Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Band 7 to 8a development post

We are advertising a fulltime band 7 clinical or counselling psychologist development post that will progress to a 0.8wte 8a position. Candidates meeting the 8a criteria are also welcomed and banding at appointment will be dependant on experience. We would welcome a candidate interested in training in MBT ( see More About Us and You document) .

The postholder will join our Community Mental Health Service in two busy and energised urban Locality Teams comprising CMHTs and Primary Care Networks.

You will be working in an MDT that covers an inner city population across West and East Hull but will be based predominantly in East Hull. In order to offer skill mix to our clients and maximise the support to our psychology staff we are operating a hub model of a small team of psychologists and psychological practitioners working across both the Hull teams.

We have a formalised and supported development pathway which is detailed in the attached documents.

You will be contributing to service development and supporting psychologically driven and underpinned assessment and treatment pathways in the teams.

We welcome candidates that can evidence being able to work in a trauma informed way in their practice .

• To deliver bespoke tailored evidence based interventions to service users accessing the Hull Locality Team (combined PCN & CMHT) either individually or group and face to face or virtually as needed or appropriate.
• To offer supervision to assistant psychologists.
• To be an active part of the psychology group in the team providing clinical leadership , alongside the clinical lead and team leads, to the wider team and to lead on this as an 8a.
• To contribute to the psychological therapies meeting and pathways for access to psychological therapies, supported by the Senior Psychologist for CMHTs and the Professional Lead for AMH Psychology.
• Provide clinical supervision ( individual and group) to psychology and non-psychology staff as well as Assistant Psychologists dependant on experience.
• Provide consultation to the wider service as experience increases .
• Provide training to develop and upskill the staff group.
• Be an active member of the CMHT Psychology group.
• At an 8a to provide professional and clinical supervision to band 7 clinical or counselling psychologists, trainee clinical psychologists and Clinical associate Psychologists.
• Support the work of the CMHT Transformation and be actively involved in wider service development issues in the delivery of psychological care across the MH Division.

We are anaward winning and CQC rated good, health and social care Trust that delivers care to communities in Hull, East Yorkshire, Scarborough and Ryedale & Whitby. We deliver safe, effective and integrated health services that improve the physical, mental and social health and wellbeing of patients and service users.

To find out about our wide range of services including mental health, learning disabilities, children and young people service, Forensic, Community and Primary Care visit our website humber.nhs.uk/Services

You'll join our team of over 3600 colleagues that work together across our wide geography and specialties to change lives daily. We’re extremely proud of our Trust community, knowing you can expect to receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need from your new team to get you started.

We are committed to staff development to ensure the delivery of high quality, person-centred and compassionate care to patients. We value our staff and invest in them, ensuring they have the right skills and competencies to deliver outstanding care.

Please see job description and person specification attached.

We look forward to hearing for you and please contact us for an informal discussion about the role. We can arrange a meeting with the team, the team senior leads and your psychology colleagues should you wish.

Dr Francis Burbidge Principal Clinical Psychologist frances.burbidge1@nhs.net 07973977869.