Band 8a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Trauma Management

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Job Title and Grade: Band 8a Senior Clinical Psychologist - Trauma Management

Location/Trust: Wayside House | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Department Covered: Staff Psychological Wellbeing Hub

Pay Rates: Days: £26.42 Saturdays/Nights: £34.35 Sunday/Bank Hols: £42.28

Placement Ref/ID: 39331

The Role:

Are you a highly competent and experienced psychological services professional ready for a challenge?

The coronavirus pandemic has crystallised many things including the importance of key worker staff and their emotional wellbeing. It is a fact that we have resilient workforces, but it is also true that the pandemic has taken its toll. The Coventry and Warwickshire Psychological Wellbeing Hub will enable highly responsive and quality psychological services to be delivered to staff who need it most, bolstering and complementing existing staff support structures.

We currently have a long-term placement for a Band 8a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with experience in Trauma Management, specifically providing the following:

• Provide specialist psychological and neuropsychological advice, guidance, consultation and supervision to other professionals and staff contributing to the formulation, diagnosis, treatment plans and management of health and social care staff, both within and outside the Trust
• Gather and interpret psychological and neuropsychological information and to develop psychological formulations from this to assist in the diagnosis, treatment and management of the presenting issues
• Plan therapeutic interventions which can be delivered by other staff in line with the evidence base and NICE guidelines

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust has an enviable reputation, great supportive team with a family feel, sharing the same values:

• Compassion in Action
• Working Together
• Respect for Everyone
• Seeking Excellence

Excellent transport links mean their location is commutable from Birmingham, Solihull, and Coventry. There is also a free staff car park a 5-minute walk away.

Skills/Responsibilities:

Skills/Responsibilities

To apply for this post, you will have:

• Current registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC
• Doctoral level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
• Assessed post-qualification experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist, sufficient to have completed Band 7 preceptorship requirements
• Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity and maintenance of professionalism in challenging circumstances
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to the client group

In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -

• Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
• First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
• Dedicated consultants
• Flexible working options
• Free DBS and free training
• Build holiday allowance
• Support when you need it - 24/7 365 days - Call us anytime on 03330 144 370
• Stakeholder pension scheme

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.

Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don't have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.

Register today for various flexible working options and long term placement opportunities.

For more information on the roles or details on how to join NHS Professionals, simply get in touch with Jam Beltran, AHP Recruitment Consultant on 03330 144370 or e-mail on jam.beltran@nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

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