Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
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Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
We are seeking an enthusiastic Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join our CAMHS Tier 4 Alternative to Admission Day Hospital and Home Treatment service. Our service provides interventions for young people (ages 12-18) presenting with complex mental health issues including eating disorders, psychosis and mania, OCD and emotion dysregulation requiring Tier-4 level care, but who benefit from a more flexible, community based approach.
Working within an innovative and supportive multidisciplinary team and supported by senior clinicians, you will deliver high-quality psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions. You will support with risk management and liaise with external agencies where required. You will contribute to the team’s learning culture through supervision, mentoring and training, while championing diversity, inclusion, and trauma-informed, culturally sensitive practice to improve outcomes for service users and staff.
We are based at Wokingham Hospital but require the need for flexibility to support the delivery of our home treatment pathway.
Please note: We welcome applications from final-year trainees, individuals who have completed all training requirements except their research portfolio, and those who have achieved their doctorate but are awaiting HCPC registration. Please review the job summary for full details of the conditions of appointment and include your anticipated completion dates in your supporting information.
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Key Responsibilities
- Assessment and Formulation: Conduct clinical assessments and develop clear and detailed psychological formulation of the service user’s presenting difficulties.
- Treatment Planning: In collaboration with the service user, carers, and multi-disciplinary colleagues, develop personalised treatment plans based on service user needs, assessment findings, formulation of the presenting problems, and evidence of effectiveness to support recovery goals and improve quality of life.
- Individual and Group Interventions: Deliver evidence-based psychological interventions using a range of models, specialist techniques and modalities, and adapting interventions based on evolving needs and formulations.
- Collaboration: Collaborate with multidisciplinary team clinicians and multi-agency representatives to ensure the delivery of integrated and psychologically informed care, coordinating and leading this when required.
- Supervision and Training: In line with experience and development plans, provide supervision and mentorship to junior clinicians and trainees, contributing to their professional development and enhancing the interventions they offer.
- Research and Development: Regularly undertake applied research that contributes to the evidence base for clinical practice, as well as participating in quality improvement initiatives to enhance the overall effectiveness of services.
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About Us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re 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
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Benefits of Working for Us
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ 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
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Louise Bradbury
- Job Title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email Address: louise.bradbury@berkshire.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 01189046888
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