Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical /Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Practitioner to join the Ealing Crisis Assessment and Home Treatment Team. The team works alongside our inpatient and community mental health services to offer an increased level of support to those experiencing a mental health crisis outside of an inpatient setting. The team currently support service users living in Ealing both in their own homes and in the Crisis Recovery House run by VCSE partners at Waythrough.

The post-holder will work collaboratively and proactively with the multi-disciplinary team to manage risk robustly and to provide a psychological perspective to the care provided.  Along with providing assessment, formulation and brief interventions to service users and their families.  The post-holder will also support and work with the team to develop a range of psychologically informed interventions which can be delivered across the MDT. The post holder will also be integral to decisions and delivery about reflective practice, team formulation/consultation and post incident support.

The service is working towards accreditation from the Quality Network for Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams, and the post holder would be actively involved in ensuring the psychological standards are met and maintained. 

The post holder will be the supervisor and line manager for the Assistant Psychologists in the team.  Along with providing a placement for a trainee clinical psychologist from the North London training courses. 

Main duties of the job

MAIN DUTIES

·       Providing a full and comprehensive psychology service providing direct care to service users and their families offering assessment, formulation, risk assessment and brief evidence based interventions when indicated. 

·       Offer indirect work ensuring that all members of the multidisciplinary team have access to a psychological framework for understanding the service user’s needs.  This will be provided by giving psychological advice, consultation, contributing in clinical meetings and team formulation. 

·       Developing the MDT’s knowledge and skills to use a psychological approach to a service user’s care through teaching, training and where needed supervision. 

·       Work as an integrated clinical member of a multi-disciplinary team, which will include responsibility for ensuring the systematic provision and governance of a high quality specialist clinical psychology service.

·       Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development. 

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham).  We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

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