportunities:
+ Working with our local specialist psychotherapy service.
+ Research opportunities in collaboration with the Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry.
+ CPD towards a Band 8a role (if band 7 developmental role).
+ Local Secondary Care Psychological Services network offers opportunities for learning and connection (e.g. teaching and peer supervision sessions)., You will be responsible for bringing psychological approaches to two adult mental health wards (one male and one female).
Our overall aim within the NAPS team is to foster a compassionate, safe and therapeutic culture for all people within the service. You would be expected to play an active part in planning, prioritising and reflecting on how best to organise your work to move towards this aim.
Roles will include direct interventions with patients in group, individual and family sessions; staff support and development including team formulations, reflective spaces and training; leadership of co-production, evaluation and quality improvement (QI) initiatives within your ward and across NCMH.
We are looking for applicants who bring enthusiasm and creativity around inpatient working. Previous experience working in acute mh services or a considered appreciation of the role of psychology within these settings are desirable. Experience and interest in providing culturally inclusive psychological approaches in NHS services are also highly desirable.
The Trust has embraced flexible working. We are interested in hybrid ways of working that are within the scope of the role including working-from-home opportunities. Job share and flexible working options are also available within this role.
We look forward to welcoming the successful candidate; their ideas, passions and aspirations into our team.

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations., Our mission is to make a positive difference to peoples' lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and beathe these qualities when supporting service users, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations., Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don't stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rate 'Outstanding' in 2021.. We were named in the HSJ's Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.