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Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Band 8a Inpatient Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Bristol

Bristol
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Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to work at Callington Road Hospital delivering psychological assessments, formulations and interventions on Alder Rehabilitation Ward, as well as contributing to the site-wide psychology group programme. We use Comprehend Cope Connect as our core model for delivering CBT-based interventions adapted for acute mental health needs. Experience of working on wards or with people experiencing acute mental health problems would be valuable.

The post-holder will join a supportive Inpatient Psychology team with opportunities to link with peers through team meetings and shared projects. This is an exciting time to work in inpatient services to contribute to transformation work which aims to increase the therapeutic and trauma-informed nature of admissions for mental health crisis.

The post-holder will work two days a week on Alder Rehabilitation ward providing psychological assessments, formulations and interventions, as well as leading team formulation and contributing psychological knowledge to the Alder MDT. They will spend a further day running a site-wide CBT based group with Lived Experience Practitioner colleagues and contributing to the Inpatient Psychology team including development/delivery of tasks relating to the Inpatient Transformation Programme.

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About Us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million people.

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At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Contact Information

For further details / informal visits contact:

  • Name: Laura Baxendale
  • Job title: Lead for Bristol Inpatient Psychology
  • Email address: laurabaxendale@nhs.net
  • Telephone number: 07784 239485

Alternative contact is Megan Wilkinson-Tough, Divisional Lead for Inpatient Psychological Therapies

  • Email address: Megan.wilkinson-tough@nhs.net
  • Telephone number: 0117 919 5653
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Skills

Psychological Assessment
Formulation
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Acute Mental Health Care
Clinical Psychology
Counselling Psychology
Trauma-Informed Care
Multidisciplinary Teamwork
Group Therapy
Crisis Intervention

Location

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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