Job summary
Are you an experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to join a service at a time of exciting change? Our adult ADHD service is looking for applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic Clinical/Counselling Psychologists to lead our psychological pathway.
This is an opportunity to shape psychological pathways for adults with ADHD as part of an overall redesign of the service. The priority for the new service is to offer a biopsychosocial approach for people diagnosed with ADHD, and prioritise psychological and social interventions as part of the Waiting Well offer for people waiting for assessments. The post holder will be responsible for developing and overseeing psychological provision in the service, alongside providing assessment and psychological interventions for people referred to the service.
We are keen to invest in the development of new practitioners joining our service to enhance their knowledge, skills, clinical practice, leadership and confidence in working in this area. We are therefore looking for applicants who either have experience in working with people with ADHD or have a good foundation of transferable skills and an interest to develop in this area.
We especially welcome applications from candidates with the valuable experience of the diverse social and cultural communities the Trust serves as we are seeking to ensure our psychology staffing has greater diversity and better represents local communities.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist who is enthusiastic about working with people with ADHD and keen to build up the psychological offer for this group.
In this role, you will complete diagnostic assessments for adults, and lead multi-disciplinary diagnostic decision making meetings. You will work closely with colleagues within the MDT as part of the diagnostic assessment pathway and in the post-diagnostic pathway.
You will be responsible for the development and implementation of post-diagnostic psychological pathways, which will include group and individual psychological therapy offers. There are exciting opportunities here to develop pathways that meet the psychological needs of adults with ADHD, from a variety of backgrounds. This role would suit someone with an interest in service development and evaluation, and experience of quality improvement.
You will be responsible for leading a small team of practitioner psychologists offering assessment and psychological intervention, ensuring safety and quality of their work. You will be able to inspire and support your colleagues within a busy service and work closely with the MDT to ensure the provision of high quality assessments and interventions for people accessing the service.
About us
We are delighted that you are interested in working with us here at CNWL. Our Trust is an exciting place to work with a wealth of opportunities available for our staff.
At CNWL we encourage our psychological professions staff to pursue leadership opportunities in senior roles. Various prominent leadership roles within the Trust are currently held by Psychologists including: Director of Strategy and Integration, Chief Information Officer, 3 Clinical Directors. We try to facilitate the development of our psychological professions staff across all areas.
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. With us, you will get:
- A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust wide culture change and leadership programme with staff wellbeing at its core.
- An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers
- Flexible working
- Variety of work
We encourage staff input and ideas in relation to moving services forward, improving care pathways and meeting the client group's needs.
As a Trust we are committed to investing in our staff through a range of initiatives, both profession-specific and organisation wide. Psychological professions staff are able to access a range of trust-wide CPD initiatives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a psychology service to people seeking assessment for ADHD, and those diagnosed with ADHD and personally provide highly specialist clinical input, including assessment of and psychological intervention for ADHD.
To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in ADHD
To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of other psychologists within the ADHD service, and specifically within the post-diagnostic intervention pathway
To undertake service evaluation, audit, research and policy development.
To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a psychology service to people seeking assessment for ADHD, and those diagnosed with ADHD and personally provide highly specialist clinical input, including assessment of and psychological intervention for ADHD.
To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in ADHD
To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of other psychologists within the ADHD service, and specifically within the post-diagnostic intervention pathway
To undertake service evaluation, audit, research and policy development.
To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
- Additional training in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma.
- Completed training course in clinical supervision
- Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration
Desirable
- Training in ADHD assessment tools
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in ADHD and/or neurodevelopmental conditions
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training
- Experience of providing teaching and training to psychologists or other professional groups
- Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.
- Experience of proposing and implementing service development projects within own service area
Desirable
- Record of publications in either peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for people with ADHD
- Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis
- Advanced theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment options for ADHD
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.
Skills
Essential
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences.
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources, on which expert opinion may differ.
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
- To plan projects and work schedules for groups of psychologists.
- To be expert in the skilled administration of psychometric tests, including skilled manipulation of test materials; and to be able to supervise others in administration of psychometric tests.
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these
- Ability to develop and use complex multimedia materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
- Additional training in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma.
- Completed training course in clinical supervision
- Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration
Desirable
- Training in ADHD assessment tools
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in ADHD and/or neurodevelopmental conditions
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training
- Experience of providing teaching and training to psychologists or other professional groups
- Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.
- Experience of proposing and implementing service development projects within own service area
Desirable
- Record of publications in either peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for people with ADHD
- Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis
- Advanced theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment options for ADHD
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.
Skills
Essential
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences.
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources, on which expert opinion may differ.
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
- To plan projects and work schedules for groups of psychologists.
- To be expert in the skilled administration of psychometric tests, including skilled manipulation of test materials; and to be able to supervise others in administration of psychometric tests.
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these
- Ability to develop and use complex multimedia materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
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).
