Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Practitioner Psychologist/Psychotherapist Leading PDCN Interventions
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Job Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, skilled, and enthusiastic Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Therapist who have an interest in the treatment and management of personality disorders and complex needs. They will join our well-established, dynamic, and welcoming Adult Community Psychology Team in South West Essex. They will lead on offering consultations, comprehensive psychological assessment and risk assessments, and evidence-based interventions for clients presenting with difficulties associated with personality disorder.
Grade/Salary: Band 8a
Location: South West Essex (Basildon, Brentwood, and Thurrock)
Hours: 18.75 hours
The Adult Community Psychological Service provides a Tier 2 service to the South Essex locality. The post holder will be expected to provide specialist psychological input to the local community mental health teams comprising the First Response Team (FRT) and Recovery and Wellbeing Team (RWT). The FRT delivers care and interventions to clients newly referred to secondary care mental health services for a period of 6 months. The RWT delivers care plans aligned to recovery focused outcomes to clients with longer-term needs. As a member of the multidisciplinary team, you will also be required to provide consultation, supervision, and teaching to other professionals. The post holder will integrate working with Talking therapies, in-patient, specialist team, and the MDT colleagues.
Main duties of the job
- The role involves developing psychology interventions and an associated strategy for service delivery for working with clients who present risks to themselves and/or others and who have histories of trauma and abuse.
- They will also be involved in supervising Trainee Psychologists as well as Clinical Associate Psychologists (CAPS), which the Psychological Services Directorate has taken an active role in facilitating the recruitment and training of.
- The role also involves offering advice and consultation on client’s psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s and Trust’s policies and procedures.
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The service provides an environment for psychological therapies staff to develop their skills through high-quality supervision and a supported CPD programme, ideal for staff who have an interest in developing specialisms with a focus on career progression. Leadership training is also supported, depending on career progression needs, through the Trust’s internal programme and the NHS Leadership Academy.
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- Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
- Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
- If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice, and counselling.
Benefits
- 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
- Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
- Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
- Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.
Important note: Please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities; we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format, i.e., Braille or audio tape, etc., please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email epunft.recruitment.adverts@nhs.net, and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.
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The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly. However, due to the high number of applications we receive, if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Important Notice: Recently, the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021, state that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised, and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.
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