Job summary
At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and we can offer you a range of support:
- Our SOOTHE resources – supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health.
- In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent, counselling support and lifestyle information are available with advice on a variety of personal matters.
- “In our Gift” providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change.
- The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
- Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
- Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs.
- Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills).
- Child Care Vouchers Scheme
- Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys.
- NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes
Main duties of the job
- To work as a psychologist in the service, providing clinical services directly to people with complex mental health problems and their families/carers and supporting the service and its staff to use strategies that enhance the psychological well-being of people who use this service and their families and/or carers.
- To provide expert psychological assessment and reports, both written and verbal, to referrers of people with a wide range of psychological problems, in accordance with codes of professional ethics
- To formulate and implement plans for formal psychological intervention and/or management of a client’s psychological difficulties, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
- To manage a specialist caseload autonomously and within the criteria directed by the Trust. To make difficult decisions about priorities and clinical issues.
About us
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an award-winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.
We pride ourselves on the services provided to support with the well-being of all of our employees both physically and mentally and offer counselling support and lifestyle information. Opportunities for flexible working are also available depending on the role. We encourage career development provided by in house training programs and coaching support.
As part of our strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, we welcome applications from candidates who meet the specific criteria, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, physical and/or mental disability or offending background. We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.
Date posted
14 February 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£48,526 to £54,619 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
301-JC-23-4925898-A
Job locations
Park House
Cannock
WS11 1JN