Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Psychotherapist
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Are you a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, or Psychotherapist with experience in Personality Disorder?
Join our friendly, skilled team within a compassionate and highly rated Trust.
This Is a Rare Opportunity To
* Support the delivery, development, and governance of a key pathway
* Help shape and grow our Personality Disorder services
* Work as part of a supportive leadership team alongside psychological therapists, mental health professionals, and lived experience practitioners
We deliver evidence-based interventions, prioritising client outcomes and staff wellbeing with regular supervision, reflective practice, and wellbeing events. You'll contribute to and oversee the provision of specialist assessments and therapies (MBT & DBT) and collaborate with sub-teams within the Personality Disorder pathway. We also work closely with the wider Psychological Therapies network and mental health services.
A Mon - Fri role with flexibility around working hours. Condensed or part-time options (min. 30 hours) will be considered. We ask that to support the team you spend at least half of your working week based at Erlegh House in Reading. We believe being present together strengthens collaboration and fosters a more supportive and connected working environment.
We’d love to show you around and tell you more about the role - please call to arrange a visit.
Applications for this role will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
* To lead, manage, and supervise Clinical Leads and enable all staff to deliver high quality assessments and evidence-based interventions to individuals accessing the Personality Disorder pathway, providing strategic, professional, and clinical direction
* To draw on a high level of expert knowledge and experience of evidence-based interventions of working with individuals with difficulties which may be associated with Personality Disorders.
* To draw on substantial experience of leading service delivery and service development in supporting the ongoing implementation of the pathway, across multiple settings, and involvement of key stakeholders within and outside of Berkshire Healthcare
* To work as part of the senior management team alongside the PICT Consultant Psychologist
* To deputise for the Lead Consultant Psychologist /Head of Service and represent IMPACTT and/or psychological therapies at relevant policy and service provision meetings, locally and nationally
* To bring a personal, professional and leadership approach which is collaborative and compassionate and enables positive engagement, emotional containment, and skills-development relevant to work with the client group.
* To exercise responsibility for service improvement, quality assurance and governance of the service
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits Of Working For Us Include
* Flexible working options to support work-life balance
* 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
* Generous NHS pension scheme
* Excellent learning and career development opportunities
* ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
* Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
* Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
* Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
* Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
* Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sorana Berry Job title: Head of Service, IMPACTT Email address: sorana.berry@berkshire.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07900267968
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