197771 - Clinical / Counselling Psychologist or Senior Psychological Therapist

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Senior Psychological Therapist

   Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates in either of these disciplines.

The Role

Clinical Counselling Psychologist

Accountable to the Head of Adult Psychological Therapies, and responsible to the Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

(Locality Co-ordinator):

Be responsible for the systematic autonomous provision of a highly specialised psychological assessment and treatment service to adults referred to Adult Psychological Therapies.

Provide clinical supervision to clinical staff within Adult Psychological Therapies.

Contribute to Psychological Services training, teaching and research activities.

Represent the Locality Co-ordinator as required.

Senior Psychological Therapist

Accountable to the Head of Adult Psychological Therapies, and responsible to the Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist:

Be responsible for the systematic autonomous provision of a highly specialised psychological assessment and treatment service to patients referred to the Adult Psychological Therapies Service.

Provide clinical supervision to clinical staff within Adult Psychological Therapies, within specific therapeutic modalities.

Contribute to Psychological Services training, teaching and research activities.

Provide a range of specialist evidence based psychological therapies, training, and supervision with an advanced clinical specialism

Represent the Consultant Clinical / Counselling Psychologist, as required, and take on locality management activities as required (e.g., expenses, appraisal/job planning, sickness absence management, payroll returns).

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring:-

Clinical Counselling Psychologist

Have a Post Graduate Doctoral level (or equivalent) degree in Clinical or Counselling Psychology and be a Registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council in the UK.

Complete further courses of additional learning as relevant to the clinical skills required for the post and identified as significant in the Personal Development Plan, and have accredited training in the supervision of Post Graduate clinical trainees.

Have knowledge of NHSL Health Board's Policies and Procedures, and national and professional guidelines for optimal standards of clinical care e.g. child protection guidelines.

Have knowledge of psychiatry and other related professions in order to understand complex clinical presentations.

Work in a sensitive manner with respect to diversity and gender, ethnic, culture and philosophical issues with a wide range of individuals and organisations.

Be aware of the limits of one's competence and expertise.

Maintain and update knowledge of legislation and local policies and issues in relation to Adult Mental Health generally.

Attend in-house and external mandatory training courses (e.g.) computer training, Moving and Handling, Management of Aggression and Violence, etc.

Be aware of the need to deploy valuable Health Service resources in an effective and rational manner according to contemporary evidence-based practice.

Possess a full driving licence

Senior Psychological Therapist

Hold one of the following:

HCPC registered psychologist (doctorate degree) or NMC (honours degree) or Allied Health Professional (AHP) (honours degree) or accredited membership of BABCP / BACP / UKCP or

Graduate basis for chartership (GBC) with BPS and have completed a clinical skills training programme at Masters level (accredited by the BPS).

As well as having completed training in at least one evidence based psychological therapy the postholder must have additional relevant experience of providing a highly specialised psychological assessment and treatment service.

Have knowledge of NHSL Health Board's Policies and Procedures, and national and professional guidelines for optimal standards of clinical care e.g. child protection guidelines.

Ensure supervision skills are maintained in line with professional guidelines and programme supervision requirements.

Have knowledge of MDT working in order to understand complex clinical presentations.

Work in a sensitive manner with respect to diversity and gender, ethnic, culture and philosophical issues with a wide range of individuals and organisations.

Be aware of the limits of own competence and expertise.

Maintain and update knowledge of legislation and local policies and issues in relation to Adult Mental Health generally.

Attend in-house and external mandatory training courses (e.g. computer training, Moving and Handling, Management of Aggression and Violence).

Be aware of the need to deploy valuable Health Service resources in an effective and rational manner according to contemporary evidence-based practice.

It would be great if you also have

Senior Psychological Therapist

Additional training or qualification in specific therapies

Completed the Generic Supervision Course (GSC) or equivalent, or be eligible to attend at the time of applying for this role

Evidence of an interest in and experience of working with clients with complex psychological difficulties

Experience of providing training to other health and non-health colleagues

Evidence of experience in supporting staff within a MDT

Experience of supervising qualified and/or trainee psychological therapists

Have specialist knowledge related to specific area of work, e.g.  Eating disorders, Trauma

Some additional training in psychological therapies

Knowledge of a range of theoretical approaches and applied techniques in working with individuals, groups and wider systems and the ability to apply these in practice

Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management

Excellent skills in communicating with patients, referrers, and staff from external agencies

High level skills of consultation to individuals and organisations

Car driver with a full valid UK licence

Contract type

Permanent

Part Time

32.5 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Eastvale Resource Centre

The working pattern for this role Mon-Fri; 9:00-5:00 pro rata.

Looking to find out more?

If youre looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Lucy MacIntyre, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on Lucy.MacIntyre@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk or

Fiona Wright, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on fiona.wright2@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator on david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshires benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)

• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

• Occupational health services

• Employee counselling services

• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If youre looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants

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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received.  Please complete and submit your application early.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential childrens setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced.  Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.

NHS Lanarkshire will implement this change but it may not be possible to fully transition from 1 April and there may therefore be some areas of the organisation where implementation may take longer.  If the department is currently unable to safely accommodate the reduced hours from 1st April, you may be required to work 37.5 hours per week until the department can meet the requirements without impacting patient safety - you will, of course, be remunerated accordingly. NHS Lanarkshire is committed to full implementation of the 37 hour working week across all areas as soon as it is safe to do so.

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