Specialist Psychotherapist / Family & Systemic Psychotherapist
Posting date: | 24 July 2024 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £52,963 - £59,360 per annum (Incl of HCAS) |
Hours: | Part time |
Closing date: | 23 August 2024 |
Location: | Bracknell, RG12 2UT |
Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
Job type: | Contract |
Job reference: | 6507910/371-TAP-CS164 |
Summary
Are you an experiencedPsychotherapistlooking for a change in direction?
Do you want to work for a Trust that prioritises staff wellbeing and be actively involved in this?
The Wellbeing Matters Team at Berkshire Healthcare are looking for an experiencedPsychotherapistto join them at Band 8a.
In this role you will provide psychological support to individuals, as well as developing and delivering sessions for teams, both online and in person.
You'll be working as part of an experienced, dynamic and responsive team of psychological practitioners. With no waiting list, you can provide proactive support as and when needed.
Berkshire Healthcare encourage staff progression and growth and this position provides opportunity for innovative continued professional development. Our Wellbeing Matters Team work with the latest evidence-based specialist psychological models and techniques.
This is a well balanced role. It involves travel between sites alongside home working and providing staff with virtual support. This is an autonomous post, so you will need to manage your own diary to coincide with the needs of the teams you are supporting, as well as attending team meetings with your colleagues at London House in Bracknell twice a month.
We operate 9:00 – 17:00 Monday to Friday and are open to both full and part time applicants.
• To support the development and delivery of the Specialist Psychological Staff Support Service
• Provide specialist assessment, formulation and interventions to individual staff, teams and managers
• As an experienced mental health practitioner, you will direct and supervise junior staff and resources within their area of responsibility and take an active participation in clinical quality assurance and learning programmes
• To communicate specialised, complex and sensitive information and advice to staff members and other professionals, including information about challenging team dynamics or staff psychological wellbeing needs. To provide advice to other members of the service and agencies on their particular needs
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.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
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
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The “must haves” for this role:
• A recognised master's level qualification in psychodynamic psychotherapy, relevant mental health or social care related discipline, family and systemic psychotherapy or equivalent.
• Registration with relevant professional body e.g.: BCP, HCPC, UKCP
• Previous experience working as a psychotherapist
• Experience delivering group interventions or interventions to staff teams
• Full UK driving license and access to vehicle
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact: Hannah Faust at Hannah.Faust@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Sep 2024
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