Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Job overview

We are seeking a passionate and committed clinical or counselling psychologist to join our Mental Health Integrated Network Team (MINT) in Ealing. MINT is a multidisciplinary service providing holistic support and treatment to adults presenting with a range of mental health difficulties within a stepped-care framework. This post offers an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic early career psychologist to develop specialist clinical skills in working with complex needs, trauma and personality disorder diagnoses. The role involves 1 to 1 work with clients, embedding and developing psychological principles across the MDT, and disseminating psychological thinking through consultation, leadership and training.

Main duties of the job

Provide highly specialist assessments and treatment for individuals with complex mental health conditions, both 1 to 1 and in groups.

Work with people from varied cultural backgrounds, including those seeking asylum, using interpreters when necessary, and promote equality of access to services.

Provide psychological consultation and guidance to the entire MDT and offer supervision and training for trainee and assistant psychologists.

Play a key role in service developments, supporting audit and research to sustain and improve service quality, and collaborate with trainee psychologists, local doctoral courses and a large network of psychological colleagues across the Trust.

Person specification Qualifications

• Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or post graduate training in another core mental health profession (social work, nursing, occupational therapy) and accredited with SfDBT.
• Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HCPC, RMN, etc.) and SfDBT.
• Other related academic qualifications.
• Post graduate diploma or higher degree in DBT.

Experience

• Experience of working in a service for people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties.
• Experience of working with clients with Borderline/Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (BPD/EUPD) and complex trauma.
• Experience of providing consultation to other staff.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of delivering comprehensive Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
• Experience of administration, scoring and written interpretation of formal personality tools and/or neuropsychological assessments.

Knowledge / skills

• Highly developed specialist knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of psychology applied to clinical practice, particularly with adults with severe and enduring mental health needs.
• Specialist knowledge relevant to working with clients with Borderline / Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder and DBT theory.
• Knowledge of the professional code of conduct of the BPS or their professional bodies.
• Ability to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information where significant barriers to acceptance exist, using advanced interpersonal and communication skills.
• Specialist psychological skills relevant to working with clients with Borderline / Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder.