An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to play a pivotal role in delivering this new service, as well as planning, evaluating, and contributing to its development.
We are looking for a newly qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist at Band 7 level, who is driven, passionate and excited to be part of a strategically important service provision, in line with our programme of Community Mental Health Transformation which is aiming to transform and enhance the way we deliver our mental health services.
The service will employ an innovative model to provide rehabilitative care to people with complex and severe mental health issues and the role will offer the opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives, including supporting them to engage with activities of daily living and to integrate with their local communities, allowing them to lead meaningful and more independent lives.
The role will offer autonomy, variety, and significant development opportunities, both in leadership and clinical skills.
The ideal candidate will:
- have some desirable knowledge of working or understanding patients with complex mental health rehabilitative needs
- be a registered Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- be able to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others, and themselves
- be passionate about supporting people to live fulfilling lives independently
The post holder will be a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in our new Community Rehabilitation Enhanced Support Team (CREST). As this is a brand-new initiative , the suitable candidate will support the Principal Psychologist to input into the development of the service, includin g feeding into processes and procedures, and supporting with the recruitment of staff to the service.
On a day-to-day basis, the individual will support patients through a needs-led, clien t-centred approach and formulation to care. Each patient will have a bespoke care plan agreed at MDT .
This will include supporting patients with developing their skills and relationships to enable them to live healthy, fulfilling lives.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
Caring for and about you is our top priority
Committed to providing good quality, safe services
Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
Flexible working options to support work-life balance
27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
Generous NHS pension scheme
Excellent learning and career development opportunities
‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
Free parking across Trust sites
FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.
The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
A registered Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with recognised degree-level qualification and HCPC registration.
Desirable knowledge in working/or understanding patients with complex rehabilitative needs.
Kindness, empathy and a passion for supporting people to live independent, fulfilling lives.
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.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.