Job overview

Are you an experienced psychologist or psychological practitioner with an enthusiasm for working in a crisis service?  Do you have the skills and experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team and providing a psychological perspective to the care provided? Do you have experience in supervising and managing members of the psychology team?

This post offers the opportunity to be part of our crisis and home treatment services in West London.  The post holder would be joining the psychology team comprising of a Principal Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Associate in Psychology based in the Hounslow team.

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. Reflective practice, team formulation, consultation, and post incident support are an integral part of the psychology service. 

The post holder will be the supervisor and line manager for the Clinical Associate in Psychology.  There will also be opportunities to provide placements for trainee clinical psychologists from the North Thames courses and students from the MSc in Early Intervention in Psychosis at the IOPPN

Main duties of the job

Hounslow Crisis Assessment and Home Treatment Team provides a service for adult service users experiencing mental health crisis requiring intensive home based support and treatment.  The service aims to prevent service users requiring a hospital admission.  Therefore, part of the role will entail providing assessments and brief interventions in service user’s homes.

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. 

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.