Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-LS-MINT-310-A
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- MINT Central H&F
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or DBT Therapist
Band 7
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
In order to continue to deliver excellent care and treatment to our service users, we are seeking an experienced and passionate DBT Specialist Practitioner to join our Mental Health Integrated Network Team (MINT) in Hammersmith and Fulham.
MINT is a multidisciplinary service providing holistic support and treatment to adults presenting with a range of mental health difficulties within a stepped-care framework. We have an established psychology team which is well integrated and highly valued in the service.
This post is an excellent opportunity to consolidate specialist clinical skills in working with complex needs, trauma and personality disorder diagnoses. In addition to working 1-1 with clients, this post involves embedding and developing psychological principles and thinking within the work of the whole MDT. Therefore, we require a candidate who thrives in a team environment and is passionate about dissemination of psychological thinking and consultation.
Main duties of the job
You will provide highly specialist assessments and treatment for individuals with complex mental health conditions, both 1-1 and in groups, with a focus on DBT and DBT skills. The role will include working with people from varied cultural backgrounds, including those seeking asylum, using interpreters when necessary. A passion for creating and enabling equality of access to services for all and an understanding of the psychological needs associated with migration is essential.
You will provide psychological consultation and guidance to the whole MDT and a genuine desire to work within an MDT and promote psychological ways of working is essential.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or post graduate training in another core mental health profession (social work, nursing, occupational therapy)
- Post graduate diploma or higher degree in DBT.
Desirable criteria
- Other related academic qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a service for people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of psychology/therapy in different cultural contexts
- Experience of administration, scoring and written interpretation of formal personality tools and/or neuropsychological assessments
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) and willingness to participate actively in CPD in line with BPS’ or their professional body’s guidelines
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of psychology applied to clinical practice, particularly in respect of adults with severe and enduring mental health needs (including complex emotional needs and trauma history)
- Knowledge of the professional code of conduct of the BPS or their professional bodies.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for work in relevant setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills such as would be required when communicating in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere
- Able to make judgements involving complex facts or situations, which require the evaluation of a range of options (e.g. the assessment of specialist clinical conditions and the determination of treatment options)
- Able to provide services in an environment with service users who may be challenging and where the awareness of risk must always be maintained
- Able to plan, prioritise and organise own service user caseload, treatment programmes involving other staff, and other aspects of the work such as research activity
- Able to reflect on own professional practice through the clinical supervision process
- Keyboard skills
- Psychomotor skills necessary to administer complex psychological tests and video equipment
- Able to use database, word processing and test administration/scoring software
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HCPC, RMN, etc.)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fatima Marinho
- Job title
- Consultant Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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