Job Description

This post involves working within North Tyneside Specialist Community Psychology Service that offers a range of psychological interventions to patients presenting with psychological difficulties. The Team of Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists and Specialist Psychological Therapists offer psychological interventions for people in the community who are experiencing mental health difficulties. These difficulties may be complex and longstanding and may link to early developmental trauma. We offer a range of groups/courses, psychological interventions and therapies to meet the needs of the population we serve.



We are a warm, supportive team, and we are keen to offer a range of opportunities for the successful candidate, in order to support their career development. We place a strong emphasis on clinical supervision and CDP opportunities.



We are looking for an experienced mental health professional to join our Service Access Team as a Community Mental Health Co-ordinator, within North Tyneside Specialist Community Psychology Service. The role supports patients from the point they access the service, through the assessment process and into treatment. You will also liaise both internally within the service and externally with other agencies to ensure that clients receive the best possible care while assessing patients suitability for a range of therapeutic interventions within the service.



The successful applicant will demonstarte sound decision- making skill within service procedures and guidance.



You will work with your team to identify service developments that improve patient experience and care and put these into practice. You will work with the team in supporting the range of psychological interventions delivered across the psychology service, this will include the facilitation of group work, triage and the ability to conduct comprehensive psychological assessments and risk assessments to manage clinical risk of patients with complex mental health needs.



We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.



Involvement in all aspects of service access including referral triage, psychology assessments, risk assessments, clinical pathway decision making and liaising with external services to support client needs. You will support patients who may not be suitable for North Tyneside Specialist Community Psychology Service, co-facilitate group work, provide and receive clinical supervision where appropriate.



The team is a new development within the service so you will work together to identify new opportunities and ways of working that support patients both within the service and across the local mental health system.