Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychology & Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-9099
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Derwent Centre, Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Town
- Harlow
- Salary
- £48,270 - £54,931 per annum including Fringe HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT-PD Therapist
Band 7
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
We have an exciting opportunity for a, skilled and enthusiastic Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT-PD Therapist to join our well-established, dynamic 18-25s Psychology Service. You will offer comprehensive psychological assessment and evidence-based treatment to young people aged 18-25 who are experiencing mental health difficulties that are too complex to be managed by primary care, but not so complex that they require involvement from the secondary care mental health teams.
Based in Harlow the service covers a broad geographical area with sites in Loughton, Harlow and Stansted.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be expected to work autonomously to offer assessment and treatment to young people, both 1:1 and via a psychoeducation group programme. They will offer CBT for a range of mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression, OCD, but will also offer longer-term specialist CBT for young people who are developing traits of personality disorder.
We work collaboratively with primary care colleagues, employment, education and other system partners, supporting early treatment using the CAPA model of care (Choice and Partnership Approach). You will have strong networking and relationship building skills, alongside skills in creatively and actively working with this client group and the wider network around them. You will have a strong understanding of the impact of Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences, and be interested in promoting social inclusion and the empowerment of service users within their mental health recovery.
This post will be based in the Harlow area but working in other areas will be required as part of the role. The post holder will also provide consultation and training for staff, and clinical supervision for trainees, assistants and volunteers as required.
As the role requires working across bases, access to own transport is desirable.
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
The 18-25s Psychology Service was developed to address a gap in service provision and offers a specialist psychology service to young adults. The service has been highly valued by our young adult service users who have provided very positive feedback on the high level of impact the support they received has had on their lives. The post holder will work alongside three qualified psychologists, a social worker, a family therapist, and an assistant psychologist and will liaise closely with the wider network of primary care and MDT colleagues. CPD is both strongly supported and actively encouraged.
For the detailed job description and main responsibilities list, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
For an informal discussion or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Dr Justine McMahon, Principal Clinical Psychologist and Team Lead on 01279 967306/07583 138548 or email her on [email protected]
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional post-graduate qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (BPS accredited). Eligible for Chartered status.
- Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions and/or recognised highly specialist formal psychotherapy training to Masters Level or equivalent in systemic psychotherapy.
- HCPC, BABCP or UKCP Registered.
Desirable criteria
- Post accreditation training in additional specialised areas of psychological practice such as DBT, CAT, Schema therapy, EMDR, MBT or SCM.
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Doctoral level (or equivalent of) knowledge of research methodology and analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate further specialist training and/or experience through specialist training and supervision, in specialist therapies for treating Personality Disorder & Complex Needs, such as DBT, CAT, Schema therapy, EMDR, MBT or SCM.
Skills/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in providing psychological/psychotherapy interventions at post graduate level.
- Experience of assessing complex clients for appropriate psychological intervention.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues
- UK Driving licence and access to own transport
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision of other staff.
- Experience in offering consultation and staff support to multidisciplinary staff teams and other professionals groups.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Shares the Trust’s Beliefs and models this in their attitude and behaviour:
- Positive attitude to collaborative team work and ability to form good working relationships with others
- Accountable for own professional actions and ability to work autonomously, including planning and organising own workload.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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 Justine McMahon
- Job title
- Principal Practitioner Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01279 967306
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