Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist / Psychological Therapist

Senior Clinical Psychologist/ Counselling Psychologist/ Psychological Therapist: Band 8a, 30 hours per week.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Psychologist, or Psychological Therapist to be part of a psychological intervention team offering a range of therapies to those presenting with significant mental health difficulties as part of the Newcastle North and East Adult Community Treatment Team (CTT) a multi-disciplinary service.

The post sits within the psychosis pathway, offering interventions for service users with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. We work alongside a range of specialist NHS and third sector services, such as eating disorder, or First Episode Psychosis teams.

The successful candidate will be based at Molineux Health Centre in Newcastle within an established psychology service. It should be noted that the team base is likely to move to Benton House in Sandyford, Newcastle, in the future. The team is made up of psychologists and psychological therapists offering a range of evidence- based psychological interventions, including CBT, EMDR, DBT, and CAT. You will be working alongside committed psychological therapies staff, supported by a dedicated and experienced MDT, with a progressive and supportive leadership team., The post-holder is responsible for providing a qualified specialist psychological therapy to clients in a Newcastle North and East CTT, providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapeutic interventions, in addition to clinical supervision, advice and consultation to colleagues, and to other non-professional carers, on psychological aspects of evidence-based assessment, formulation, care and treatment.The post holder will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that high quality individualised care is delivered which ensures safety and a commitment to promoting recovery and wellbeing and maximising independence.The post-holder will provide clinical supervision and clinical consultation/ advice in accordance with service needs.The post-holder will take a lead role within the team for psychological treatments in the psychosis pathway, including responsibility for checking adherence to NICE guidance through clinical supervision and monitoring.The
post-holder will provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.The post-holder will contribute to training on a multi-disciplinary basis.The post-holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and other research within the remit of the post.The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.