Psychological Therapist - HMP Downview | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,178 - £55,492 per annum inc. Outer HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 October 2024 |
| Location: | Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5PD |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6678023/333-D-HJ-1664-B |
Summary
Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner & works in partnership to provide responsive & dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability & substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Psychological Therapist to join our forward thinking, friendly & expanding Mental Health Team at HMP Downview where we provide a wide range of therapies and actively work with partners to provide timely and trauma informed systems of care. You will be joining an established MDT, which includes nursing, psychiatry, assistant psychologists, clinical psychologists, art therapy, occupational therapy and neurodiversity practitioners and you will be contributing to meeting the needs of our diverse population, providing high quality group and individual therapies and helping develop and promote our inclusive and trauma informed pathways of care
We are keen to recruit a confident & compassionate Psychological Therapist, with expertise of delivering high intensity therapy, to join our team. You will be a clinician with experience of working with complex needs & a real passion for providing support to some of the most vulnerable in society. We want to see someone who will work well with a range of professions, both within the established MDT & also with the wider prison staff, respecting & integrating a range of opinions and approaches to provide the best outcome. A clinical interest in trauma informed approaches & working with complex psychological needs would be advantageous.
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By joining CNWL’s Health & Justice Directorate you will be joining a large department of psychologists and psychological therapists that provide a variety of mental health and OPD services across London, Surrey, Kent and Bucks. Our staff are dynamic and welcoming and the networking and CPD opportunities are central to our services ethos. We have active research forums and promote our services and work through academic and clinical forums. All staff receive regular supervision and are supported with career aspirations and progression. HMP Downview is easily accessible from London, Kent Surrey and Sussex and all of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
Clickhere to find out more about working within the psychological professions at CNWL andhere to see what our staff say about working within our award winning teams.
KEY RESULT AREAS
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.
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This advert closes on Sunday 6 Oct 2024
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