An exciting opportunity has arisen to join OpCourage Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our specialist flagship service.
This role is part of multi-disciplinary team offering mental health treatment and wellbeing support within a stepped care model to veterans.
Your role will combine both clinical and service development responsibilities. You will provide specialist assessments, formulations and evidence-based treatment for PTSD and C-PTSD, in both individual and group settings. You will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge/skills in Trauma focused CBT, EMDR, NET and Compassion Focused Therapy.
You will also contribute to the supervision and line-management of qualified psychologists, trainee and assistant psychologists and CBT therapists as appropriate. There will be opportunities to contribute to service development, development of our treatment pathways, research and service evaluation.
We are a dynamic and friendly team committed to providing the best care for veterans. This is a busy service and clinicians’ self-care is important to us. We offer a blended model of delivery including face to face and online and there are opportunities for home working to ensure a good work / life balance. This role will require you to work from the base in Portsmouth at least 2 days a week including Friday.
- To support the Clinical Service Manager and Operational Service Manager in managing and providing an exemplary and comprehensive specialist assessment and treatment for all eligible veterans referred with PTSD and other mental health problems.
- Support the multi-disciplinary team to develop and embed psychological support across the stepped care model as appropriate
- Provide expert assessment and management advice of clinical difficulties utilising the most up-to-date knowledge, validated assessment / diagnostic tools and interventions.
- Provide clinical supervision for therapists in the assessment, management and rehabilitation of veterans with mental health needs through the use of the most up-to-date clinical protocols for therapeutic interventions and management.
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of OpCourage through the deployment of professional skills in service management, research, service evaluation and audit.
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
The “must haves” for this role:
1.Holder of an HCPC regulated Clinical/Counselling Psychology qualification
2. Evidence of experience of working with traumatised people including those with PTSD and C-PTSD.
3. Evidence of experience of working with military veterans presenting with complex mental health difficulties
4. A minimum of 18 -24 months working in a relevant role.
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.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact Mark Bruce via email:
[email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.
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.
