Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP)- Adult Community Psychology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 364-A-6997-D
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Herrick House
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP)- Adult Community Psychology
Band 6
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a qualified Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP) to join Adult Community Psychological Services in North East Essex. The psychological practitioners in the team work closely in a supportive, integrated MDT to provide a specialist psychology service to adult service users. This post is based at across the Colchester and Tendring areas.
If you would like to join an established, supportive team in which ongoing learning and innovation are encouraged, and you are enthusiastic about providing high quality psychological services to people with complex mental health difficulties we would like to hear from you.
Candidates must have completed, or be near to completing, a Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP) Master's training programme.
This advert will close early should we receive a high number of applications.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Associates in Psychology fill an identified skills gap between assistant psychologists and qualified psychologists. They are able to practice autonomously with appropriate support, working within their scope of practice, under the supervision of a registered clinical psychologist.
The post holder will work alongside qualified Psychologists, together with the wider network of Secondary Care MDT colleagues. This will involve the development and provision of group and individual therapies, and monitoring and evaluation of these. The service is responsible for ensuring high quality, evidence based psychological interventions are accessible to people with complex needs, and often in the context of high levels of risk.
The successful applicant will join our professional and friendly team of psychologists and psychological therapists who specialist in a range of models of therapy, including CBT, CAT, EMDR, DBT, Family Therapy, ACT, CFT, and Sensory-Motor Psychotherapy.
CPD is both strongly supported and actively encouraged.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish. If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
Under supervision CAPs:
- Provide assessment, formulation and intervention recommendations for complex clinical presentations, within their scope of practice.
- Be capable of making judgements about the needs of individuals, the identification of potential risks, and the possible requirement for more specialist assessment and treatment.
- Be capable of weighing conflicting components pertaining to a complex problem or situation
- Monitor their own effectiveness with each service user and/or the presenting problem, to determine whether consultation or supervision from a colleague is required
- Ensure referral to designated supervisor is promptly made when case complexity falls out with their own range of competency. Use a range of assessment measures and procedures that are compatible with service user presenting problems.
This is just a select few responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed list of job responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Candidates must have completed, or be near to completing, a Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP) Master's training programme
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with adults
- Experince of setting up/runing groups
Desirable criteria
- Experince of working with Adults in a community setting
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Awareness of their own competence and expertise, and ability to work within those boundaries
- Aware of the expectations of professional and ethical behaviour and act in accordance with these
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Kristoff Bonello
- Job title
- Associate Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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