Senior Locality Clinician Reading

To provide a qualified specialist assessment and therapy service to adults as part of the Talking Therapies service. To take a senior, lead role and provide advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care working within the policies, procedures, and protocols for the service. To manage and lead a team which will focus on service delivery of the Talking Therapies programme.



Full time and Part Time hours considered.



To lead, develop, monitor and evaluate new or existing areas of service delivery, care and treatment and to be involved in the implementation of various interventions.



To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.



To be responsible for line management, project management and pathway leadership as appropriate.



To develop skills in the areas of training and supervision, providing clinical supervision to other qualified clinicians, and supervision of other team members’ work, as appropriate.



To provide advice, consultation and training to staff in areas of the post holder’s competence as required.



To provide a specialist assessment and therapy service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources, including psychological assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and in direct structured observations as well as interviews with clients.



To formulate and implement plans for the formal treatment of client’s problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy according to N.I.C.E. guidelines.



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.



We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.



Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

Caring for and about you is our top priority



Committed to providing good quality, safe services



Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions



We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.



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



Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services



Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants



Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality



Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.



Free parking across Trust sites



The “must haves” for this role:

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology /counselling or health psychology



Or



Qualification in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to post graduate diploma level.



AND Professional qualification in health or social care, e.g. RMN, Social Worker or equivalent.



AND British Association of Behavioural Cognitive Psychotherapy accreditation.



Or



Professional qualification in health or social care, e.g. Counselling Psychologist/ RMN/ Social Worker or equivalent



AND



Recognised Accredited Qualification in Counselling (CFD)/ IPT/ DIT.



A minimum of 2 years post qualification experience of specialist therapy assessment and treatment of clients in Adult Mental Health



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.



Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.



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: Jennifer Herbert [email protected] 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.