Job summary
Employer heading
Psychological Therapist or Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.
As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.
Job overview
Early Intervention Lead Psychological Therapist/Psychologist
Band 7 - Full time; 37.5 hours
EI CAMHS and EI Adult
Permanent contract
There has never been a more exciting time to join Bradford District Care Trust!
Bradford and Airedale Early Intervention Team is a Top Performing psychological service, supporting those between 14 – 65 who may be ‘At Risk’ of, or experiencing, a first episode of Psychosis. The service works to a Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual model and is committed to flexible and adapted ways of working to best serve our community.
You will be responsible for delivering Psychological Interventions – primarily CBT-p – to the young people and adults who use our service. You will work closely with your own supervisor and Team Lead to ensure an MDT approach is maintained with all Service Users, and you are supported with your cases.
The post will guide Cluster Teams within Aire Warf and Craven and EI-CAMHS, in psychological ways of working, and promote formulation within MDT discussions. You will be part of the wider EI Psychological Therapist Team and work with them to ensure psychological therapies are accessible and ensure quality care is being delivered service wide.
Closing- 9th August 2024
Shortlisting- 12th August 2024
Interview- 21st August 2024
Main duties of the job
To provide evidence based (see NICE CG 82 & CG 178) Psychological Therapy to individuals aged 18 - 35 and deemed to be ‘vulnerable to’ or ‘at risk of’ developing psychosis, across Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven districts
Making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
Provide clinical supervision, consultation and advice on psychological therapies.
Assist the Team Managers and Clinical Lead with service development, including research and development activities
Working for our organisation
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Overview Continued-
We are looking for a motived, and reflective practitioner with a passion for working flexibly within the communities of Bradford. We welcome CBT practitioners/Clinical Psychologists nearing the end of their qualification.
In our efforts to develop a representative workforce, we would like to encourage applications from individuals of a Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) background who may be representative of the diverse community in Bradford.
Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Formal qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or Clinical Psychology (including a substantial training component in cognitive behavioural therapy). AND Accreditation (or working towards accreditation) with the relevant professional body (HCPC and/or BABCP), including through non-professional route (the position would be offered at a band 6 until accredited).
Desirable criteria
- Previous mental health qualification e.g. Clin. Psych., RMN, Dip. SW., Post Graduate Certificate in Primary Care Mental Health
- Teaching (clinical practice) qualification/certificate or equivalent experience.
- Supervision qualification, in the relevant therapeutic modality.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with adults with mental health problems, including psychosis and/or experience of Early Intervention in Psychosis.
- Experience of utilising the Care Program Approach & risk management.
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
- Application of evidenced based psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service.
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in innovative clinical practice
- Experience of taking lead roles in clinical practice/service development.
- Experience delivering psychological therapies to groups of patients.
- Experience in applying specialist psychological therapies
- Experience in service development and/or research.
- Experience in CAMHS
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
- Clair McMaster
- Job title
- Senior Psychological Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07860 916 745
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