Highly Specialist Psychologist / Psychological Therapist

We are delighted to advertise this 8a post at the National Psychosis Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital. The post holder will support the Consultant Clinical Psychologist to provide an excellent psychological service to the ward. The post holder will have experience supporting psychologists and psychotherapists (including trainees and pre-qualified staff) to work effectively, compassionately and collaboratively. The post holder will deliver evidenced based psychological interventions for people experiencing psychosis and their carers and families. The post holder will support staff to increase the psychological safety on the ward and support compassionate and trauma informed ways of working. Supporting staff on the ward will be in an important aspect of the role. This post also offers opportunities for research and continuing professional development. The unit enjoys excellent research links with departments at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London and the Doctoral Clinical Training Course. The service and Directorate have a long tradition in supporting psychology practitioners in developing clinical expertise in novel and emerging areas of working with psychosis.Main duties of the job To provide highly specialist psychological interventions for psychosis (individual, family, and carer) in a ward setting. To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment. To provide clinical supervision and consultation. To promote service evaluation, audit, and research. To work as an autonomous professional within registration body guidelines and codes of conduct adhering to local policies. To facilitate a monthly staff support group, and to participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate. To facilitate monthly case formulation and discussion spaces to support psychologically informed care and treatment planning. To provide a psychological perspective to clinical team discussions for example in ward rounds, CPAs, management rounds, and team discussions. To contribute to care through treatment planning and discharge planning as required. To take an active role in the multidisciplinary approach to safe patient care and to take appropriate action in relation to safe guarding concerns within the remit of the role.

• To contribute to delivering teaching and training to the team.
• To support the development of an anti-racist and trauma informed culture on the ward.
• To support staff wellbeing., the Maudsley Pharmacy and other national specialist mental health services. The service aims to enhance quality of life through collaborative working towards recovery. Benefits include reduction in psychosis, less frequent episodes of illness, improved social functioning, better understanding of psychosis by the patient and carers and enhanced engagement with physical and mental health care plans. The ward currently has 18 beds (separate male and female wings) managed by a multidisciplinary team.
  
  We are delighted to advertise this 8a post at the National Psychosis Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital. The National Psychosis Unit is a clinical-academic tertiary service offering innovative individualised evidence-based multidisciplinary strategies to help those people with complex psychosis, including schizo-affective disorder, where standard treatment guidelines have proven ineffective or have not been tolerated. The service aims to enhance quality of life through tailored treatments and promotion of recovery thus reducing the need for high intensity placements and the risk of readmission. Our specialist service is supported through established partnerships with the Departments of Psychosis Studies and Psychology based within the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London. We also liaise with clinical experts within other specialties across King's College London and King's Health Partners. The National Psychosis team is closely linked to