Clinical ,Counselling or Forensic PsychologistNHS

Job summary

Are you interested in shaping the Crisis Service and Acute Assessment Ward psychological provision?

If you are an experienced psychologist ready to offer leadership to Crisis and Acute Assessment mental health services, we have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Practitioner Psychologist. We are looking for a person with significant post-qualification experience in adult mental health settings, ideally with complex and acute presentations, developing trauma informed pathways and service delivery.The successful applicant will join the adult inpatient psychology hub, comprising friendly and engaged psychologists, trainees and assistant psychologists and be part of the broader divisional psychology team with community-based colleagues.

You will be responsible for co-ordinating the systematic provision of psychological care to the Crisis & Assessment Pathway, working closely with the Principal Practitioner Psychologist responsible for the treatment wards.

The USPs of this role are working with experienced senior peer support, the opportunity to further develop the Crisis and Acute Assessment pathway and service, steering the model for hub-working across the teams and developing patient focussed pathways between inpatient and community Neighbourhood Teams as they come into fruition .

Main duties of the job

Providing senior clinical leadership within Crisis and Acute Assessment inpatient services with the inpatient psychology team, including co-ordinating and supporting the delivery and governance of high-quality psychological services. This includes the Mental Health Crisis and Intervention Team (MHCIT), Acute Assessment ward and Psychiatric intensive Care Unit (PICU).

Promoting the role of psychology within the service and offering professional guidance, training, consultation, supervision and support to the MDT to aid development and support staff wellbeing.

Provide specialist psychological assessment and formulation for individuals with complex mental health needs utilising evidence-based practice. The role requires linking with the treatment wards psychology team and community services to ensure good communication about the patient's psychological needs.

Contributing to service development and service delivery at a senior level, promoting a trauma informed approach within the service and working with senior colleagues to develop and establish more streamline pathways across the Crisis and Acute mental health services to the treatment wards and into the Planned Care Mental Health Services.

The role will also involve supporting workforce development in line with service need and contributing to a positive culture. This will be based upon service evaluation and national guidance.

Job description

For further information with regards to this vacancy please see the attached Job description and Person Specification as well as the additional information document.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

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