Consultant Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist/ Psychotherapist inReading inReading PUBLISHED 19 SEP 2024

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

To work as part of the senior management team alongside the PICT Consultant Psychologist.
Are you an innovative and forward-looking clinical / counselling psychologist or psychotherapist with post-qualification training in working with Personality Disorder, such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) or Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT)? Do you have a substantial record of working with individuals with complex emotional needs, who may find it difficult to sustain meaningful therapeutic relationships and may be engaging in risky behaviours? Do you have significant experience of successfully leading and co-ordinating psychological provision in multi-disciplinary settings?

If the above describes you - and if you’re energetic and ready for your next career move - we are looking for the right person to join the leadership of our team. This is a rare opportunity to play a lead role in supporting the delivery, continuous development, and governance of the IMPACTT team, which forms a key part of the Trust’s re-developed EUPD pathway. The team is staffed by psychological therapists and lived experiences practitioners, supported by a reliable administration team, and provides specialist assessments and evidence-based therapies (MBT and DBT). IMPACTT also incorporates an Assertive Stabilisation (ASSIST), Service User Network (SUN) and Psychologically Informed Consultation and Training (PICT) sub-teams. We take the wellbeing of our staff seriously and have regular reflective practice and team wellbeing sessions, alongside CPD opportunities.

  • To lead, manage, and supervise Clinical Leads and enable all staff to deliver high quality assessments and evidence-based interventions to individuals accessing the Personality Disorder pathway, providing strategic, professional, and clinical direction
  • To draw on a high level of expert knowledge and experience of evidence-based interventions of working with individuals with difficulties which may be associated with EUPD
  • To draw on substantial experience of leading service delivery and service development in supporting the ongoing implementation of the pathway, across primary care and outpatient settings, and involvement of key stakeholders within and outside of Berkshire Healthcare
  • To work as part of the senior management team alongside the PICT Consultant Psychologist
  • To deputise for the Lead Consultant Psychologist /Head of Service and represent IMPACTT and/or psychological therapies at relevant policy and service provision meetings, locally and nationally
  • To bring a personal, professional and leadership approach which is collaborative and compassionate and enables positive engagement, emotional containment, and skills-development relevant to work with the client group.
  • To exercise responsibility for service improvement, quality assurance and governance of the service

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.


Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare


  • Caring for and about you is our top priority
  • Committed to providing good quality, safe services
  • Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.


Benefits Of Working For Us Include


  • Flexible working options to support work-life balance
  • 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
  • Generous NHS pension scheme
  • Excellent learning and career development opportunities
  • ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
  • Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
  • Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
  • Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
  • Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
  • Free parking across Trust sites


If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.


For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sorana Berry Job title: Head of Service, IMPACTT Email address: Telephone number:
Are you an innovative and forward-looking clinical / counselling psychologist or psychotherapist with post-qualification training in working with Personality Disorder, such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) or Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT)? Do you have a substantial record of working with individuals with complex emotional needs, who may find it difficult to sustain meaningful therapeutic relationships and may be engaging in risky behaviours? Do you have significant experience of successfully leading and co-ordinating psychological provision in multi-disciplinary settings?

If the above describes you - and if you’re energetic and ready for your next career move - we are looking for the right person to join the leadership of our team. This is a rare opportunity to play a lead role in supporting the delivery, continuous development, and governance of the IMPACTT team, which forms a key part of the Trust’s re-developed EUPD pathway. The team is staffed by psychological therapists and lived experiences practitioners, supported by a reliable administration team, and provides specialist assessments and evidence-based therapies (MBT and DBT). IMPACTT also incorporates an Assertive Stabilisation (ASSIST), Service User Network (SUN) and Psychologically Informed Consultation and Training (PICT) sub-teams. We take the wellbeing of our staff seriously and have regular reflective practice and team wellbeing sessions, alongside CPD opportunities.

  • To lead, manage, and supervise Clinical Leads and enable all staff to deliver high quality assessments and evidence-based interventions to individuals accessing the Personality Disorder pathway, providing strategic, professional, and clinical direction
  • To draw on a high level of expert knowledge and experience of evidence-based interventions of working with individuals with difficulties which may be associated with EUPD
  • To draw on substantial experience of leading service delivery and service development in supporting the ongoing implementation of the pathway, across primary care and outpatient settings, and involvement of key stakeholders within and outside of Berkshire Healthcare
  • To work as part of the senior management team alongside the PICT Consultant Psychologist
  • To deputise for the Lead Consultant Psychologist /Head of Service and represent IMPACTT and/or psychological therapies at relevant policy and service provision meetings, locally and nationally
  • To bring a personal, professional and leadership approach which is collaborative and compassionate and enables positive engagement, emotional containment, and skills-development relevant to work with the client group.
  • To exercise responsibility for service improvement, quality assurance and governance of the service

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare

  • Caring for and about you is our top priority
  • Committed to providing good quality, safe services
  • Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits Of Working For Us Include

  • Flexible working options to support work-life balance
  • 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
  • Generous NHS pension scheme
  • Excellent learning and career development opportunities
  • ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
  • Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
  • Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
  • Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
  • Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
  • Free parking across Trust sites


If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sorana Berry Job title: Head of Service, IMPACTT Email address: Telephone number:


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