Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Job Purpose

To provide a specialist psychology service to service users, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes. To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment. To provide clinical supervision and consultation. To undertake service evaluation, audit and research. To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.

Key Responsibilities

To provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients under the care of the Bentley House CMHH. To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans. Where appropriate, to act as named worker and take responsibility for initiating planning and reviewing of care plans and co-ordination of multi-professional meetings. To contribute to the effective working of the service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service. To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects. To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of an assistant psychologist if required, under supervision from a more senior psychologist. To provide occasional specialist training in psychological approaches to care to other professions as appropriate. To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures. To undertake regular complex service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs. To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines. To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC Standards for Continuing Professional Development. To comply with the HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency, and ensure professional development in line with these. To travel within the Harrow area for home visits as appropriate and across the Trust when required. To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and to support others involved in such situations.