B7/8a Preceptorship - Clinical/Counselling Psychologist- ICoN TeamNHS

Job summary

Band:Band 7 - 8a (Preceptorship Role)

Base:Park House, Cannock (but travel across the South Staffs region will be necessary).

The Integrated Occurring Needs (ICoN) Pathway launched in January 2023, as a jointly funded pathway between Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and the Staffordshire County Council Public Health Team. The aim of this pathway is to provide needs-led collaborative care to service users that are experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties alongside substance use related difficulties.

Are you coming to the end of training and seeking a role with career progression built in for your first post? Perhaps you are a Band 7 who would like to be supported to achieve a more senior position, or a Band 8a looking for an exciting new challenge with an innovative, integrated treatment pathway?

Whilst allocated to the Cannock area, the ability to travel across the region as required will be necessary, however, it is envisaged that a blend of face-to-face and remote working as appropriate will also help to minimise travel.

Main duties of the job

1. The systematic provision of a specialist psychology service to people with complex, co-occurring mental health and substance use needs within the Integrated Co-occurring Needs (ICoN) Pathway, working across relevant localities as agreed with the Principal Clinical Psychologist and Team Leader. This is to involve providing specialist psychological assessments, leading to psychological formulations of distress; interpretation and opinion; forming judgements to inform service provision and the delivery of necessary evidence-based psychological interventions, with consideration to the needs of carer(s) and/or family

2. Ensuring the continuing development of a trauma-informed, recovery focused model of care, enhancing service user and carer involvement

3. Engaging with a wide spectrum of agencies, statutory and voluntary, to enhance client care and minimise social exclusion and to promote by example high standards of care and positive values.

4. Advising, training, supervising and providing consultation to multi-disciplinary and -agency colleagues as appropriate, on complex co-occurring needs and clients' psychological care packages and treatment plans. This may include non-psychologists as well as non-professional carers

Job description

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

We would like to welcome all enquiries from those who share our passion for the delivery and development of integrated mental health and substance use treatment and to making a real difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable and marginalised within our community.

We think this is a great opportunity to be part of an innovative, creative and supportive pathway offering a range of duties, which will provide the successful candidate with a varied and highly satisfying role and flexibility to grow in line with their skills, interests and development needs. It is a particularly exciting time to join the team, as there will be opportunities to feed into a Trust wide programme of work aimed at improving the lived experience of service-users with co-occurring needs be improving access, removing systemic barriers, improve service access, and create sustainable cultural and operational change across services within the South Staffordshire footprint.

Contact:Dr Sarah Vassalos, Principal Clinical Psychologist, ICoN Clinical Lead, [email protected] 0300 303 3428

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early depending on the volume of applications we receive.

About us

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.