Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Therapist | West London NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 29 Mai 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £61,927 - £68,676 per annum pro rata inclusive of 20% HCAS |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 28 Mehefin 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, W6 8NF |
| Cwmni: | West London Mental Health Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7244842/222-HF-AMHS-315 |
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Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Practitioner
(Band 8a 0.6 22.5 hours/week)
Acute Mental Health Services, based at Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health Unit
We are looking for a qualified and experienced psychological professional, with enthusiasm for working in acute mental health services to join the team based at Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health Unit. The post offers the opportunity to work on a male acute ward that is part of Culture of Care, a national quality improvement programme that aims to support wards to provide safe, trauma informed, therapeutic and equity focused patient care.
The post-holder will work collaboratively and proactively with the multi-disciplinary team to manage risk robustly and to provide a psychological perspective to the care provided. They will also provide assessment, formulation and brief interventions to service users and their families. Reflective practice, team formulation, consultation and post incident support are an integral part of the psychological therapies service. As a service we provide placements to the North London clinical psychology training courses so the post-holder would supervise trainees on placement, as well as Masters level students and MDT colleagues where needed.
We are looking for a candidate with substantial post-qualification experience of working in mental health settings and knowledge and experience of delivering trauma informed care and skills in implementing a quality improvement approach to service change. We encourage applications from experienced therapists who may have not previously worked in acute mental health services but who have enthusiasm for and interest in developing a career in these unique services and settings.
Main Duties:
Providing a full and comprehensive psychological therapies service to the acute ward providing assessments, formulation and brief interventions to service users and their families.
Be an integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the approach to care is formulation driven and trauma informed, to support safe discharge from the ward.
Developing the multi-disciplinary team’s psychological understanding of the service user’s needs through teaching, training, team formulation, consultation and supervision.
To contribute to the implementation of RAID training across the inpatient units in the service, through facilitation of training and embedding this into MDT practice. RAID is a psychological approach to working with behaviour that challenges. This is part of our service priorities on reducing restrictive practice through implementing our Positive and Care Environments strategy.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Jun 2025