Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Highly Specialised Applied Psychologist tojoin a team of psychological professionals supporting working age people with complex emotional needs and/or severe mental illness. The postholder will be based within one of our CMHTs, but will provide clinical input across the wider Doncaster Care Group CMHTs, and as service needs require. We are looking for an experienced, resilient and reflective psychologist who can work with enthusiasm and versatility. We are especially keen to hear from anyone who has a passion for working in a trauma informed way with people with complex emotional needs and has a collaborative, team-orientated approach.
Main duties of the job
To provide a psychologically informed service for those experiencing complex emotional needs, mental health conditions and psychological distress (assessment, formulation and intervention).
To work as an autonomous practitioner accountable for own professional practice in respect of assessment, therapy and discharge of clients within defined caseload and, where designated, of junior psychological practitioners.
To provide clinical supervision, reflective practice, training, and consultation as appropriate.
To provide expert clinical advice and guidance to the multi-disciplinary team, wider teams within RDaSH and partners organisations that support people experiencing mental distress.
To promote a culture in which there is a positive approach to managing risk and change, working closely with other senior clinicians, including medical staff.
Support the achievement of all quality and performance indicators relating to the MDT and psychology team.
Communicate in a way which recognises difference and ensures that people feel included and their individual communication needs are met.
To be pro-active in supporting continual service improvements and to utilise research and evaluation skills for supporting service developments and research, as appropriate.
To always promote a positive image of people who use our services and a positive image of the service and wider Trust.
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Continued professional development through structured self-study, specialist clinical supervision, and/or relevant combination of short courses
- Supervisory qualification/training/ preceptorship to be able to carry out the full range of supervisory activities as appropriate to an NHS Band 8a grade post, e.g., trainee psychologists on placement.
Desirable
- Additional postgraduate advanced training/qualification in one or more relevant therapy approaches e.g. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, EMDR, SCM, Schema Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary settings/teams.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment.
- Demonstrate further specialist training/experience working as a specialist applied psychologist
- High level ability to contain and work with organisational stress, and to hold the stress of others.
Desirable
- Experience of providing training to a range of stakeholders
- Experience of clinical liaison with staff in other professions, including managing difficult professional conversations
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts/multicultural framework.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of legislation, guidelines, policies and government-led initiatives in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.).
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Formal knowledge and training in supervision of other psychologists.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral knowledge in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice including supervisor training for doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management (including risk assessment and management) frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- High level ability to provide and promote appropriate support to carers and staff exposed to highly challenging situations
- 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.
- Ability to balance and respond to urgent or competing service demands
- A willingness to be flexible in managing own time in order to respond to service needs
- Evidence of CPD as recommended by the BPS and HCPC
Desirable
- Skills in providing consultation and training to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to support and promote service development or quality improvement projects.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Continued professional development through structured self-study, specialist clinical supervision, and/or relevant combination of short courses
- Supervisory qualification/training/ preceptorship to be able to carry out the full range of supervisory activities as appropriate to an NHS Band 8a grade post, e.g., trainee psychologists on placement.
Desirable
- Additional postgraduate advanced training/qualification in one or more relevant therapy approaches e.g. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, EMDR, SCM, Schema Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary settings/teams.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment.
- Demonstrate further specialist training/experience working as a specialist applied psychologist
- High level ability to contain and work with organisational stress, and to hold the stress of others.
Desirable
- Experience of providing training to a range of stakeholders
- Experience of clinical liaison with staff in other professions, including managing difficult professional conversations
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts/multicultural framework.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of legislation, guidelines, policies and government-led initiatives in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.).
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Formal knowledge and training in supervision of other psychologists.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral knowledge in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice including supervisor training for doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management (including risk assessment and management) frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- High level ability to provide and promote appropriate support to carers and staff exposed to highly challenging situations
- 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.
- Ability to balance and respond to urgent or competing service demands
- A willingness to be flexible in managing own time in order to respond to service needs
- Evidence of CPD as recommended by the BPS and HCPC
Desirable
- Skills in providing consultation and training to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to support and promote service development or quality improvement 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).
Employer details
Employer name
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
Address
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Trust, Adult Community Mental Health Service
Tickhill Road Site
Doncaster
DN4 8QN
Employer's website
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
