Band 7 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

West London NHS Trust is launching a national psychology service for terrorism trauma care. The service will offer specialist psychological treatment for people affected by acts of terrorism in the UK and abroad, including survivors, bereaved families, witnesses and others directly or indirectly impacted. The service will be delivered with Victim Support and Peace Collective as part of a coordinated national model.

We are seeking a Clinical Lead with expertise in trauma and terrorism or major incident responses, strong operational and clinical leadership, and experience across child and adult pathways. The role involves service development, governance, supervision and partnership working with voluntary and statutory agencies.

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

• Post-graduate doctoral level training (or its equivalent) in Clinical Psychology OR Counselling Psychology
• Eligibility for Chartered Status by the British Psychological Society
• HCPC registered or, for those outside the UK, eligible and will be registered by the time of taking up post.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of working with people with mental health problems
• Experience of facilitating therapeutic groups
• Further training in trauma focussed interventions (CBT, EMDR or NET)
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Experience of the application of clinical /counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of working with parent infant attachment focused interventions e.g. video interaction guidance.
• Experience of running structured psycho-educational group-based interventions

• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of NHS primary and secondary care structures

• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
• Advanced keyboard skills and computer literacy

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
• Ability to manage time effectively and meet deadlines.
• Commitment to reflecting on own performance, seeking and accepting constructive feedback and learning from own and team experiences.
• Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence when required.
• Exercise initiative, flexibility, tact and self-awareness.
• Willing to use peer and group supervision creatively.
• Be able to work flexibly if required.
• Be aware of the limitations in own competencies and seek appropriate senior advice and leadership
• Sickness (or attendance) record that is acceptable to the Trust.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Principal Perinatal Clinical Psychologist

£53,751 to £60,651 a year per annum pro rata inclusive of 15% HCAS