Overview
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Band 8a
Join to apply for the Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Band 8a role at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT).
HPFT have a long history of delivering outstanding care, and we are taking our CRHTT to the next level, supporting skill development with the wider workforce and embedding Trauma Informed Approaches within the Crisis Teams. We meet the needs of individuals living in Hertfordshire experiencing a mental health crisis, providing an MDT approach to understand their difficulties and formulating and implementing brief interventions to support the crisis to resolve.
We are looking for a caring and committed HCPC registered Band 8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist who enjoys working flexibly as part of an MDT to support psychological ways of thinking. Experience of working within acute, crisis or specialist services would be beneficial, but not essential. Willingness to work in community settings is vital.
If you have the skills, are energetic, imaginative and, above all, care passionately about working with individuals and their families towards recovery, then we want to hear from you!
The role is based in the South-West CRHTT, Colne House, Watford. Psychology is highly valued and sought after in this team. You will form part of a vibrant, passionate, and supportive psychology crisis service that consists of APs, B7 Therapists, 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologists and an 8b Psychology Lead. This broad spread of roles gives real opportunity for progression within the service.
The Successful Candidate Will
* Provide a specialist psychology service to service users who are currently in a mental health crisis and are being supported by the South-West Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team.
* Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions, in both individual and group formats.
* Provide clinical supervision to the Assistant Psychologist embedded within the team along with advice and consultation to colleagues, and to other non-professional carers, on psychological aspects of assessment, formulation, care and treatment.
* Provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity, and underpinned by principles of recovery and knowledge of trauma informed ways of working.
* Support the development and roll out of Trauma Informed Approaches across HPFT crisis services as we change the question people ask from "What’s wrong with you?" to "What’s happened to you?"
* Provide a leadership role within the service to support psychologically informed practice across the team.
For further details or informal visits contact: Name: Dr Aaron Rai
Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
Email: aaron.rai10@nhs.net
Telephone: 07977 857868
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