Clinical / Counselling Psychologist - Personality Disorder Lead

ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Burton End, Essex

Clinical / Counselling Psychologist - Personality Disorder Lead

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ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Burton End, Essex

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 13 Dec | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 2dcc546dae0e43859698c6ade500747a

Full Job Description

Your role in the SMHT will place you alongside experienced psychologists, offering assessment, formulation and provision of evidence-based psychological therapies for people with a wide range of mental health difficulties. We use a trauma-informed consultation approach to support our MDT colleagues to actively engage clients in safety and stabilisation work. This psychologically informed approach to client care ensures that clients are able to make effective use of more formal psychological interventions/therapies.
You will also play a key role in developing local PD&CN services. For example you will be supported to develop a local 'Multi-Agency Forum' which is a much valued space for multi-disciplinary clinical discussion and treatment planning for our complex clients across West Essex. You will also provide specialist supervision, consultation and training to MDT colleagues. This part of the role supports three locality mental health treatment teams in Harlow, Stansted and Loughton. Depending on your level of experience you may also offer supervision to a CAP, to trainees and assistants. You will be supported to link in with other PD&CN leads across Essex.
There is a strong sense of cohesion and support amongst psychologists working in West Essex. We have a monthly District wide meeting where we get together to share our experiences, we have monthly community psychology meetings and a monthly CPD protected session., + To work as an integral member of the Adult Community Psychology Service in West Essex.
+ To provide psychological interventions to service users with highly complex and severe presentations
+ To provide verbal and written formulations for service users presenting with highly complex problem, their families and carers, and other professionals.
+ To offer a regular multi-agency forum for discussion of complex cases
+ To link in with other PD&CN leads across Essex to share best practice and to develop a shared understanding of working with complexity.
+ To take a lead in supporting clinicians working with complexity and trauma.
+ To deliver pre-existing group psychological interventions; to liaise with other professional about the progress of service users attending group interventions.
+ Please see attached job description for further details.
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered 'suitable alternative employment' to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Important Professional References
Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Practitioner Psychologist to take up a split post, working 0.5 WTE within our Personality Disorder and Complex Needs (PD&CN) service and 0.5 WTE in the Specialist Adult Community Mental Health Team (SMHT) based at Stansted, Essex. This post is available at Band 7 or Band 8a, dependent on experience. If appointed at Band 7 this will be a developmental post and the post-holder will work through a preceptorship towards Band 8a level. We are looking for someone interested in developing expertise in specific psychological interventions aimed at reducing risk and addressing emotional dysregulation, preferably Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and we will support further training to achieve this.

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
+ We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
+ We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values
Our Vision
"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".
Our Purpose
"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".
Our Values
+ We Care
+ We Learn
+ We Empower
Our strategic objectives
+ We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
+ We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
+ We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
+ We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
+ Mental Health Services
+ Community Health Services
+ Learning Disabilities Services
+ Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory., The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Covid Vaccination
Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.
If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing [email protected].

We offer a CPD package of up to £6,000 to be used in the first three years of employment following successful completion of the probationary period and linked to the appraisal process as agreed with your line manager., EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
+ Season Ticket Loans
+ NHS discounts for staff
+ Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
+ Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
+ The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
+ Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
+ Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
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What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.