Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Crisis Resolution and Intensive Support Service (CRISS) in Leeds as a psychological professional.  The CRISS Service in Leeds and York NHS Partnership Foundation Trust provides urgent assessment and intensive home treatment provision to service users in Leeds experiencing a mental health crisis. CRISS offers a 24 hour service however, the psychology provision is within regular working hours Mon- Fri with the potential of working condensed hours. The CRISS service has recently undergone a re-structure of the service delivery model, following a recent Core Fidelity assessment.

We are currently expanding the psychological workforce in this service and looking for a highly motivated individual committed to high quality service user focused care.  This post would link to either the West or South locality and you would work alongside another 8a, an 8b and be supported by a Consultant Psychological Professional colleague working strategically across the acute pathway.  We will also be recruiting Assistant Psychologists to support the psychological work in the teams.

We are encouraging of development opportunities for staff and aim to support staff in developing skills in EMDR and DBT.

Main duties of the job

The team is made up of many different disciplines, including, nurses, OTs, harm reduction workers, Health support workers and medical staff.  There is strong leadership and practice development support the team. There are many opportunities to get involved and lead service improvement projects.

The psychological professions workforce is supported by a Deputy Director of Psychological Professions and Professional Leads. We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD. Our previous Psychological Professions Strategy was achieved and we are in the process of writing a new strategy.

Interview date will be in person the week commencing the 3rd of February 2025.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide psychological assessment, risk assessment and formulation with SUs and staff

To support staff to continue to use formulations

To provide high quality psychological interventions.

To attend relevant MDTs to offer a psychological perspective

To research and deliver innovative psychological ways of working

To be a senior psychological professional within a locality, contributing to relevant service improvement projects

To supervise other psychological professional staff as appropriate within the organisation

To supervise assistant psychologists within the CRISS service

To facilitate adherence to the Core fidelity model within CRISS

To help embed outcomes measures and assist with Trust priorities

To provide training to LYPFT colleagues and on the D Clin Psych course as needed

To provide trainee placements where appropriate