Job summary
The Community Rehabilitation Team offers an enhanced and intensive service to individuals requiring specialist interventions to support and enhance their recovery and rehabilitation in line with National Guidance and best practice. Working in the team as a senior member of the MDT you will both deliver clinically and support the team in developing and maintaining psychologically lead approaches to the client group. You will support the teams individual work through education, supervision, role modelling, formulation and consultation. You will be a key member of the Trusts wider rehabilitation pathway.
Main duties of the job
Carry a clinical caseload,
Be a key part of the MDT
Case formulation and assessment and consultation
Support the teams ongoing development of psychological based interventions
Engage and be active within the Trusts Psychology network
Be a key member of the rehabilitation pathway with inpatient colleagues helping to develop effective rehabilitation pathway, clinical models and rehabilitation approaches.
About us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Practice
Carry out highly complex psychological assessments; drawing on the research literature, knowledge of both theoretical and therapeutic models and administration and interpretation of a comprehensive range of psychometric assessments, in order to formulate and plan interventions. This includes integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources which may include standard neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observation and interviews with clients, family members and others involved in clients care.
To formulate clients presenting difficulties based on sound theoretical and clinical evidence and knowledge and implement plans of specialist psychological treatment based on an appropriate conceptual framework and the up to date current evidence base practice, taking into account current clinical and best practice guidelines. To ensure the formulations are flexible, maintaining a number of provisional hypothesise and updating this as new information comes to light.
To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options using knowledge of both theoretical and therapeutic models, incorporating highly complex factors including historical, developmental, emotional, social, psychiatric and neurological processes that have contributed to the clients presentation.
To work autonomously and hold professional responsibility for the psychological assessment, treatment, evaluation and discharge of patients who you are providing specialised psychological therapy to.
To provide specialist psychological opinion, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals (both within and external to the team) involved in client care. This will involve liaising with other members of the multidisciplinary teams and other professionals, as appropriate.
To evaluate both the progress of on-going psychological treatment during the course of psychological input as well as the outcome of psychological interventions.
To adhere to professional guidelines and being responsible for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the CRT.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Practice
Carry out highly complex psychological assessments; drawing on the research literature, knowledge of both theoretical and therapeutic models and administration and interpretation of a comprehensive range of psychometric assessments, in order to formulate and plan interventions. This includes integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources which may include standard neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observation and interviews with clients, family members and others involved in clients care.
To formulate clients presenting difficulties based on sound theoretical and clinical evidence and knowledge and implement plans of specialist psychological treatment based on an appropriate conceptual framework and the up to date current evidence base practice, taking into account current clinical and best practice guidelines. To ensure the formulations are flexible, maintaining a number of provisional hypothesise and updating this as new information comes to light.
To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options using knowledge of both theoretical and therapeutic models, incorporating highly complex factors including historical, developmental, emotional, social, psychiatric and neurological processes that have contributed to the clients presentation.
To work autonomously and hold professional responsibility for the psychological assessment, treatment, evaluation and discharge of patients who you are providing specialised psychological therapy to.
To provide specialist psychological opinion, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals (both within and external to the team) involved in client care. This will involve liaising with other members of the multidisciplinary teams and other professionals, as appropriate.
To evaluate both the progress of on-going psychological treatment during the course of psychological input as well as the outcome of psychological interventions.
To adhere to professional guidelines and being responsible for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the CRT.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate level qualification in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent) or Counselling Psychology accredited by the BPS Registration with the HCPC
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree, postgraduate doctoral degree, supplemented by short specialist courses, clinical supervision and further specialist training, experience
- Registration with the HCPC
Training
Essential
- Relevant post qualification training
Desirable
- Post-qualification training including specialist training in specific therapeutic approaches or clinical specialties
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post qualification experience of working psychologically with adults who have a range of mental health difficulties.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Post qualification experience of liaison and consultation with other professionals
- Supervising other clinicians
- Evaluating/auditing professional work
Desirable
- Teaching mental health professionals about psychological issues.
- Experience of leading on clinically relevant research
- Publication of research
- Involvement in the planning and development of psychological services
- Supervising trainee or other Psychologists
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive and up-to-date knowledge of relevant theory and research through reading and CPD.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Knowledge of a range of therapeutic approaches
- Critical awareness of current themes in Adult Mental Health policy and research
- Ability to undertake specialist assessments, develop formulations and provide psychological interventions.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research, design and methodology.
- Risk assessment and risk management
Desirable
- Extended knowledge in additional interventions/assessments/ models
Skills
Essential
- Effective verbal and written communication skills and relationship building skills.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention using a range of psychological models in service users with mental health difficulties
- Skills in providing consultation and training to other professional and non-professional groups
- Effective IT skills
- Planning skills to organise workload and delivery of client care
Contractual requirements
Essential
- A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate level qualification in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent) or Counselling Psychology accredited by the BPS Registration with the HCPC
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree, postgraduate doctoral degree, supplemented by short specialist courses, clinical supervision and further specialist training, experience
- Registration with the HCPC
Training
Essential
- Relevant post qualification training
Desirable
- Post-qualification training including specialist training in specific therapeutic approaches or clinical specialties
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post qualification experience of working psychologically with adults who have a range of mental health difficulties.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Post qualification experience of liaison and consultation with other professionals
- Supervising other clinicians
- Evaluating/auditing professional work
Desirable
- Teaching mental health professionals about psychological issues.
- Experience of leading on clinically relevant research
- Publication of research
- Involvement in the planning and development of psychological services
- Supervising trainee or other Psychologists
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive and up-to-date knowledge of relevant theory and research through reading and CPD.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Knowledge of a range of therapeutic approaches
- Critical awareness of current themes in Adult Mental Health policy and research
- Ability to undertake specialist assessments, develop formulations and provide psychological interventions.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research, design and methodology.
- Risk assessment and risk management
Desirable
- Extended knowledge in additional interventions/assessments/ models
Skills
Essential
- Effective verbal and written communication skills and relationship building skills.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention using a range of psychological models in service users with mental health difficulties
- Skills in providing consultation and training to other professional and non-professional groups
- Effective IT skills
- Planning skills to organise workload and delivery of client care
Contractual requirements
Essential
- A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
