Specialist Clinical / Counselling Health Psychologist / CBT Therapist

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust ,
Maidenhead, Berkshire
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What's special about this opportunity? Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can provide you with a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be empowered to support patients with complex conditions, adopting a personalised approach to patient care that maximises independence, choice and control, following our philosophy of enabling people to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and wellbeing. We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having an 'Outstanding' rating overall. Being an 'Outstanding', well-led, organisation, and having an 'Outstanding' Older Adults Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: 'Managers across Berkshire Healthcare promoted a positive culture that supported and valued staff, creating a sense of common purpose based on shared values.' Working in a passionate team, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth, with opportunities to help you build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, enabling you to extend your skills and ensure that you excel. We are pioneers in compassionate leadership and Quality Improvement, which is about creating a culture where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to have a direct impact on the things that matter most. About you: We are seeking a Clinical Psychologist, Counselling, Health or CBT Therapist for this post. This is an opportunity to work in an established integrated Older Adult Community Mental Health Team with referrals for therapy from the community mental health team and the home treatment team and for neuropsychological assessment and therapy from the memory clinic. There are opportunities for delivering therapy in groups with experienced colleagues, and having a role in a number of innovative projects with community nursing, care homes and carers. Working within a friendly and experienced team, you would have the opportunity to contribute to staff wellbeing projects, including taking the lead on staff mindfulness sessions and team formulation. The development of supervision, project and leadership skills is also encouraged. We provide a specialist psychology service to older people seen by the Older People's multidisciplinary team in Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CMHTE. We also carry out neuropsychological assessments within the memory clinic and home based therapy services to older people and also provide specialist services to those with people who have a dementia. We are willing to interview a trainee due to complete training in September and less hours are available at Band 6 if a candidate wanted to work elements of the job rather than the full hours. You may also be required to travel between Trust premises as required for the performance of your duties. What's next? If you share our passion for people and the dedication to excel, we'd love to hear from you. We are happy to answer any questions that you may have. Please don't hesitate to call Dr Chris Allen, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 01628 640200 or email chris.allen@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help. In addition to a competitive salary, as a valued member of our team, you will receive generous annual leave, have access to a car salary sacrifice scheme (available to all permanent staff over the age of 21) and as a respected member of the NHS, discounts from high street retailers and restaurants. We'd love to welcome you to our warm, friendly team, who want to help you to make your career reflect your ambitions. For further details / informal visits contact: Dr Chris Allen, telephone 01628 640200, email Chris.Allen@berkshire.nhs.uk Louise Duffy, telephone 07342 069975, email Louise.Duffy@berkshire.nhs.uk Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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