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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Health Psychology - Mental Health Liaision
Grade
Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Job share
37.5 hours per week (This post will be split across Colchester Hospital and Community)
Job ref
364-A-7771-A
Employer
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Colchester Hospital
Town
Colchester
Salary
£58,972 - £68,525 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Principal Psychologist - Urgent Care Community Pathway

Band 8b

About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

  • We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
  • We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values

Our Vision

“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.

Our Purpose

“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.

Our Values

  • We Care
  • We Learn
  • We Empower

Our strategic objectives

  • We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
  • We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
  • We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
  • We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services

  • Mental Health Services
  • Community Health Services
  • Learning Disabilities Services
  • Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory. 

Job overview

The role of Principal Practitioner Psychologist in Community Urgent Care Pathways (Mental Health Liaison and Home Treatment Team) offers opportunities to work across clinical severity and a range of settings. This the first post to offer a pathway view across these teams and aims to support residents and teams have a more seamless experience of care. 

The post holder will provide high quality psychological care for those in crisis, as well as those who are experiencing a mental health need in the context of a physical health condition. 

The role requires working across mental health and physical health multidisciplinary teams, being able to hold holistic care as the goal in supporting client needs. This role requires excellent communication skills  to liaise with teams both in the acute and community setting in order to support smooth transitions.  

Main duties of the job

  • To lead psychological provision in the mental health liaison service and home treatment team and supervise qualified and training psychologists, and MDT professionals as appropriate
  • To lead on service development with fellow mental health liaison/home treatment leads to ensure that the service meets local needs and national objectives
  • To offer training and consultation to MDT professionals in mental health liaison and acute hospital staff as appropriate.
  • To work as part of the Clinical Health Psychology and Transitions services, engaging with peers to support each other and the shared vision for the directorate
  • Excellent communication skills and rapport building
  • Holding holistic views of clients need and sharing this with other professionals to support positive outcomes
  • To be mindful of language and process when working across settings to support psychological thinking and ethical practice

You will receive support from your Clinical Health and Transitions Psychologists in Mid, South and West Essex. Supervision will be provided by the Head of Clinical Health Psychology and the Head of Transitions Psychology.  There are direct peers in liaison in Basildon, Southend, Broomfield and Harlow and Home Treatment Team in Mid and South Essex.  CPD is actively encouraged, through both internal and external means, as appropriate to post. 

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Open, Compassionate and Empowering. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

  • Season Ticket Loans
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
  • Day One Flexible Employer, the Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees.  We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role.  If appointed, you will have the opportunity for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for specific details about this post.  

If you are interested in the post, please do reach out for an informal conversation. 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • HCPC registered psychologist
  • Has worked as an 8a psychologist
Desirable criteria
  • Has further training in a specific modality/course appropriate to post

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Has worked in mental health settings in the NHS/or equivalent
  • Has worked in physical health settings in the NHS/or equivalent
  • Has worked in MDT settings
  • Has worked with clients in crisis or with highly emotive experiences
  • Has experience of supervising
  • Has experience of teaching/training
Desirable criteria
  • Has worked in mental health liaison or simliar
  • Demonstrates understanding of trauma frameworks
  • Has service development experience
  • Has supervised qualified professionals
  • Has used a range of therapeutic models and demonstrates advances knowledge and skills in at least one

Engagement

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates a desire to work in mental health liasion settings
  • Demonstrates a desire to work with difference and diversity in all areas of work
Desirable criteria
  • Has undertaken reading or courses in working in health settings or with related client group

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDisability confident leaderImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Essex Family Friendly Employers

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Amy Bartlett
Job title
Head of Clinical Health Psychology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07507773397
Additional information

Dr Amy Bartlett - Head of Clinical Health Psychology (Liaison) - [email protected]

Dr Esther Kiehl - Head of Transitions Psychology (Home Treatment Team) - [email protected]

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