Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Job summary

Join Berkshire CAMHS Getting Help Services and help deliver high-quality, evidence-based psychological care to children and young people with anxiety and related mental health difficulties.

Working within a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will undertake specialist assessments, develop formulation-led care plans, deliver evidence-based interventions, and contribute to effective risk assessment and management. You will work collaboratively with families, colleagues, and partner agencies to provide coordinated, psychologically informed care.

As a senior clinician, you will provide supervision, consultation, teaching, and training to junior colleagues, trainees, and the wider team, supporting service quality and professional development.

Initially, you will work within a specialist team delivering interventions for young people with anxiety disorders, OCD, BDD and tic disorders. Over time, you will move into a Berkshire locality Getting Help Team, providing evidence-based interventions for a range of mild to moderate mental health difficulties, including mood disorders. This role may be based in any Berkshire locality.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to develop specialist expertise, leadership skills, and contribute to the ongoing development of an innovative CAMHS service.

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Main duties of the job

1. To be responsible for the delivery of psychologicaltherapy, providingexpert professional leadership and advice relating to the delivery of psychological therapy forcomplex presentations requiring multiple interventions, complex or intensive risk management plans and high levels of multiagency workingin order to ensure and develop consistently high quality, safe andcost effectiveservices for users, working in partnership with key stakeholders internal and external to the Trust.

1. As we develop our on-line offer, to undertake a role in moderating service user activity on theTrustSupport, Hope, Recovery On-Line Network (SHaRON) and toparticipatein on-line discussions and care delivery via this modality.

1. The post holder willbe responsible forexpert psychological assessment, case formulation, riskassessmentand treatment for a designated number of patients presenting with complex mental health difficulties.

1. To provide supervision and mentoring to clinicians and trainees contributing to their professional development and improving the quality of the treatment provided.

1. Regularly leadon and undertake audit and research, adding to the evidence base for practice, development activities andparticipatein quality improvement initiatives to enhance the overall effectiveness of clinical services.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Job responsibilities

The must haves for this role:

1. Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical psychology (or equivalent).

2. Registered and accredited with Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) or UKCP/BPC

3. Evidence of post-qualification training and expert knowledge in multiple psychological models and therapeutic approaches relevant to the service area.

4.Experience of working in evidence-based ways with services users (and their carers/families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of settings.

5.Experienceof managing complex situations concerning safeguarding, risk management,complaintsand investigations.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise thatAItools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants.However, its important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process.AImust not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.

In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedont hesitate to call: Jemma Crocker-Buque telephonenumber01189044664oremail [email protected] delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Post graduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996 or for those who completed their training overseas)
• Registered as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• (Eligibility for) Chartered Membership of British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Clinical supervision training for doctorate psychology trainees (BPS Registered course) and other qualified clinicians

Continuous Professional Development

Essential

• Evidence of post-qualification training and expert knowledge in multiple psychological models and therapeutic approaches relevant to the post and service area. Comprehensive and up to date knowledge of the current evidence-base and developments within the area of specialism
• Training, and where relevant, accreditation in clinical supervision

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable post qualification experience working as a qualified specialist practitioner in the area of specialism
• Experience of working in evidence-based ways with services users (and their carers/families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the range of settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of dealing with highly distressing or emotional circumstances, such as serious mental illness, child and sexual abuse, exploitation, and complex family dynamics
• Experience of delivering interventions across different modalities (e.g. individual, group and systemic-based approaches)
• Experience of working effectively in multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environments
• Experience of providing specialist advice and consultation to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency colleagues to support the psychological care of service users
• Experience of providing effective clinical supervision, mentoring and leadership to junior staff
• Experience of developing and delivering teaching to a range of staff groups
• Experience of carrying out clinical audit, evaluative research and applying the findings
• Experience of service evaluation, quality improvement work and of implementing change from this and from a national and local health or social care change agenda that impacts across services and professions
• Experience of working with and addressing issues of diversity, including experience of working with diversity, multiculturalism, and equality of access to service

Desirable

• Experience of line managing staff (including junior psychological roles)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrable knowledge, skills and abilities in the practice of highly specialised assessment, formulation and intervention, relevant to the specialist modality and service area
• Up to date knowledge of evidence, theory, research, policy and legislation in relation to the service area
• 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
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills enabling the sensitive communication of complex, technical and/or sensitive information to multiple stakeholders both within and outside the NHS
• Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to support, influence and engage with clinicians, stakeholders and service users to create change and improvement.
• The ability and skills to act as an advocate for the service, to engage and foster positive relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of the service within the wider health care system
• Advanced IT skills and the ability to navigate various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS Office/Teams, One Consultation and the Internet)

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Able to work flexibly around working patterns as required
• Ability to travel independently between locations in Berkshire to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position