Job summary
Due to the nature of being a small, specialist service, we are seeking a candidate who will work on site full-time.
This is an exciting opportunity to work as Highly Specialist Psychologist / Psychological Therapist at a small, specialist psychological service at the William Morris Centre. The William Morris Centre is a community psychological service, working with adults who exhibit complex emotional and relational problems that cause harm to others. The service provides psychological assessment and intervention utilising therapies such as Mentalisation-Based Therapy (MBT) and EMDR. There is opportunity for family and couples work (adult only). There is also a social inclusion provision. The William Morris Centre is co-commissioned by the forensic and general adult mental health directorates in Oxleas. While located in the forensic directorate, there is a close working relationship with general adult community services in the Trust.
We are seeking a candidate who is passionate about working to reducing violence and sexual harm while improving the lives of service users. This is a service highly valued by the people who use it and we seek candidates who are energised by a role that combines clinical practice and leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
- Having a senior presence at the service under supervision of the service lead.
- Provide psychological assessment, formulation and therapy to individuals.
- Provide highly specialist advice and consultation to referrers.
- Utilise research skills in audit and other research and development activities.
- Supervise and direct the work of assistant and trainee psychologists as required.
- Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures, and the department's objectives.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinical responsibilities associated with the service.
- Senior presence at the service, to support and manage any risk issues as they arise.
- To provide highly specialist psychological therapy assessments, formulations and interventions.
- To provide specialist consultation to other professionals in health and probation.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients.
- To provide culturally appropriate psychological therapy interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
- To communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care.
- To produce reports on clients, in a timely manner, that convey the key findings of psychological assessment and formulation and treatment outcome in a way that does justice to the complexity of the problems described, but that are understandable to the recipients of the reports, including clients and referrers.
- To undertake risk assessment, risk monitoring and risk management for individual clients in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures, and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
- To work in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory agencies as appropriate.
- Liaison with other relevant services in health and probation.
- Implement outcome measurement as determined by the local service.
- Attend and contribute to psychological therapies and directorate meetings and forums.
- Lead on research and quality improvement projects.
- Supervise pre-qualified staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinical responsibilities associated with the service.
- Senior presence at the service, to support and manage any risk issues as they arise.
- To provide highly specialist psychological therapy assessments, formulations and interventions.
- To provide specialist consultation to other professionals in health and probation.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients.
- To provide culturally appropriate psychological therapy interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
- To communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care.
- To produce reports on clients, in a timely manner, that convey the key findings of psychological assessment and formulation and treatment outcome in a way that does justice to the complexity of the problems described, but that are understandable to the recipients of the reports, including clients and referrers.
- To undertake risk assessment, risk monitoring and risk management for individual clients in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures, and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
- To work in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory agencies as appropriate.
- Liaison with other relevant services in health and probation.
- Implement outcome measurement as determined by the local service.
- Attend and contribute to psychological therapies and directorate meetings and forums.
- Lead on research and quality improvement projects.
- Supervise pre-qualified staff.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Entry-level qualification in applied psychological therapy/mental health/social welfare profession or equivalent and demonstrable practice in this field (ie professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level/supervised practice/additional training) that has been accepted for the purposes of professional registration.
- Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice (through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical psychological therapy practice, assessed by a registered body and/or an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma or higher.
- Registered with professional body or regulatory body as appropriate to psychological therapy discipline ie HCPC/UKCP/BACP/BABCP.
- Evidence of CPD
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years full-time (or equivalent part-time) post-doctoral / post qualification supervised experience
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with the full range of clinical severity under supervision
- Post qualification of working with and addressing issues of diversity, including experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Ability to administer, score and interpret psychometric and neuropsychological tests with appropriate training and supervision
- Understanding psychological formulation for complex high risk service users.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group, mental health and child protection.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies relevant to the client group.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies and two assessment methodologies
- Knowledge of the principles and practice of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management
- Knowledge of equal opportunities, confidentiality and consent issues
- Knowledge of key NHS policies and procedures, and relevant Health & Safety legislation
- Ability to manage severely challenging behaviour/crisis intervention
- Ability to manage unpredictable workloads, frequent demands on concentration and attention and within available, and sometimes limited, resources
- Report writing, presentation skills, Competent in Microsoft Office packages
Desirable
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex data analysis.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Entry-level qualification in applied psychological therapy/mental health/social welfare profession or equivalent and demonstrable practice in this field (ie professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level/supervised practice/additional training) that has been accepted for the purposes of professional registration.
- Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice (through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical psychological therapy practice, assessed by a registered body and/or an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma or higher.
- Registered with professional body or regulatory body as appropriate to psychological therapy discipline ie HCPC/UKCP/BACP/BABCP.
- Evidence of CPD
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years full-time (or equivalent part-time) post-doctoral / post qualification supervised experience
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with the full range of clinical severity under supervision
- Post qualification of working with and addressing issues of diversity, including experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Ability to administer, score and interpret psychometric and neuropsychological tests with appropriate training and supervision
- Understanding psychological formulation for complex high risk service users.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group, mental health and child protection.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies relevant to the client group.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies and two assessment methodologies
- Knowledge of the principles and practice of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management
- Knowledge of equal opportunities, confidentiality and consent issues
- Knowledge of key NHS policies and procedures, and relevant Health & Safety legislation
- Ability to manage severely challenging behaviour/crisis intervention
- Ability to manage unpredictable workloads, frequent demands on concentration and attention and within available, and sometimes limited, resources
- Report writing, presentation skills, Competent in Microsoft Office packages
Desirable
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex data analysis.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
William Morris Centre, Bracton Centre
Bracton Lane, Leyton Cross Road
Dartford
DA2 7AF
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
