Band 8a Clinical Psychologist / Highly Specialist CBT Therapist -Bristol

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Clinical Psychologist/Highly Specialist CBT Therapist who is passionate about clinical work and developing and improving high quality mental health services in Bristol.

Supported by the Complex Psychological Therapies team, this role is based in The South Bristol Assessment and Recovery Team.

You will be delivering specialist psychological assessment and therapy, consultation and supporting staff in delivering psychological interventions under supervision. The ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams will be essential to developing your role. You will need to be well organised with the ability to prioritise your work according to clinical need and liaise effectively with team colleagues and professionals in other agencies.

You will also be providing leadership and training to staff in Community Mental Health Services across Bristol

Bristol is a vibrant and interesting place to work with huge diversity in terms of both staff and service users.

Main duties of the job

To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy to service users and carers using the South Bristol Assessment and Recovery Team.

To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients' formulation and psychological management to other non-psychologist colleagues.

To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by the South Bristol Assessment and Recovery Team.

To take on a Lead role for CPI provision in the Complex Psychological Interventions Service (CPI), including Service Development

To hold management Supervision for other Psychological Therapists working in the South Bristol Assessment and Recovery Team.

To clinically supervise trainees and less experienced Psychological Therapy staff, and other professionals.

To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the areas served by the Complex Psychological Interventions Service.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.