Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Bristol • Bristol Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nBand 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Bristol with Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust in Bristol, England, United Kingdom\n\nWe are looking for two enthusiastic and highly motivated Clinical/Counselling Psychologists to join the Bristol Inpatient Psychology Service, providing a service to Alder (a mixed gender rehabilitation ward) and Hazel (male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit), Callington Road Hospital. The wards highly value psychological perspectives and are committed to a multidisciplinary approach to care. These roles will also be responsible for developing and delivering a new programme of CBT groups across the acute pathway. This an exciting opportunity to be part of service expansion and development. If you enjoy the challenges and rewards of influencing best clinical practice and the development of psychologically informed environments, then this post offers a wealth of opportunities. You will join a supportive team of seven other inpatient Psychologists with opportunities to link with peers through team meetings, shared projects, and peer supervision groups. Opportunities for CPD will be available, tailored to the acute care pathway. The inpatient psychology team is engaged in a range of ongoing service development and research projects and welcomes applicants who have a passion to collaborate in advancing the quality of the services we offer. We have close ties with the University of Bath Clinical Psychology Doctorate Training programme, with opportunities to teach, provide placements, and collaborate on research. The post-holders will provide a comprehensive psychology service to the team, including specialist assessment, formulation, individual and group interventions. Applicants should have skills to work with a wide range of mental health issues whilst adapting interventions to the dynamic inpatient setting. There is a strong focus on indirect work through team formulation, reflective practice and training with staff teams. You will need to be well organised with the ability to prioritise your work according to clinical need, with good communication skills. This role will involve some supervision and line management of other staff. We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care. At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Baxendale and Megan Wilkinson-Tough Job title: Leads of Bristol Inpatient Psychology Email address: laurabaxendale@nhs.net Telephone number: 07784 239485 Additional contact email: megan.wilkinson-tough@nhs.net (07761 447038) We welcome informal enquiries and visits."}