Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative psychologist to work in the South Westminster Mental Health Hub as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary service designed to deliver a new model of care working closely with Primary Care Networks and other community services . The team works with clients with severe and enduring mental health problems including psychosis, bipolar affective disorder, complex emotional needs, recurrent depression and complex PTSD.
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Joining our Adult Psychology Service offers the opportunity to develop your skills in psychosocial interventions for complex difficulties and for working with multi-disciplinary teams. You will be part of a supportive group of psychologists, with good supervision structures and access to opportunities within the borough and wider trust for development of special interests and the sharing of specialist knowledge, such as . The service is supportive of continuing professional development and has close links with several regional Clinical & Counselling Psychology Training Courses., As part of a wider psychological therapies team, the post holder will be responsible for providing clinical psychology services to improve clinical outcomes for service users experiencing problems associated with psychosis and complex mental health problems. The post holder would be able to access specialist schema, trauma therapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy supervision, as we use these approaches amongst others, to think about the difficulties our service users are struggling with. Using these approaches, we offer a program of group and individual Psychological therapy.
The post holder will be expected to provide specialist psychological assessment and effective evidence based interventions and advice, consultation and training on aspects of psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines as well as advice, family interventions and consultation to non-professional carers.
The post holder will have experience of working with people who have severe and enduring mental health problems (across the age span). Excellent psychological assessment and intervention skills are required, especially in the delivery of NICE recommended interventions. They will be expected to contribute to and initiate service developments related to psychological care.
We are interested in candidates with interests in specialist therapies such as Schema therapy, CBTp, Family Interventions (FIp), MBCT, DBT, EMDR and Systemic approaches. We are also interested in candidates with experience of running therapeutic groups and programmes.
The post holder will have a strong commitment to the recovery model, multi-disciplinary working, service user and carer involvement, and working with people who are cautious about engaging with mental health services. Strong team skills and confidence in providing consultation, training and supervision to other staff is essential
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

Are you an experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to join a service at a time of exciting change?
We are looking for applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic 8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist who are committed to delivering patient-focused care and treatment.
We are keen to invest in the development of new practitioners joining our service to enhance their knowledge, skills, clinical practice, leadership and confidence in working in this area. We are therefore looking for applicants who either have experience in Adult mental Health or have a good foundation of transferable skills and an interest to develop in this area.
We especially welcome applications from candidates with the valuable experience of the diverse social and cultural communities the Trust serves as we are seeking to ensure our psychology staffing has greater diversity and better represents local communities. The successful candidate will be supported to develop their career and flourish as a valued member of the psychology staff group. There are also a number of support systems within the Trust including staff peer networks.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.
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