Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist - Complex Mental Health Services

Responsibilities

As a Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, you will:

• Provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for adults with complex mental health needs.
• Deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions in individual, family and group formats.
• Support patients with presentations including autism, complex trauma, personality disorders, functional neurological disorder (FND), eating difficulties, depression, OCD and self-harm.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to develop effective care and treatment plans.
• Offer psychological consultation, advice and guidance to other professionals across the service.
• Contribute to risk assessment and risk management planning.
• Support patients and families throughout their recovery journey and preparation for life outside hospital.
• Supervise and support assistant psychologists, therapeutic support workers and psychology trainees where appropriate.
• Participate in research, service evaluation, quality improvement and audit projects.
• Deliver training and contribute to the ongoing development of psychological thinking across the service.