Psychological Therapist | Isle of Wight NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 29 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata, per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 May 2024 |
| Location: | Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1JW |
| Company: | Isle of Wight NHS |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6268838/470-23-C-9192-KP-2 |
Summary
We are recruiting for a Psychological Therapist who wish to join our team. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care.
The post holder will join other Psychologists and Psychological Therapists in providing assessment, formulation, individual and group interventions, and consultation using a range of therapeutic approaches including CBT, DBT and EMDR.
The post holder will have opportunities to utilise skills for audit, policy and service development and research. The post holder will be expected to carry out psychometric assessments and provide specialist advice as appropriate.
The successful candidate will supervise, and support assessment and therapy provided by other therapists as appropriate and other clinical members of the team who provide care and treatment. They will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of CBT practice within the service.
You will offer advice and consultation on service user’s psychological care to non-psychological therapy colleagues, as well as to other non-professional carers and workers of other agencies where appropriate.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values areCompassion,Accountable,Respect andExcellence. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
Across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight healthcare services are evolving and transforming to meet the continuing care needs of our population. Now is a very exciting time to join Isle of Wight NHS Trust as we enter this period of change.
This year Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have strengthened our partnership and formed a group giving us an opportunity to work together to be innovative in improving patient care and outcomes as well as improving the experience and opportunities for our people across the two organisations.
We have also been working with other local NHS Trusts across our region to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the aim is for the new Trust - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - to be formed by April 2024.
People employed in our community, mental health and learning disability services by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust on 31 March 2024, will transfer to the new organisation under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) on 1 May 2024.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
This advert closes on Monday 13 May 2024
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