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Part Time Psychological Therapist (Personality Disorders)

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Part Time Psychological Therapist (Personality Disorders)

£42618

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire

Part time
Permanent
Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 17 Apr | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 9145e56551b942b3a4e20e5f2e015d14

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Full Job Description

To provide psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problem

To be responsible for implementing psychological interventions from within your area of specialty for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across team

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models for individuals, families, or groups as appropriate

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans

To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management

To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under enhanced CPA including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care

have a core mental health qualification and registration (including nursing, social work, occupational therapy)

have an interest of working collaboratively with service users (and their families) to develop their skills to improve their ability to tolerate and manage strong emotion

have some experience of working with service users with mental health needs

be able to work flexibly as the needs of the service demands, Qualification and continuing registration in one of the core mental health professions

Continuing registration with body overseeing practice of core mental health profession (e.g. NMC, HCPC)

Additional training in approaches to PD (e.g. DBT or SCM), Experience of assessment and treatment of clients across a full range of care settings

Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups including adults with personality disorders

Experience of multi-disciplinary team working

Awareness of current NHS initiatives and developments

Experience of MDT working, Ability to apply psychological practice in different cultural contexts, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission