Job summary
Are you someone
looking to start a career in one of the UKs most respected mental health
trusts?
Would you like to
do a job that makes a difference every day?
We are
seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join the Devon Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental
Disorder team (FIND) based at Easby House, Langdon Hospital in
Dawlish Devon.
FIND aims to reduce length of stay for secure care patients with a
primary diagnosis of Learning Disability (LD), Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC)
and/or Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and reduce the use of out of area or
specialist placements. This involves direct work with patients (e.g.
intervention, specialist assessment, case management) as well as indirect work
with staff teams (e.g. consultation, training, supervision).
FIND
undertakes gatekeeping assessments for individuals with a primary diagnosis of Learning Disability (LD),
Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) and/or Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), monitors
transitions between levels of security and oversees patients placed outside
their home area. They also provide specialist clinical advice and
recommendations on the most appropriate care pathways and sequencing of
treatment for each individual.
For
further information or to arrange a visit, please contact Beverley Geary,
Principal Clinical Psychologist (07805587706 / Beverley.geary2@nhs.net).
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Psychologist in FIND, you will work as
part of a multi-disciplinary team who provide psychologically informed support
to people with a primary diagnosis of
Learning Disability (LD), Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) and/or an acquired brain injury.
This
role involves working both directly with service users but also indirectly
supporting the staff team around the person. You will be able to apply your
knowledge and experience of mental health and forensic settings across
assessment, formulation, and intervention to help support service users through
their care pathway. The role involves providing systemic support to teams
including provision of consultation, reflective practice, supervision, teaching
and training.
You will provide expert
assessment and intervention for people with LD, ASC and/or ABI, work to develop
relationships with parents, carers and care providers and liaise with a wide
range of statutory and non-statutory agencies.
You
will be provided with opportunities for additional training, joint working and
receiving supervision, as well as peer professional spaces.
We
are looking for someone with good organisational skills, and you will need to work
well autonomously and as part of a team.
The
post includes visiting a number of sites and services within the region and
nationally and a certain amount of travel is involved.
About us
About DPT
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery. We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health
and wellbeing of people under the ForensicIntellectualNeurodevelopmentalDisorder
(FIND) Service and provide peer support to psychologists in the Community
Forensic Services and wider secure services directorate.
This will be achieved in this post by:
Using theoretical and practical knowledge to provide a psychological
service to service-users and to their families as required as well as members
of clinical teams working in the Secure Services Directorate and outside
agencies. To provide complex specialist psychological assessment, formulation
and treatment and provide specialist advice/consultation and reflective
practice to other professionals.
The role will include:
1. Being an
autonomous practitioner responsible for own clinical activity and accountable
for observing and interpreting professional and Trust guidelines for
professional conduct including accurate record keeping.
2. Being part
of the systematic provision of a high-quality psychological services in a
specialist field of practice, across identified locality area, as a key
component of mental health and secure services across Devon Partnership NHS
Trust.
3. Providing
specialist advice, consultancy and training to professionals as well as direct
therapeutic work with patients.
4. Providing supervision and line management to
assistant, trainee clinical psychologists, psychologists other professionals
where appropriate, and providing consultation and supervision to partner
agencies (e.g. inpatient teams, community teams, housing providers) where
agreed.
5.
Undertaking regular service development, research, clinical audit, teaching and
lecturing as job responsibilities as required and engage in activities for
continuing professional development.
6. Supporting
service developments associated with the Secure Services Directorate.
7. The post
holder will receive regular professionals and clinical supervision in
accordance to Trust policy and to Professional Practice Guidelines as set out
by the British Psychological Society or appropriate designated body.
8. Meeting
appropriate standards of practice in the quality and timeliness of the service
provided. Standards of practice will
include those defined by: the British Psychological Society (including the
Division of Clinical Psychology); the HCPC; and Devon Partnership Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
The principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health
and wellbeing of people under the ForensicIntellectualNeurodevelopmentalDisorder
(FIND) Service and provide peer support to psychologists in the Community
Forensic Services and wider secure services directorate.
This will be achieved in this post by:
Using theoretical and practical knowledge to provide a psychological
service to service-users and to their families as required as well as members
of clinical teams working in the Secure Services Directorate and outside
agencies. To provide complex specialist psychological assessment, formulation
and treatment and provide specialist advice/consultation and reflective
practice to other professionals.
The role will include:
1. Being an
autonomous practitioner responsible for own clinical activity and accountable
for observing and interpreting professional and Trust guidelines for
professional conduct including accurate record keeping.
2. Being part
of the systematic provision of a high-quality psychological services in a
specialist field of practice, across identified locality area, as a key
component of mental health and secure services across Devon Partnership NHS
Trust.
3. Providing
specialist advice, consultancy and training to professionals as well as direct
therapeutic work with patients.
4. Providing supervision and line management to
assistant, trainee clinical psychologists, psychologists other professionals
where appropriate, and providing consultation and supervision to partner
agencies (e.g. inpatient teams, community teams, housing providers) where
agreed.
5.
Undertaking regular service development, research, clinical audit, teaching and
lecturing as job responsibilities as required and engage in activities for
continuing professional development.
6. Supporting
service developments associated with the Secure Services Directorate.
7. The post
holder will receive regular professionals and clinical supervision in
accordance to Trust policy and to Professional Practice Guidelines as set out
by the British Psychological Society or appropriate designated body.
8. Meeting
appropriate standards of practice in the quality and timeliness of the service
provided. Standards of practice will
include those defined by: the British Psychological Society (including the
Division of Clinical Psychology); the HCPC; and Devon Partnership Trust
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of work in forensic learning disability / autism / ABI services and work with people with severe and complex needs
- Experience of providing teaching, training and supervision
- Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality
- Experience of providing a range of complex assessments, formulation and therapies to address forensic as well as mental health and/or neurodiversity difficulties.
- Experience of completing thorough assessment and risk assessment of individuals with complex need.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Broad knowledge of Forensic services; and of the services in the NHS where clinical psychology is commonly applied.
- Extensive knowledge of the knowledge base, skills and practice of Clinical Psychology
- Knowledge of the policy context of services to DPT.
- Significant understanding / knowledge of working with service users with neurodiversity
- An understanding of government policy / strategies with regard to services for people with learning disability, autism and ABI
- A good understanding of safeguarding adults/children, the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and the CPA process.
- Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills
- Skills in managing conflict, negotiation & achieving consensus in complex situations in the pursuit of agreed strategic aims
- Ability to integrate complex data; make highly skilled evaluations and decisions; and take a long-term perspective.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own and others performance.
- Organisation and time management skills. Ability to prioritise and work responsively and flexibly to manage individual, supervisee and organizational goals.
- Ability to work autonomously, seeking guidance as necessary
- Good communication skills when presenting / facilitating to varying groups of people
Desirable
- Project management skills or experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Clinical or Counselling or Forensic Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent), eligible for Chartered Clinical Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society OR Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology as accredited by the HPC (or equivalent qualifications as assessed by the HPC) OR Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (or equivalent as assessed by the HPC).
- Registration with HCPC regulatory body.
- IT Skills
Desirable
- Further training or equivalent experience in relevant psychological therapies (e.g. MBT, CAT, DBT)
- Further training or experience in delivering training programmes
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of work in forensic learning disability / autism / ABI services and work with people with severe and complex needs
- Experience of providing teaching, training and supervision
- Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality
- Experience of providing a range of complex assessments, formulation and therapies to address forensic as well as mental health and/or neurodiversity difficulties.
- Experience of completing thorough assessment and risk assessment of individuals with complex need.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Broad knowledge of Forensic services; and of the services in the NHS where clinical psychology is commonly applied.
- Extensive knowledge of the knowledge base, skills and practice of Clinical Psychology
- Knowledge of the policy context of services to DPT.
- Significant understanding / knowledge of working with service users with neurodiversity
- An understanding of government policy / strategies with regard to services for people with learning disability, autism and ABI
- A good understanding of safeguarding adults/children, the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and the CPA process.
- Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills
- Skills in managing conflict, negotiation & achieving consensus in complex situations in the pursuit of agreed strategic aims
- Ability to integrate complex data; make highly skilled evaluations and decisions; and take a long-term perspective.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own and others performance.
- Organisation and time management skills. Ability to prioritise and work responsively and flexibly to manage individual, supervisee and organizational goals.
- Ability to work autonomously, seeking guidance as necessary
- Good communication skills when presenting / facilitating to varying groups of people
Desirable
- Project management skills or experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Clinical or Counselling or Forensic Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent), eligible for Chartered Clinical Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society OR Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology as accredited by the HPC (or equivalent qualifications as assessed by the HPC) OR Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (or equivalent as assessed by the HPC).
- Registration with HCPC regulatory body.
- IT Skills
Desirable
- Further training or equivalent experience in relevant psychological therapies (e.g. MBT, CAT, DBT)
- Further training or experience in delivering training programmes
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).
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