Trainee High Intensity Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy Therapist Dudley
Job description
Do you want to be instrumental in developing pathways and services to transform the way that care is delivered locally? Are you interested in improving the health of our local population? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, then we are looking for you. Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust (DIHC) has developed and integrated primary care with community-based services within the Dudley healthcare system since 2020 with its core aim being community where possible and hospital when necessary. Our purpose is to improve the health and wellbeing of our local population in Dudley. We are currently working with organisations within the health care sector in Dudley and the Black Country System to look at the best way to continue to deliver the services to our patients. As such the services within the organisation may transfer to other organisations over the course of the next 12 months. We have a vacancy for a Trainee High Intensity Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) Therapist within a well established Talking Therapies Team. Your focus will be providing excellent integrated patient centred care and treatment with an enthusiasm to undertake professional learning and develop knowledge and skills around NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) approved interventions within primary care mental health. You will work alongside exceptionally qualified Step 2 and Step 3 staff trained in a variety of modalities, to support therapy delivery for the treatment of moderate to severe depression and anxiety disorders. Ongoing Continued Professional Development opportunities will be provided to support this important role and you will be provided with regular supervision, to enhance your skills as a practitioner. You will support the delivery of training, education and close partnership working, maintaining effective communications with both internal and external partners. As part of the role you will be expected to work flexibly to suit the needs of the service, this may include some early morning and late evening appointments. DIHC is committed to embracing diversity and we recognise the need to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities we serve to enable us to achieve our purpose and commitments. We recognise that we are under-represented in a number of areas, and therefore want to positively encourage applications from individuals from black, Asian or other ethnically diverse groups, people with disabilities and people from the LGBT community. We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us. Flexible working options can also be discussed in more detail with the Recruiting Manager for the post, or line manager once in post as part of our Flexible Working Policy. Please be advised that requests will be considered based upon the service structure and service needs once in post. Please view the attached job description and person specification for more specific information about this post. COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information athttps://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/where you can also find out more about how to access vaccinations. DIHC presents the unique opportunity to welcome staff into a new type of NHS Trust where they can work in partnership with others to create A Great Place to Work. For more information, please look at our websitewww.dihc.nhs.uk
