Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist
Are you an experienced Psychotherapist orClinical/Counselling Psychologist with a passion for improving care for peoplewith complex emotional needs?
We are looking for a skilled and compassionate clinician tojoin the Exeter Core Teams within Devon Partnership NHS Trust.
This Band 8a, 0.8 WTE role offers an exciting opportunity toprovide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention, with aparticular focus on Mentalisation-Based Treatment (MBT). You will hold a specialistcaseload, support the delivery and clinical oversight of the Exeter MBTprogramme, and help develop a coherent pathway for people with complexemotional needs across the Eastern locality.
Working closely with community mental health teams,Psychology and Psychological Therapies, inpatient and community services, youwill provide expert consultation, supervision, teaching and leadership to support wider workforce capability and psychologically informed care.
You will practise autonomously within professional and Trustgovernance frameworks while contributing to service development andhigh-quality, evidence-based care.
Applicants must hold an appropriateprofessional qualification and registration, alongside MBT Practitioner-leveltraining and experience of working with people with complex emotional needs.
Main duties of the job
You will undertake highly specialist psychological andpsychotherapeutic assessments, develop complex formulations and deliverindividual and group interventions, principally Mentalisation-Based Treatment.You will manage a specialist caseload and work sensitively with people,families and carers where communication, risk and emotional needs may becomplex.
As a locality link clinician for complex emotional needs, youwill provide expert advice, consultation and guidance to multidisciplinarycolleagues across community and inpatient services. You will support teams withcare planning, engagement, and promotepsychologically informed and reflective practice.
You will provide clinical oversight to the Exeter MBT programme,support fidelity to the model and contribute to provision across the widerlocality. The role includes supervising and developing staff, trainees andvolunteers; delivering teaching and training; and contributing to serviceredesign, audit, research and evaluation. You Will maintain accurate clinicalrecords, collect outcome data and work collaboratively with senior leaders andpartner services to strengthen an integrated, evidence-based pathway acrossDevon.
About us
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people’s recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience – we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which will provide further information on this role
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Qualified Clinical / Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent) or Qualified Psychodynamic / Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist.
- Additional specialist experience and/or training working with people who have complex emotional needs including personality disorder diagnoses.
- Recognised mentalization based Treatment: Practitioner Level Qualification
- Registration with BPC/ UKCP/ HCPC or other regulatory/professional body for psychological therapy consistent with NHSE recognised registers guidance.
- Further Qualification/ training in a relevant clinical specialism such as: Adaptive Mentalisation Based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT)
- Supervisors Qualification in MBT and or other
- Reflective Practice training
Skills and abilities
- Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills.
- Strong leadership qualities, resilience and ability to handle ambiguity and uncertainty.
- Skills in managing conflict, negotiation and achieving consensus in complex situations in the pursuit of agreed strategic aims.
- Ability to integrate complex data, make highly skilled evaluations and decisions and take a long-term perspective.
- Proven organisational, planning and time management skills.
- Ability to understand flow of patients and forward planning of service to prevent unnecessary gaps in provision
- Ability to work under pressure and cope with deadlines.
- Calm, methodical approach, friendly but concise
- Good communication skills when presenting/facilitating to varying groups of people
Knowledge
- Broad knowledge of specialist services and of the services in the NHS where psychotherapy /psychological therapy is commonly applied.
- Extensive knowledge of the skills, practice and knowledge base of psychotherapy /psychological therapy.
- Knowledge of the policy context of specialist psychotherapy / psychological services within the organisation and of clinical leadership arrangements in this setting.
Experience
- Experience of working with services users who present with Complex Emotional Needs / personality disorders and complex lives in a range of settings
- Experience of delivering teaching/ training and supervision.
- Experience and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality.
- Experience of undertaking leadership roles within psychotherapy services in the NHS and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi disciplinary, multi agency contexts.
Other
- Highly skilled in specialist interventions with the client group.
- Advanced psychotherapeutic assessment and formulation skills including risk assessment.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£57,528 to £64,750 a yearpro rata (30 hours per week)
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