Band 6 Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP) - Devizes

We have an opportunity for a Band 6 Clinical Associate Psychologist to join our Crisis Home Treatment Team in North Wiltshire, and form part of our Multi Disciplinary Team.

The role of a Clinical Associate Psychologist is a new role within the team, but will be well supported by the Clinical Psychologist within the team, as well as other psychology colleagues within North Wiltshire, in addition to the team manager. The role will allow the service to be able to psychological interventions for service users who are experiencing complex mental health difficulties, and who may otherwise need to be in hospital.

The Clinical Associate Psychologist will be able to practice autonomously with appropriate support, working within their scope of practice, under the supervision of a registered clinical psychologist and within the Intensive Team MDT.

The Intensive Team operates 07:30-22:00 7 days a week - therefore shift and weekend working will be required. We offer generous enhanced pay for anti social hours which includes weekends. There is a possibility of long day working if preferred or single shifts. You will also have access to rota requests which we work very hard to facilitate.

• Working within the scope and remit of an Intensive Service, delivering care and interventions to service users and families, as an alternative to hospital admission.
• Professional liaison and planning care.
• Working within the MDT.
• Risk assessment and front line psycho-social assessment skills.
• This role is semi autonomous working under supervision of a local Clinical Psychologist/ BABCP accredited practitioner responsible for psychological assessment and formulation of a specified client group depending on service need and skills/training on practitioner.
• Offer defined evidence based psychological interventions to that specific client group.
• Working with Service Users with complex mental health problems.
• You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing training and supervision.
• To offer psychological interventions alongside the MDT.
• Shift co-ordination.