Job summary
Do you want to be part of a team making Hammersmith & Fulham a great place to grow old? The Community Independence Service (CIS) provides planned and unplanned nursing and therapy interventions for older residents who have had a recent deterioration in their physical health and is run jointly between West London NHS Trust and CNWL Foundation Trust across the three inner London Boroughs.
We are looking for someone with a passion for community rehabilitation who will be key in supporting the occupational and physiotherapists to deliver effective rehabilitation programmes during a person's episode of care. You will develop and maintain relationships that integrate health and social care to support and reduce the need for hospital admission for patients, ensuring a they maintain their ability to engage in daily activities. This is a great opportunity to consolidate your clinical skills supported through your personal development and appraisal plan.
Main duties of the job
Working as a member of the Community Independence Service you will contribute to a person's episode of rehabilitation to maintain or improve their independence to continue living in their primary residence with as minimal support as possible.
You will work under the guidance of health care professionals to assist therapists by carrying out delegated aspects of patient care without direct supervision and reporting back patient's progress or issues to the relevant therapist.
You will undertake specific skilled support work to aid the rehabilitation of patients in the community or the management of patients at home to prevent imminent unnecessary hospital admission.
You will be responsible for ordering equipment and department supplies, ensuring that these are received in full and good working order, chasing any outstanding items or actions as required.
About us
West London NHS Trust is launching a national psychology service for terrorism trauma care. The service will offer specialist psychological treatment for people affected by acts of terrorism in the UK and abroad, including survivors, bereaved families, witnesses and others directly or indirectly impacted. The service will be delivered with Victim Support and Peace Collective as part of a coordinated national model.
We are seeking a Clinical Lead with expertise in trauma and terrorism or major incident responses, strong operational and clinical leadership, and experience across child and adult pathways. The role involves service development, governance, supervision and partnership working with voluntary and statutory agencies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training (or its equivalent) in Clinical Psychology OR Counselling Psychology
- Eligibility for Chartered Status by the British Psychological Society
- HCPC registered or, for those outside the UK, eligible and will be registered by the time of taking up post.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems
- Experience of facilitating therapeutic groups
Desirable
- Further training in trauma focussed interventions (CBT, EMDR or NET)
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical /counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working with parent infant attachment focused interventions e.g. video interaction guidance.
- Experience of running structured psycho-educational group-based interventions
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Desirable
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of NHS primary and secondary care structures
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
Desirable
- Advanced keyboard skills and computer literacy
Other requirement
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Ability to manage time effectively and meet deadlines.
- Commitment to reflecting on own performance, seeking and accepting constructive feedback and learning from own and team experiences.
- Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence when required.
- Exercise initiative, flexibility, tact and self-awareness.
- Willing to use peer and group supervision creatively.
- Be able to work flexibly if required.
- Be aware of the limitations in own competencies and seek appropriate senior advice and leadership
- Sickness (or attendance) record that is acceptable to the Trust.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training (or its equivalent) in Clinical Psychology OR Counselling Psychology
- Eligibility for Chartered Status by the British Psychological Society
- HCPC registered or, for those outside the UK, eligible and will be registered by the time of taking up post.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems
- Experience of facilitating therapeutic groups
Desirable
- Further training in trauma focussed interventions (CBT, EMDR or NET)
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical /counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working with parent infant attachment focused interventions e.g. video interaction guidance.
- Experience of running structured psycho-educational group-based interventions
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Desirable
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of NHS primary and secondary care structures
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
Desirable
- Advanced keyboard skills and computer literacy
Other requirement
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Ability to manage time effectively and meet deadlines.
- Commitment to reflecting on own performance, seeking and accepting constructive feedback and learning from own and team experiences.
- Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence when required.
- Exercise initiative, flexibility, tact and self-awareness.
- Willing to use peer and group supervision creatively.
- Be able to work flexibly if required.
- Be aware of the limitations in own competencies and seek appropriate senior advice and leadership
- Sickness (or attendance) record that is acceptable to the Trust.
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).
