Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist

at  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical or Counselling Psychologist/CBT therapist looking for an opportunity to hone your clinical skills within a specialist service? We are looking for 2 clinicians who can share our vacant 1.7 whole time equivalent post. Please contact Mark Bruce for more information or if you wish to discuss further.
Op Courage is the NHS Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service. Our service covers the central area of Southern England and is led by Dr Deborah Lee. The successful candidate for this post will be based in Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire carrying out assessment, formulation, and evidence-based psychological therapy.
A passion for supporting our ex Armed Forces community (veterans) is essential. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will provide assessment and psychological treatment for veterans with complex mental health issues, including Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety disorders, substance misuse and anger issues. You will be fully supported, with training where needed, to offer evidence-based treatment following NICE guidance to meet the needs of our clients, including CBT and TF-CBT, EMDR, NET and Compassion Focused Therapy.
Your self-care is important to us. We pride ourselves on offering excellent clinical support within the team including access to daily senior clinicians on a rota, weekly or fortnightly individual supervision, peer supervision and specialist CFT and EMDR group supervision.

Holder of an HCPC regulated Clinical/Counselling Psychology qualification OR Post graduate certificate in evidence-based psychological treatments and eligible for BABCP accreditation
Training in evidence-based psychological therapy for PTSD
Evidence of working with people who have experienced common mental health problems, across the lifespan and from different cultures.
Evidence of experience of working with adults presenting with complex mental health difficulties.
Evidence of experience of working with traumatised people including those with PTSD and/or C-PTSD
Our OpCourage Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service covers the area of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Hampshire including the Isle of Wight.
You will be joining a multi-disciplinary team. The service operational administrative base is in Erlegh House at the University of Reading, Berkshire. The team come together once monthly for a business meeting, and on other specified occasions as necessary.
We are looking for 2 Band 7 Clinicians to share 1.6 whole time equivalent vacancy.
Interviews will be held on 25 June 2024.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Mark Bruce on 0118 904 7222 or email: Mark.Bruce2@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required