Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Exciting new opportunity for Clinical/Counselling Psychologists or Social Worker/Nurse with CBT training in the MINT teams in Hammersmith & Fulham,West London NHS Trust

We are seeking a Band 7 Clinical or Counselling psychologist or Social Worker/Nurse with CBT trainingto work in one of our new Mental Health Integrated Network (MINT) teams. These teams are innovative and cover both primary and secondary care adult mental health provision.

The post involves providing psychological assessments and treatment to adults with a wide range of problems, including Personality Disorders, Complex Trauma, Psychosis and other mood disorders.

It also involves broader liaison and joint working with services including IAPT and external agencies to deliver on supporting psychological needs in a variety of ways.

The post holder would be a member of one of three MDTs in Hammersmith & Fulham, and would be expected to contribute to the development and delivery of treatment pathways within these teams, and to support the teams more generally in formulating and caring for service users.

The psychology team aims to offer a range of evidence-based treatments for the above disorders, including CBT, CBT for psychosis, CFT, ACT, Trauma-Focused CBT, EMDR and DBT. Training in these therapies are available, delivered by expert external providers, and supported with the necessary specialist supervision.

As well as working within an MDT, the post holder will be part of the wider MINT psychology team, covering the three MINT teams in Hammersmith & Fulham. This includes clinical and counselling psychologists, CBT therapists, and clinical associate psychologists, assistant psychologists, psychology students and trainee psychologists. We work together in delivering evidence based group therapies and fostering space for reflective practice. You will also develop close working relationships with other local psychologists in related services.

As already mentioned, there is an excellent CPD programme. Half a day a week is set aside for CPD, and training is available in therapies such as EMDR, DBT and CBT for psychosis, which can lead to accreditation in these therapies.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

What we can offer you:

• The Trust offers a new and unique benefits package which includes lease cars, discount cards for high street stores, supermarkets, holidays and days out.
• As a Trust we will provide you with Supervision, on-going Professional development, a stimulating and challenging working environment and opportunities for career development within West London NHS Trust.
• We can offer bespoke training in relation to community mental health care.
• A unique opportunity to broaden experience and develop skills in our community services