185529 - Senior Psychological Therapist - DM

The Role

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Psychological Therapist to join the North Psychological Therapies Team based at the Kilsyth Community Health Centre in North Lanarkshire.
The core focus of the role will be upon the psychological assessment and treatment of outpatient clients referred from GPs and from wider CMHT colleagues; potentially working with the families and/or carers of patients as well, as appropriate.
As a senior clinician, the post-holder will be expected to undertake duties supporting the work of the team in general and the Co-ordinator specifically. Such duties may include: Supervision, consultation and training within the wider psychology service and with other health/social care/mental health professionals within the community as required, attendance at psychology service meetings, weekly referral allocation and MDT meetings with the CMHT, chairing North PTT team meetings in rotation etc. 
Essential requirements for eligibility to apply:
• The post holder must hold qualifications and accredited status as per the following:
a) HCPC registered practitioner clinical or counselling psychologist or NMC (honours degree) or AHP (honours degree) registered with the HCPC or hold accredited membership of BABCP / BACP /COSCA/UKCP.
or hold:
b) the graduate basis for chartered status (GBC) with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and have completed an approved clinical skills training programme at Masters level (accredited by the BPS). 
Additionally:
• Candidates must have completed training in at least one evidence based psychological therapy and have additional relevant experience of providing a highly specialised psychological assessment and treatment service.
• Candidates must have completed the NES Generic Supervision Course (GSC) or equivalent, or be eligible to attend at the time of applying for this role.
• As well as having completed training in at least one evidence based psychological therapy the post-holder must have additional relevant experience of providing a highly specialised psychological assessment and treatment service; ideally within NHS settings
• Candidates must have specialist knowledge related to specific area of work, e.g. Eating disorders, Trauma etc., knowledge of national and professional guidelines for optimal standards of clinical care e.g. child protection guidelines and have knowledge and experience of working within an MDT setting.
Desirable experience:
• Candidates able to draw upon relevant and significant additional training achieved post-qualification will be favoured. This may well be in or more of the following modalities: BFT, CBT for Psychosis, complex trauma and issues of personality – CFT, DBT, CAT, Schema etc.

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

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

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

Additional training or qualification in specific therapies

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

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

Skills in supporting others to meet the demands of their job roles and overall delivery of the service

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/EU/EEA licence

Contract type

Permanent 

Full time 

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Kilsyth Community Health Centre

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

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you

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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 Lanarkshire’s 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 )

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 you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our .