Band 7 Clinical Psychologist - The Greenway Centre, Bristol Bristol, England
Job description
We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Clinical Psychologist to join our team of specialist Psychological Therapists working within the Bristol Complex Psychological Interventions Service (CPI).
We are looking to recruit someone to be based solely in the North Bristol Assessment and Recovery Team (the Greenway Centre). This is a vibrant and busy Assessment and Recovery Team where the opportunity to develop and evaluate 1:1 and group services with a rich array of secondary mental health presentations is the core of the post.
The successful applicant would join a well – established, multi-disciplinary team of CPI staff working in North Bristol.
The Complex Psychological Interventions Team (CPI), is part of Bristol Mental Health. CPI offers a range of activities to support psychologically informed care within the secondary mental health service. CPI has a strong presence in the Assessment and Recovery Teams and the Crisis Team. The CPI also offers additional support, through supervision and training, to a variety of partner organisations.
CPI offer complex assessment and formulation, as well as the provision of a range of therapies including specialist Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and third wave approaches, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Psychotherapy, Arts Psychotherapies, Family Therapy, Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). Therapy is offered in individual and group formats.
The successful applicant will provide specialist assessment, formulation, intervention and evaluation, alongside staff training, supervision, consultation, advice and support to the teams they are working within. It will be important for applicants to be aware of the latest evidence-based interventions and be able to evidence outcomes.
We are looking for applicants with a particular interest in working with people with a broad range of complex and enduring mental health difficulties across the life span including older adults who are treated within the ‘age-inclusive’ service. We have a high proportion of people with complex trauma histories so interest in evidence based approaches to this area is particularly important.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust alongside nine partner organisations known collectively as “Bristol Mental Health” have been commissioned to provide services to adults and older adults with mental health issues across Bristol. This innovative model of mental health services brings together statutory and voluntary sector providers.
CLINICAL
1. To provide a psychology service to the designated team including assessment and therapy both for individuals and groups as appropriate.
2. To provide a specialist consultancy service to the North Assessment and Recovery Team and other agencies providing care for the client group.
3. To participate in generic team duties as agreed by the Team Leader and Psychology Lead as appropriate to the needs of the service.
4. To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Psychology Service.
5. To maintain accurate records and to monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.
6. To support the full implementation of ICPA, acting as care-co-ordinator as appropriate to the needs of the service.
PROFESSIONAL
1. To fully observe the BPS (1996) Code of Conduct and the DCP Guidelines for the Professional Practice of Clinical Psychology (1995).
2. To be aware of, adhere to, and where appropriate, contribute to the formulation and review of Trust, Area and Clinical Psychology Service policies and procedures.
3. To participate in local psychology meetings and trust wide meetings as appropriate.
4. To maintain and develop high standards of psychology practice by engaging in continuing professional development and co-operative working/networking with counselling and clinical psychologist colleagues.
5. To participate in an annual performance appraisal
SERVICE GOVERNANCE
1. To participate in service governance processes in the profession.
2. To support and participate in multidisciplinary clinical audit.
3. To liaise with other disciplines and agencies to ensure that best practice is shared.
4. To promote the use of effective interventions in the service.
TRAINING AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT
1. To provide training, supervision and consultation in psychological approaches to other staff in the multidisciplinary team. This is to include joint assessment with care coordinators, formulation of psychological problems and planning of interventions to be implemented by care co-ordinators or other team members with service users.
2. To provide training and supervision to assistant psychologists (and other similar professionals) undertaking behavioural interventions and other appropriate tasks.
3. To collaborate with colleagues to develop and offer training courses, workshops and supervision groups to develop skills in cognitive behaviour therapy and related approaches for staff in the locality.
4. To contribute to the teaching of students and trainees in psychology, medicine, nursing and other health care disciplines.
5. To agree a plan of personal development with the Psychology Lead and the post holder’s line manager.
SERVICE AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT
To collaborate with other specialist staff in designated area to extend the range of specialist psychological and group interventions available across the area.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
1. To engage in research relevant to service priorities as appropriate.
2. To participate in audit and service evaluation activities examining the effectiveness of current service delivery and leading to development of services relevant to client needs.
3. To provide advice, support and consultation to colleagues from other disciplines undertaking research in the area.
4. To supervise trainee clinical psychologists on placement in research and service improvement projects.
