Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 0.6wte 8b clinical/counselling/forensic psychologist to provide clinical leadership to the male inpatient pathway at Hellesdon Hospital, which comprises of two wards and a total of 33 beds. You will be joining our well-established psychology team working across the largest acute service in NSFT that comprises of five inpatients wards, 3 of which are part of the new build, and a crisis resolution home treatment team; there is also likely to be one more ward opening by the end of this year.
Within the role you will be helping to provide psychological clinical leadership, regarding MDT decision making, risk management and reduction in restrictive interventions. You will work closely with our multi-disciplinary team colleagues, helping to inform and engage the teams in more psychological ways of thinking and formulating our service users. You will work alongside other psychology colleagues to aid smooth transition and coherent treatment/management plans for service users across the inpatient service line and back into wider community services.
You will provide supervision and line management to other members of the inpatient psychology team to help ensure adherence to evidence base practice, outcome measures and audit data. You will also work alongside the associate director of psychology on projects linked to both local and trust wide strategies and innovations.
Main duties of the job
The work is challenging, fast paced and rewarding; our psychology team come with a range of specialist interests and therapy expertise and have strong links to the UEA doctorate course. There will be the opportunity for training and development as part of the role.
- Ensuring the provision of evidence based psychological assessment and treatment across the male inpatient wards.
- Providing specialist assessment and formulation of complex clients to help aid clinical decision making re diagnosis, management of risk and treatment pathways.
- Working closely with the wider MDT as well as community services involved, to provide clinical leadership in order to enhance psychological thinking and promotion of psychological formulation to facilitate optimal patient care and promote best practice guidelines.
- Working with families and carers where appropriate, particularly on complex cases where the system may feel quite 'stuck'.
- Provision of line management and clinical supervision to other clinicians within the inpatient psychology team.
- Working alongside the Associate Director of Psychology to help contribute to local and trust level service development and initiatives where appropriate.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
We would be very pleased to talk to you about the post. For more information please contact Jamie Durrance, Associate Director of Psychology on 07557744742 or jamie.durrance@nsft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
We would be very pleased to talk to you about the post. For more information please contact Jamie Durrance, Associate Director of Psychology on 07557744742 or jamie.durrance@nsft.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS.
- Further post-qualification, post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in service area.
- Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity.
- Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training.
Desirable
- Working in the relevant service to support specialist knowledge.
- Representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts).
- Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post.
Skills
Essential
- Use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Assessment, evaluation and management of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively complex, highly technical and clinically highly sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Desirable
- Production of reports suitable for public presentations and presentation in medico legal setting.
- High level knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of psychological therapies.
Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc.)
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
- Legislation and its implication for clinical practice and the appropriate management of people presenting with mental health problems.
Other
Essential
- Commitment to continuing professional development, to partnership working and to reflective clinical practice.
- Capacity to exercise careful clinical judgement whilst having the ability to work with and to hold the stress of others in the work setting.
- Ability to travel Independently.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of providing specific support intervention and strategy for staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS.
- Further post-qualification, post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in service area.
- Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity.
- Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training.
Desirable
- Working in the relevant service to support specialist knowledge.
- Representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts).
- Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post.
Skills
Essential
- Use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Assessment, evaluation and management of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively complex, highly technical and clinically highly sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Desirable
- Production of reports suitable for public presentations and presentation in medico legal setting.
- High level knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of psychological therapies.
Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc.)
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
- Legislation and its implication for clinical practice and the appropriate management of people presenting with mental health problems.
Other
Essential
- Commitment to continuing professional development, to partnership working and to reflective clinical practice.
- Capacity to exercise careful clinical judgement whilst having the ability to work with and to hold the stress of others in the work setting.
- Ability to travel Independently.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of providing specific support intervention and strategy for staff.
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).
