Job Description

This role is for a dynamic clinical psychologist with experience in acute care, to work within the HTT team and crisis pathway. This role will involve working with other psychological professionals and MDT to ensure a systematic provision of a highly specialist, psychology service which meet key objectives around preventing admissions, supporting service users and families through a flexible approach as well as supporting the development of trauma informed practices which enhance service user experience and improved outcomes.Main duties of the job

• Specialist assessments, formulations and interventions, which include individual, group and family work where needed.
• Facilitate Case Formulation and Reflective Practice for a specific team within Newham.
• Clinically supervising assistant psychologists, trainee psychologists, other psychological therapy staff and non-psychological staff where appropriate.
• Apply the principles of recovery to empower service users through a variety of psychological interventions taking into account a range of systemic impact on mental health
• Working with diverse communities with different cultural/spiritual beliefs. This includes working with interpreters where required.
• Develop working partnerships with other services across Newham (e.g Early Intervention, Acute, community teams) as well develop links with third sector organisations.
• Undertake clinical audit and quality improvement tasks to improve outcome and enhance service user experience.
• Engage in teaching, training and ongoing training as required

About usOur mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.Date posted25 April 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8aSalaryxc2xa359,490 to xc2xa366,239 a year per annum Inc HCAsContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number363-NEW7080418-AJob locationsNewham Centre for Mental HealthGlen Road, Cherry Tree WayPlaistow, London.E13 8SPJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesThe post holder will be responsible for providing psychological interventions directly and indirectly to individuals in the context of an MDT approach. It will provide input into the Home Treatment Team and will be flexible to work with service users in their homes. It will include addressing the needs of service users with physical and mental health conditions, including substance misuse, dementia/delirium, learning disabilities and medically unexplained symptoms. Opportunities for teaching, consultation and case formulation to multi-disciplinary teams within the Crisis Pathway will be an important part of the role as will be the supervision of doctoral trainees, psychology assistants and other professionals. The post holder will work closely with MDT team across the crisis pathway as well as lead psychologists supporting clinical leadership within the complex emotional needs pathway and psychosis pathway. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesThe post holder will be responsible for providing psychological interventions directly and indirectly to individuals in the context of an MDT approach. It will provide input into the Home Treatment Team and will be flexible to work with service users in their homes. It will include addressing the needs of service users with physical and mental health conditions, including substance misuse, dementia/delirium, learning disabilities and medically unexplained symptoms. Opportunities for teaching, consultation and case formulation to multi-disciplinary teams within the Crisis Pathway will be an important part of the role as will be the supervision of doctoral trainees, psychology assistants and other professionals. The post holder will work closely with MDT team across the crisis pathway as well as lead psychologists supporting clinical leadership within the complex emotional needs pathway and psychosis pathway.Person SpecificationEducation/QualificationEssential

• Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
• Registration with the The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Desirable

• Additional training in systemic therapy/working with families
• Training in single session models/EMDR

ExperienceEssential

• Significant experience of work as a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in NHS settings.
• Experience of working with people who experience psychosis, personality disorder and complex depression and anxiety.
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of providing a clinical service to a multicultural population, including working with interpreters.
• Able to contribute a psychological perspective in work with other professionals.

Desirable

• Experience of working as a psychologist with at least three service user/care groups.
• Experience of the CPA system.
• Experience of supervising others' clinical work.
• Understanding of the supervisory process.
• Able to deliver teaching and training events. Experience of developing and delivering highly specialist training programmes.

Knowledge and SkillsEssential

• Communication & Relationship skills: Able to provide & receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive and sometimes hostile atmosphere, in a range of relationships and settings.
• Able to use highly specialist skills of empathy to overcome barriers to understanding and acceptance. Sensitive and respectful approach to the needs of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties, their families and carers.
• Able to build good working relationships with other professionals.
• Committed to reflective practice
• Analytical & judgemental skills
• Able to draw upon a broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations
• Able to compare and select from a range of intervention options, (minimum of two therapeutic orientations) based on formulation.
• Able to provide brief and longer term therapeutic interventions.
• Able to understand the complexity involved in working with people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. Understanding of the CPA system. Awareness of government frameworks and guidelines relating to mental health, e.g. NSF, NHS plan, Treatment Choice in Psychological Therapies
• Experience in facilitating/leading group/team discussions.
• Able to apply at least one theoretical framework to the understanding of organisational processes.

Desirable

• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis.

Person SpecificationEducation/QualificationEssential

• Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
• Registration with the The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Desirable

• Additional training in systemic therapy/working with families
• Training in single session models/EMDR

ExperienceEssential

• Significant experience of work as a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in NHS settings.
• Experience of working with people who experience psychosis, personality disorder and complex depression and anxiety.
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of providing a clinical service to a multicultural population, including working with interpreters.
• Able to contribute a psychological perspective in work with other professionals.

Desirable

• Experience of working as a psychologist with at least three service user/care groups.
• Experience of the CPA system.
• Experience of supervising others' clinical work.
• Understanding of the supervisory process.
• Able to deliver teaching and training events. Experience of developing and delivering highly specialist training programmes.

Knowledge and SkillsEssential

• Communication & Relationship skills: Able to provide & receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive and sometimes hostile atmosphere, in a range of relationships and settings.
• Able to use highly specialist skills of empathy to overcome barriers to understanding and acceptance. Sensitive and respectful approach to the needs of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties, their families and carers.
• Able to build good working relationships with other professionals.
• Committed to reflective practice
• Analytical & judgemental skills
• Able to draw upon a broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations
• Able to compare and select from a range of intervention options, (minimum of two therapeutic orientations) based on formulation.
• Able to provide brief and longer term therapeutic interventions.
• Able to understand the complexity involved in working with people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. Understanding of the CPA system. Awareness of government frameworks and guidelines relating to mental health, e.g. NSF, NHS plan, Treatment Choice in Psychological Therapies
• Experience in facilitating/leading group/team discussions.
• Able to apply at least one theoretical framework to the understanding of organisational processes.

Desirable

• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis.

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