Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist - Specialist Post

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Harrow Psychology is expanding and excited to offer a new specialist post working across the community Complex Emotional Needs Pathway (CEN, Bentley House) and acute Mental Health Emergency Assessment Centre (MHEAC, Northwick Park Hospital).
Harrow is pioneering in its innovative CEN Pathway, which provides a holistic package of evidence-based therapeutic interventions for individuals with emotion dysregulation and impulsivity. This includes both 1:1 and group therapies as well as the provision of a full DBT program.
Harrow is also leading in its Trauma-Informed Approach and integrated model of psychological care for adults presenting to our MHEAC in acute and crisis states. Psychology plays an integral role in assessment and formulation-driven care planning for the MHEAC, to facilitate psychologically-informed alternatives to admission.
Harrow is committed to research, development and clinical excellence. Our Trauma-Informed Approach is published (Nikopaschos et al. 2023) and influencing national policy (see NHSE Guidelines, 2023). We are equally committed to the further development and progression of our staff and this post is offered with funding to be trained in DBT (PGDip).
If you are passionate about delivering innovative psychologically-informed care, come and join our established team of psychologists with a diverse range of expertise. We especially welcome applications from people of BME backgrounds unrepresented within the profession of Psychology.
This speciality post will be split across Harrow’s CEN Pathway and MHEAC. The post-holder will play a key role in psychological assessment, the development of formulation driven, creative and multi-disciplinary care plans, and the provision of evidence-based psychological intervention (including the DBT program) that follows service users across the whole system.
The post-holder will be expected to work as a senior member of the multi-professional team, including the provision of consultation, co-working, teaching, supervision and research. They will make a leading contribution to the learning culture of the service, and play an integral role in the ongoing development of Trauma-Informed Approaches.
The Harrow Community Mental Health Hub, adult inpatient wards and Home Treatment Team work closely together as an integrated system, which provides holistic intervention to adults with mental health difficulties living in Harrow. The post holder will join an expanding therapies team, committed to providing highly specialist and trauma-informed psychological care, across the system.
Psychology is well integrated and highly valued, with excellent MDT relationships. Specialist supervision is available from senior clinicians in a variety of modalities (including; CAT, NET, EMDR, DBT and systemic). You must have a strong commitment to teamwork, an ability to facilitate ongoing development of the psychology service and to work sensitively within a culturally diverse environment.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest Trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff that provide healthcare to a third of London’s population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.
As a Foundation Trust we involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run and our future development. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust please visit our website.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We are constantly developing and working in innovative ways to provide modern, dependable services in physical and mental health sectors; primary, secondary and community services and in health and social care settings for all ages.

TO BE NOTED:

• This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the postholder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.
• This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder
• The post holder is expected to comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information, clinical governance including research governance.

1. The post holder will input and maintain appropriate computer and manual clinical records and statistical data and provide this to the Senior Managers when necessary.
2. The postholder will engage in relevant computer and IT training as required.