Job overview
Harrow Psychology is expanding and excited to offer an 8a split post across the Mental Health Emergency Assessment Centre (MHEAC) and Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) Pathway. The Psychology Pathway in Harrow is integrated within our Community Mental Health Hub (CMHH), inpatient wards, Psychiatric Liaison Service (PLS), and Home Treatment Team (HTT) to provide continuity of psychological care.
In line with the NHS 10-Year Long Term Plan, CNWL is pioneering in its Trauma-Informed Approach and now influencing national policy (see NHSE Guidelines for Acute Inpatient Mental Health Care for Adults and Older Adults, 2023). Harrow is also leading in its innovative Complex Emotional Needs Pathway, which includes the provision of a full DBT program.
We welcome applications from people of BME backgrounds unrepresented within the profession of Psychology.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Main duties of the job
The Harrow Community Mental Health Hub (CMHH), inpatient wards, Psychiatric Liaison Service (PLS), and Home Treatment Team (HTT) work closely together as an integrated system, which provides holistic intervention to adults with mental health difficulties living in Harrow. The post holder will join an expanding therapies team, committed to providing highly specialist and trauma-informed psychological care, integrated across this system. They will work closely with the full range of MDT professionals, including psychiatry, nursing, occupational therapy and peer support. They will play a key role in the assessment of service users presenting to both acute and community services, the development of creative and multi-disciplinary care plans, and the provision of psychological intervention that follows service users across the whole system.
The post-holder will be expected to work as a senior member of the multi-professional team, including the provision of consultation, co-working, teaching, training, supervision and research as well as developing specific training to enhance the systematic provision of psychological interventions offered to service users by all members of the team within a ‘stepped-care’ framework. They will make a leading contribution to the learning culture of the team and wider service, and play an integral role in the further development and embedding of Trauma-Informed Approaches.
Working for our organisation
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest Trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff that provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.
As a Foundation Trust we involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run and our future development. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust