Clinical Psychologist - CRHT

You will have experience of working with adults experiencing mental health crises and be confident working in partnership with families, carers, and partner agencies with a person-centred approach. Strong communication skills, clinical judgement and a commitment to supporting people through their recovery and transition back into the community is essential.

This role offers the opportunity to make a genuine difference, helping shape and develop crisis and liaison services across the Isle of Wight while supporting the professional growth of teams around you.

• To provide high quality specialist assessment, formulation, individual and group psychological therapy to patients of the Isle of Wight Community Mental Health Teams, working within professional guidelines and the organisational structure of the Service's policies and procedures.
• The characteristics of the core population include people with enduring mental health needs and complex emotional needs who may find it difficult to:
• Make or maintain relationships, connect with other people, including friends, family or work colleagues
• Manage and control their emotions
• Cope with life and difficult feelings
• Control their behaviours and impulses
• Duties will also include working with other people involved in individuals' care (eg family or named carers). A recovery-focused approach is essential.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Essential: - A doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology or equivalent, and registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist.; - Or; - Qualification as an RMN, social worker or occupational therapist with post-qualification training in psychological therapy equivalent to a diploma or above. Applications from qualified psychological therapists without a core professional training will also be considered if they meet the other criteria.; - AND; - Accredited registration with a relevant psychological professional body (e.g. HCPC, BABCP, ACAT, EMDR Association).

Desirable: - Training and qualifications in staff training, other psychological therapies, or other fields of applied psychology.

Essential: - Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of individuals and their families across a range of care settings (e.g. inpatient, community and primary care settings).; - Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.

Desirable: - Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.; - Knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapy in specific groups (e.g. psychosis, personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).