Job summary
We are looking for an experienced Specialist Psychological Therapist to join our team. You will work closely with the Clinical Lead and Senior Clinical Psychologist to provide clinical and managerial leadership for the Specialist Community Psychology Service.
As a highly experienced Psychological Therapist, you will be responsible for line management and clinical supervision of members of the team. You will offer advice and consultation to colleagues within the team and to referrers. You will also provide a specialist clinical service to service users, providing psychological assessment, formulation and therapy.
The Specialist Community Psychology Service works with patients whose needs sit between NHS Talking Therapies services and Secondary Care. The team consists of psychological therapists and clinical psychologists and provides individualised assessments, formulation and psychological therapies including CBT, EMDR, CAT, ACT, emotion regulation and brief solution focused therapy. We have good links with Newcastle University and have a rotation of first year DClinPsy students on placement.
- Interview Date: 07 August 2023
- 37 hours 30 minutes /Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly experienced Psychological Therapist. Applicants must demonstrate essential requirements from the job description, key elements of this include:
- An honors degree and post graduate diploma in CBT (and BABCP registration)
- Training and experience with a 2nd psychological therapy (eg CAT, EMDR, IPT, DIT, CFT)
- Substantial experience practicing as a psychological therapist
- Training and experience in management and clinical supervision
This post is based in Newcastle upon Tyne and you will provide psychological therapy services via face to face, telephone and video clinics. Some evening work is an essential part of this role. In house supervision is provided.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
Rated 'Outstanding' by theCQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Under the clinical leadership of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to support them in providing a comprehensive psychological therapy service within the Newcastle Specialist Community Psychology Service.
- To provide a specialised and experienced psychological therapy service for patients with the most complex /challenging presentations, by assessing and treating own specialist caseload of patients, plus maintaining associated records.
- Provides a qualified specialist Psychological Therapy service across all sectors of care; providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy. Offering advice and consultation on patients psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
- To provide line management supervision and clinical supervision to psychological therapists as required
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Under the clinical leadership of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to support them in providing a comprehensive psychological therapy service within the Newcastle Specialist Community Psychology Service.
- To provide a specialised and experienced psychological therapy service for patients with the most complex /challenging presentations, by assessing and treating own specialist caseload of patients, plus maintaining associated records.
- Provides a qualified specialist Psychological Therapy service across all sectors of care; providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy. Offering advice and consultation on patients psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
- To provide line management supervision and clinical supervision to psychological therapists as required
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge experience and training, eg: an honours degree and a post-graduate diploma in CBT and further training in a 2nd psychological therapy and substantial experience practicing as a psychological therapist and HCPC/BABCP registration
- Undertaken additional post qualification training, e.g.; EMDR, IPT, DIT, CAT, CFT.
- Completed further training in supervision skills required to provide supervision for Doctoral trainees.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Has experience of working with adults with common mental health conditions.
- Has experience of providing clinical supervision and line management
- Has considerable post qualification experience and application of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients across a range of care settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patent groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Have received a significant number of years of clinical supervision (post qualification).
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g.; people with a diagnosis of personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc)
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to both the patient group and mental health.
- Computer literate - competent use of email/internet
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Desirable
- Has obtained further post-graduate training in therapeutic area relevant to work with adult health patients and their families
- High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Experience of working in primary care or NHS Talking Therapies
- Experience of teaching and training
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to empathise and 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 providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Has skills in waiting list management.
- Is developing skills in audit and resource management
- 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 meet the travel requirements for post.
- Demonstrable skills in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Is developing skills in the application of psychological knowledge to a population, e.g.; adult health and takes responsibility for the management of waiting list within section.
Desirable
- Ability to initiate, develop and implement research projects.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge experience and training, eg: an honours degree and a post-graduate diploma in CBT and further training in a 2nd psychological therapy and substantial experience practicing as a psychological therapist and HCPC/BABCP registration
- Undertaken additional post qualification training, e.g.; EMDR, IPT, DIT, CAT, CFT.
- Completed further training in supervision skills required to provide supervision for Doctoral trainees.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Has experience of working with adults with common mental health conditions.
- Has experience of providing clinical supervision and line management
- Has considerable post qualification experience and application of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients across a range of care settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patent groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Have received a significant number of years of clinical supervision (post qualification).
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g.; people with a diagnosis of personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc)
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to both the patient group and mental health.
- Computer literate - competent use of email/internet
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Desirable
- Has obtained further post-graduate training in therapeutic area relevant to work with adult health patients and their families
- High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Experience of working in primary care or NHS Talking Therapies
- Experience of teaching and training
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to empathise and 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 providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Has skills in waiting list management.
- Is developing skills in audit and resource management
- 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 meet the travel requirements for post.
- Demonstrable skills in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Is developing skills in the application of psychological knowledge to a population, e.g.; adult health and takes responsibility for the management of waiting list within section.
Desirable
- Ability to initiate, develop and implement research projects.
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).
