Clinical / Practitioner Psychologist Staff Support

We are looking for a motivated Clinical Psychologist /CBT Therapist or Practitioner Psychologist to join the Department of Psychological Services within Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust (HUTHT).

The post holder will provide support, evidence-based psychological therapies, and education to hospital staff across the work-force.

The post will be an opportunity for a Senior CBT therapist or Psychologist to apply their skills for working with common mental health problems using evidence- based models such as CBT, EMDR and IPT, at the core of services such as IAPT. In addition, this post offers flexibility and the opportunity to work with complex / wider problem presentations as needed by the hospital workforce.

It also offers the opportunity to develop interests in group work and training of other staff in wellbeing roles, according to the needs of the staff group and the interests of the post holder. As a service, we prioritise the development and retention of staff and so CPD time and resources are always strongly supported., You will provide a highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention service including consultation and signposting to staff with complex/common mental health problems across the hospital sites of Castle Hill Hospital and Hull Royal Infirmary.

Clinical mental health presentations seen are extremely wide-ranging but include Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Trauma, Long-term conditions, Eating Disorders and comorbid Physical Health Conditions. Some staff will present with specific work-related issues such asBurn Out Syndrome. Group interventions will include structured post incident debriefing in the workplace for which training will be provided.

You will manage your own caseload of clients and will support psychological practice within the Trust through consultation, supervision, formulation and training. You will participate in systematic clinical governance and offer clinical supervision to Assistants, Clinical Psychology Trainees, as well as other staff. You will utilise research skills for audit, service development and research. You will need to develop a knowledge base regarding specific mental health issues in hospital environments and be able to communicate this information to different levels of the organisation.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.