[ref. x87294417] Clinical/Counselling Psychologist | Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust - London
The TSC has specialist expertise in working with traumatised refugees and asylum seekers, survivors of childhood abuse, torture survivors, veterans’, managing major incidents and working cross culturally.
This is a 12 month fixed-term 0.6 WTE position . We are based at St Pancras Hospital, with good transport links. You will be expected to provide face to face clinical work with some remote working for admin and meetings.
We are especially keen to employ a diverse team of clinicians to ensure that we continue to meet the needs and languages of our service users.
To discuss this role further, please contact Mary Robertson by e mail: mary.robertsontsc@nhs.uk or telephone: 0203 317 6820
You will work directly with service users with PTSD who have experienced multiple traumatic events and coming from a wide range of diverse backgrounds. You will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, consultation and evidence based treatment for PTSD.You will also be providingclinical and professional supervision of assistant psychologists and support supervision of trainee psychologists
You would be working within a supportive team.
Ideally you will have previous experience working with adults presenting with PTSD and have training in EMDR or NET in addition to trauma focused CBT. You must have experience working with interpreters.
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
Why choose to join the Partnership?- We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
- Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
- Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
- Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
- We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
- Generous Annual Leave Allowance
- NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
- We have excellent internal staff network support groups.
The role of the clinical psychologist will include psychological assessment and providing specialist psychological interventions for PTSD, supervision of assistant psychologists, and offering consultation and advice to other professionals.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Spec
This advert closes on Sunday 13 Oct 2024