Job summary
- Main area
- Keeping Well NWL
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-LS-PMS-399
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ferguson House
- Town
- Marylebone
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
CBT Therapist/Counselling Psychologist/Clinical Psychologist
Band 7
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated specialist CBT therapist, Counselling/Clinical Psychologist with an interest in developing their skills and experience supporting staff across the health and social care sector.
Alongside some direct clinical work, you will contribute to the development of the educational, training and outreach offer for the Keeping Well NWL service.
We particularly encourage applications from candidates with an interest in supporting Healthcare staff, as well as service development and innovative practice.
Main duties of the job
To provide a therapeutic service to clients of the Keeping Well NWL service, across all sectors of care; providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy.
To assist in the development and delivery of a proactive programme of outreach and engagement with providers of health and care services within the NWL area.
To assist in the development and delivery, in partnership with local employer organisations and teams, training programmes to maintain and support staff wellbeing.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within an IAPT service
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings. including outpatient, community, and primary care settings.
- Experience of the application of CBT in different cultural contexts.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counseling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or post graduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, Occupational therapy) plus a post graduate diploma or higher degree in CBT. Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HPC)
- To be accredited by the BABCP as a provisionally or fully accredited practitioner, or to be able to achieve provisional practitioner accreditation with the BABCP within six months of starting in post.
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Fully accredited with the BABCP
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Experience at working with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at a specialist level.
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- 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.
- Able to work at least one evening session, till 8.00pm.
- Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence.
- Be aware of the limitations in own competencies and seek appropriate senior advice.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Marreyah Haq
- Job title
- Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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