Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Adult Crisis Team
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,972 - £68,525 Pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, MK6 5NG |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6226145/333-D-MK-MH-1116-B |
Summary
A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you an experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to join a service at a time of exciting change?
Here at CNWL we encourage our psychological professions staff to pursue leadership opportunities in senior roles. Various prominent leadership roles within the Trust are currently held by Psychologists including: Director of Strategy and Integration, Chief Information Officer, & Clinical Directors. We facilitate the development of our psychological professions staff across all areas. The professional group is led by our Director of Therapies and our Chief Psychologist, both Consultant Clinical Psychologists.
We are looking for applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic psychologists and therapists who are committed to delivering patient-focused care and treatment. We are looking for well-rounded and experienced practitioners. Our staff work pro-actively, with confidence, motivation and initiative We find that they are often flexible, robust and resourceful and able to manage the challenges of working in an environment which can be demanding.
We prioritize collaboration within our team and with our community partnerships, so we are hoping to find candidates who have the required communication and interpersonal skills that will allow them to thrive when working within their own team and with external partner organizations, in order to provide a meaningful service to the diverse populations we serve.
The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) is a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) of mental health professionals providing a 24-hour, 7 day per week service to people experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis. The team provides an alternative to acute hospital admission by delivering intensive community-based interventions. Where a hospital admission does occur, the CRHTT will assist in shortening the inpatient stay by facilitating early discharge and support back to the community. The post holder will develop and lead the psychology offer within the team, ensuring all care is delivered in a trauma informed care and recovery oriented way. They will contribute to the assessment of patient needs and be responsible for psychological formulation and care planning as well as the delivery of psychological interventions. They will also offer training, supervision and consultation to the team and other professionals. As part of the senior leadership in the team the post holder will be expected to be part of service development, innovation, the accreditation process and liaison with other parts of the system.
The post holder will need to be a qualified and registered therapist or psychologist , with the HCPC or equivalent.
If your application is successful, you will receive regular supervision and support. You will also be linked in with Trust – Wide psychological professions initiatives and events.
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. With us, you will get -
A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.
An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers
Flexible working
Variety of work
Access to a variety of CPD opportunities
We encourage staff input and ideas in relation to moving services forward, improving care pathways and meeting the client group’s needs.
As a Trust we are committed to investing in our staff through a range of initiatives, both profession-specific and organisation wide. Psychological professions staff are able to access a range of trust-wide CPD initiatives. We have partnered with Bespoke and Contextual Consulting to provide some of the profession specific CPD, alongside additional CPD sessions we commission as part of CNWL CPD programme for Psychological Professions. CNWL also has seven established staff networks supporting a range of individual needs.
Take a look at our dedicated website for lots of useful information
Click/copy this link to view.
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work/work-within-mental-health-services-and-psychological-therapies-milton-keynes
Please see individual job descriptions for information as to each role. If candidates are interested in more than one role, please do contact the Lead Psychologist, as there may be opportunities to blend roles or work across more than one team depending on interest and experience.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024
Are you an experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to join a service at a time of exciting change?
Here at CNWL we encourage our psychological professions staff to pursue leadership opportunities in senior roles. Various prominent leadership roles within the Trust are currently held by Psychologists including: Director of Strategy and Integration, Chief Information Officer, & Clinical Directors. We facilitate the development of our psychological professions staff across all areas. The professional group is led by our Director of Therapies and our Chief Psychologist, both Consultant Clinical Psychologists.
We are looking for applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic psychologists and therapists who are committed to delivering patient-focused care and treatment. We are looking for well-rounded and experienced practitioners. Our staff work pro-actively, with confidence, motivation and initiative We find that they are often flexible, robust and resourceful and able to manage the challenges of working in an environment which can be demanding.
We prioritize collaboration within our team and with our community partnerships, so we are hoping to find candidates who have the required communication and interpersonal skills that will allow them to thrive when working within their own team and with external partner organizations, in order to provide a meaningful service to the diverse populations we serve.
The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) is a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) of mental health professionals providing a 24-hour, 7 day per week service to people experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis. The team provides an alternative to acute hospital admission by delivering intensive community-based interventions. Where a hospital admission does occur, the CRHTT will assist in shortening the inpatient stay by facilitating early discharge and support back to the community. The post holder will develop and lead the psychology offer within the team, ensuring all care is delivered in a trauma informed care and recovery oriented way. They will contribute to the assessment of patient needs and be responsible for psychological formulation and care planning as well as the delivery of psychological interventions. They will also offer training, supervision and consultation to the team and other professionals. As part of the senior leadership in the team the post holder will be expected to be part of service development, innovation, the accreditation process and liaison with other parts of the system.
The post holder will need to be a qualified and registered therapist or psychologist , with the HCPC or equivalent.
If your application is successful, you will receive regular supervision and support. You will also be linked in with Trust – Wide psychological professions initiatives and events.
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. With us, you will get -
A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.
An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers
Flexible working
Variety of work
Access to a variety of CPD opportunities
We encourage staff input and ideas in relation to moving services forward, improving care pathways and meeting the client group’s needs.
As a Trust we are committed to investing in our staff through a range of initiatives, both profession-specific and organisation wide. Psychological professions staff are able to access a range of trust-wide CPD initiatives. We have partnered with Bespoke and Contextual Consulting to provide some of the profession specific CPD, alongside additional CPD sessions we commission as part of CNWL CPD programme for Psychological Professions. CNWL also has seven established staff networks supporting a range of individual needs.
Take a look at our dedicated website for lots of useful information
Click/copy this link to view.
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work/work-within-mental-health-services-and-psychological-therapies-milton-keynes
Please see individual job descriptions for information as to each role. If candidates are interested in more than one role, please do contact the Lead Psychologist, as there may be opportunities to blend roles or work across more than one team depending on interest and experience.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024
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