Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS Reading Sp Comm Team
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- 18 months (Fixed term end date will be determined after pre-employment checks have been completed)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 371-TAPCFS407-A
- Employer
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CAMHS Reading Sp Comm Team, Erlegh House, University of Reading
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- 拢55,877 - 拢62,626 per annum , pro rata ( Incl of HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Band 8a
Job overview
Join our award-winning Berkshire CAMHS West Specialist Community Team as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist!
We are offering an opportunity to join our dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary team in a part time role based at Erlegh House and covering the Reading听locality. This role is part-time听(0.6wte, 3 days a week) for a听fixed term contract听of 18 months.鈥We work Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm.
Why Join Us?
听Our Specialist Community Teams deliver high-quality, holistic mental health care for children and young people with moderate to severe complex mental health needs. Working closely with other CAMHS teams and partner agencies, we鈥檙e committed to making a real difference in the lives of young people and their families. We recently won the 鈥淓xcellence in Practice鈥 award in Berkshire Healthcare鈥檚 all-star awards.
What Will You Do?
- Conduct specialist assessments and deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
- Provide care coordination tailored to the unique needs of each young person and family.
- Take on a clinical leadership role, supporting the team and supervising junior colleagues.
- Enjoy dedicated clinical supervision and access to a wealth of professional development opportunities.
Applications for this role will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early.
Main duties of the job
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Provide comprehensive assessments and therapeutic interventions to young people and their families, as appropriate.鈥鈥听
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Provide care co-ordination for young people open to the Service.鈥听
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Independently manage an appropriately sized caseload.鈥听
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Use supervision effectively.鈥听
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Offer supervision and training to junior colleagues and other agencies as appropriate.鈥鈥听
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Work with colleagues to support the clinical leadership of the team.鈥听
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Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and within a multiagency system.鈥听
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Work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice.鈥鈥听
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Contribute to audit, service development and research, as appropriate.听
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Maintain own continuing professional development and contribute to team professional development initiatives.鈥鈥听
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 鈥榦utstanding鈥 by the CQC, we鈥檙e committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we鈥檙e committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days鈥 annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 鈥楥ycle to Work鈥 and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The 鈥渕ust haves鈥 for this role:听
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Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling听
psychology (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996 or for
those who completed their training overseas) which provides听
eligibility for Chartered Membership of British Psychological Society
(BPS) and 听Registered and accredited with the Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist -
Experience of working in CAMHS鈥
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The ability to manage a complex caseload of patients autonomously.鈥
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Car driver with ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites.鈥鈥听
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.听听
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.听听
奥别鈥檙别 committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.听听听
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please 诲辞苍鈥檛 hesitate to contact: Christina Subrai by email at : [email protected]听 飞丑辞鈥檒濒 be delighted to help.听
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.听
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- For Clinical/Counselling Psychologist: Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996 or for those who completed their training overseas) which provides eligibility for Chartered Membership of British Psychological Society (BPS)
- For Clinical/Counselling Psychologist: Registered and accredited with the Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist
- For All : Additional training/ accreditations (willingness to undertake or working towards these) to reflect post qualification specialism (e.g. Health Psychology, Neuropsychology, BABCP, UKCP, ACAT, EMDR-UK, BPS,).
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of post-qualification training and expert knowledge in multiple psychological models and therapeutic approaches relevant to the service area. Having a robust awareness of the current evidence-base and new developments within the area of specialism
- Training in clinical supervision.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable post qualification experience working as a qualified psychologist offering evidence-based therapies for those with PTSD.
- Experience of working in evidence-based ways with services users (and their carers/families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of settings. Also having the ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of dealing with highly distressing or emotional circumstances, such as serious mental illness, child and sexual abuse, exploitation and complex family dynamics.
- Experience of delivering interventions across different modalities (e.g. individual, group and systemic-based approaches).
- Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environments.
- Experience of providing specialist advice and consultation to MDT and multi-agency colleagues to support the psychological care of service users.
- Experience of supervision (including of psychology roles) and ability to offer effective supervision to junior staff.
- Experience of developing and delivering teaching to a range of staff groups
- Experience of service development and carrying out clinical audit, evaluative research and applying the findings
- Experience of service evaluation and implementing change from a national and local health or social care change agenda that impacts across services and professions.
- Experience of working with and addressing issues of diversity, including experience of working with diversity, multiculturalism, and equality of access to service.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable knowledge, skills and abilities in the practice of highly specialised psychological/neuropsychological or psychotherapeutic assessment, formulation and intervention, relevant to the service area.
- Knowledge of evidence base, research, policy and legislation in relation to the service area
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills enabling the sensitive communication of complex, technical and/or sensitive information to multiple stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to support, influence and engage with clinicians, stakeholders and service users to create change and improvement.
- The ability and skills to act as an advocate for the service, to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system.
- Advanced IT skills and the ability to navigate various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS Office/Teams, One Consultation and the Internet).
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel across sites in Berkshire and beyond as required
- Able to work flexibly as required and to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Christina Subrai
- Job title
- Team Manager - SCT West
- Email address
- [email protected]
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