Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (Band 7 or 8a) Prospect Park Hospital
Are you a passionate Clinical or Counselling Psychologist looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference in adult mental health care? We have an exciting part time (22.5 hrs) fixed-term opportunity to join our specialist Psychological Therapies Team, working on Snowdrop Ward, a ward for adult acute mental health.
This is a fulfilling position that offers the chance to apply a broad range of psychological skills within a dynamic inpatient setting. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, delivering psychological consultation, formulation, behavioural support, therapeutic interventions, and contributing to the ongoing development of high-quality services.
We welcome applications at both Band 7 and Band 8a level. The role offers a combination of face-to-face clinical practice and home working, with opportunities for part-time and flexible working arrangements.
This is a 6 month maternity cover position, with the contract end date to be confirmed once pre-employment checks have been completed. We are keen to appoint someone who can join the team as soon as possible and quickly become an integral part of the service.
Applications for this role will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early
- Work on allocated adult acute mental health ward
- Offer psychological consultation to hospital staff (e.g. team formulation, teaching sessions, joint working, supervision and staff support groups).
- Supervise Assistant Psychologist.
- Clinical work with service users and carers involving assessment (including behavioural support assessments), formulation and interventions with varied and complex mental health presentations.
- Contribute to service improvement initiatives in a ward/community team, as well as contributing to projects arising from the Inpatients Psychological Therapies Team.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
Caring for and about you is our top priority
Committed to providing good quality, safe services
Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
Flexible working options to support work-life balance
27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
Generous NHS pension scheme
Excellent learning and career development opportunities
‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
Free parking across Trust sites
FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.
The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
Postgraduate doctoral qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent)
You will have experience working with adults and/or older adults with complex mental health problems and have excellent therapeutic and management skills.
You will enjoy working in teams and providing psychological consultation, teaching and supervision.
Calm, confident and assertive in emotionally demanding situations, you will be astute at setting and maintaining professional boundaries and will be efficient at dealing with distressing or hostile situations and behaviour.
Self-motivated and confident, you will show initiative and a determination to support clients and their families through creative engagement. This includes an ability to work integratively in your clinical work.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
