Consultant Practitioner Psychologist / Psychological Therapist

We are eager to recruit a Consultant Practitioner Psychologists or Consultant Psychological Therapist passionate about working with service users and MDT staff in our inpatient services, sited at Lynfield Mount and Airedale General Hospitals. The post hold will clinically lead and manage the psychological staff working into our inpatient wards and work with the inpatient leadership team to support people to get their needs met and develop their strengths in as proactive and effective manner as possible, ensuring all work is underpinned by the principles of a trauma informed approach. Staff support & development through supervision, training, reflective practice & psychological debriefing/safe spaces are key components of the role.

The successful candidate will be experienced working with adults with complex mental health needs and familiar with working through a trauma informed lens to understand what has happened to people and ways to alleviate their distress. It will help if they've experience of working with people and teams in a range of settings, in particular inpatient environments. We welcome innovation, creativity and holistic ways of working to meet the needs of our diverse communities.

Bradford is the 6th largest city in the UK. The Trust patch goes from urban Bradford right up to Settle, Ingleton and beyond. The Bradford metropolitan area is vibrant and culturally diverse with over 140 different languages spoken, with people who origins are from the South Asian continent and Eastern Europe.

Communities in our catchment range are from some of the most deprived to the most affluent, from inner city to rural farmlands and market towns. Working for BDCFT creates opportunities to work with people who face a range of challenges and present with degrees of complexity. BDCFT aspires to be trauma informed in its provision of treatment and care to people referred and their families and in its support of staff with a heavy emphasis on the wellbeing of the workforce with a strong governance structure. Psychological principles and services are central to the fair and compassionate culture of the organisation, contributing proactively to the presence of a psychologically aware and skilled workforce alongside providing evidence-based, formulation driven therapy provision. We seek someone passionate about working with diversity and marginalised communities as part of a multi disciplinary team committed to reducing health inequalities and providing trauma informed psychological services.
Now is an exciting time to join the organisation as we work more closely with our vibrant third sector providers and grass root community organizations., Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value differenceWe Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needsWe Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partnersWe will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :Increase mileage rates for > 3500A wide range of health and wellbeing support packagesA range of internal and external development and learning opportunitiesPlus many more.We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and
to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.