Clinical ,Counselling or Forensic PsychologistNHS
Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic 0.6 WTE Band 8a Practitioner Psychologist to join Haltemprice CMHT in the East Riding. We are looking for someone with experience of working in community settings with adults presenting with trauma, severe mental health difficulties, and complex needs.
This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside another psychologist within the team and be part of a well-established Adult Mental Health Psychology Service.
Following a recent service reconfiguration, we have appointed two Principal Psychologists to enhance support, supervision, and governance across psychology services in Hull and the East Riding.
The wider psychology team delivers a range of evidence-based therapies, including MBT, DBT, CAT, EMDR, and Family Therapy, and supports initiatives such as SIGs, CAT care planning peer supervision, and Intensive EMDR.
You will provide psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention for people with complex and enduring mental health difficulties, using formulation-driven approaches to inform MDT care planning.
The role also includes opportunities to contribute to teaching, service development, quality improvement, and service evaluation. Additional hours may be available through maternity cover and service innovation projects across the wider psychology workforce.
Main duties of the job
Deliver highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, care planning, and individual/group interventions within the team.
Work autonomously and collaboratively to provide clinical leadership, consultation, and evidence-based psychological care.
Contribute to the development and organisation of community psychological services.
Provide consultation and advice on psychological care and risk management to multidisciplinary colleagues and carers.
Deliver clinical supervision to trainees, assistant psychologists, MHWPs, and qualified psychologists within the speciality.
Participate in research, audit, service evaluation, quality improvement, and service development initiatives.
Support staff through training, supervision, reflective practice, team formulations, and active involvement in MDT meetings.
Maintain professional development through peer forums, CPD opportunities, SIGs, group supervision, and clinical, managerial, and professional supervision.
Actively engage in your own clinical and professional development, supported by the wider psychology team.
Job description
With regards to this vacancy, please refer to the job description and person specification for further information.
Please see additional document for further information on the post, the specialty and the wider service.
We would very much welcome a discussion with you about the post and contact details are within the additional document attached to the advert.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
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