8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist/ Psychological Therapist - Maternity Cover

Job overview

This maternity cover role involves working in a friendly Psychology team to provide a broad range of psychological services.  The North CMHT has a growing psychology and therapy team and you will work under the supervision of experienced colleagues.

This post provides a real opportunity to be involved in service delivery that puts the people who use our services at the very heart of them.

We welcome informal queries should you wish to explore whether this is the post for you.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the job are to provide assessment, formulation and psychological intervention to service users and carers within the CMHT, as well as clinical supervision.  You will provide evidence-based interventions for individuals and, if relevant, also to groups.  We especially need to provide trauma focused therapies so a strong background in either EMDR or Trauma Focused CBT would be preferable.  You’ll also help the broader MDT team with consultation and training as necessary. There may also be opportunities to take part in quality improvement projects as part of a supportive and dynamic psychology team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details regarding job description and main responsibilities.