Job summary
37.5 hours per week
The
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are pleased to offer an
exciting opportunity to join our Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team. We are currently recruiting for 1 band 8a Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist / Senior CBT psychotherapist
with additional training in at least 1 other modality such as EMDR, to cover
the Kirklees and Calderdale locality.
We are looking for a
highly motivated HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist / Senior
CBT Therapist. We are also able to offer preceptorship for people looking to
develop their expertise in the perinatal field and applicants
will be recruited at band 7 or 8a according to experience. We support
continuing professional development and there will be opportunities to take on
further training in specialist interventions or therapies as agreed in line
management. The posts are supported in the service by a Principle Clinical
Psychologist and there is specialist supervision available.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be
fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
For full job description, please see attached supporting
documents.
At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
The
post holder will provide psychological assessments, formulations and
interventions for women
experiencing complex mental health issues during pregnancy and the first 2
years postnatally, alongside their babies and families. The post also involves providing clinical
supervision to multidisciplinary colleagues and requires excellent
communication skills alongside competence in working with and managing risk in
relation to both mother and baby.
The
successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the unique
challenges of working with women during the perinatal period. Experience of working clinically with
parent-infant relationships, couples/families or groups would be advantage.
The
post advertised is to work in Kirklees and Calderdale area but travel
across the Trusts footprint is required on an ad-hoc basis as we are a trust
wide service to help manage capacity and demand. The Service operates
Monday-Friday; 9.00am-5.00pm however successful applicants would be expected to
have the flexibility to work occasional extended hours to facilitate service
effectiveness. Car driver essential.
Please contact Claire Lowe Perinatal Service Manager claire.lowe@swyt.nhs.uk
for further details or Jo Yates Perinatal Principle Clinical Psychologist joanna.yates@swyt.nhs.uk.
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.
JOB PURPOSE:
The post holder will provide a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients as part of the multidisciplinary team within the service.
Provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention.
Provide advice and consultation on psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, and other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines, and the overall framework of the team and trusts policies and procedures.
Supervise and support Psychology Assistants, Trainees and Band 7 HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologists.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the areas served by the team/service.
To offer consultation and supervision when required by other agencies involved in the psychological, emotional and behavioural well-being of serive users
To provide supervision of Band 7 Clinical Psychologists, doctoral level clinical psychology trainees, assistant psychologists and trainees from other disciplines as appropriate.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.
JOB PURPOSE:
The post holder will provide a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients as part of the multidisciplinary team within the service.
Provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention.
Provide advice and consultation on psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, and other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines, and the overall framework of the team and trusts policies and procedures.
Supervise and support Psychology Assistants, Trainees and Band 7 HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologists.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the areas served by the team/service.
To offer consultation and supervision when required by other agencies involved in the psychological, emotional and behavioural well-being of serive users
To provide supervision of Band 7 Clinical Psychologists, doctoral level clinical psychology trainees, assistant psychologists and trainees from other disciplines as appropriate.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
Person Specification
Training
Essential
- Clinical Counselling Psychologist
- Completion of formal training to meet eligibility as clinical supervisor of Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Approved Clinical Supervisor.
- Post qualification training to demonstrate competency to work across a number of modalities.
- Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient 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.
- Frequent, protracted sustained and intense concentration.
- Show respect and treat people with dignity.
- Be able to give bad news sensitively.
- Be able to sustain empathy in difficult situations.
- Be aware of all interviewees in any situation.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with users of the service.
- Substantial experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to prioritise case referrals, assessment and discharge effectively on an individual basis or within multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Counselling Psychologist
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of groupwork.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Specialist expertise in particular areas Group work experience.
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology.
- Significant Post qualification experience in a Setting relevant to the post.
- HCPC Registration as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Registered qualification in core mental health/social welfare profession OR completion of Low Intensity Talking Therapies (IAPT) Training and Knowledge/Skills and Attitudes Accreditation with BABCP.
- Qualifying level course in Psychotherapy or equivalent at Masters/Doctoral level.
- Registration/ Accreditation with the relevant professional/accrediting body for the model of psychotherapy relevant to this post. , e.g. UKCP, ACAP, BABCP.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
- A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Clinical Counselling Psychologist
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
- To transport Psychometric testing equipment.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated team player.
- Teaching skills.
- Physical stamina to support clinical caseload which requires intense concentration whilst sitting with client groups or in video screen rooms observing clients for prolonged periods.
- Emotional stamina and ability to respond constructively in highly stressful situations where individuals hold very different perspectives and there is a high level of distress, ambiguity and conflict.
- Able to negotiate, be confident and assertive.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Supportive approach towards colleagues and service users.
- Able to maintain professional boundaries and conduct.
- Flexible and creative approach to treatments/models of care.
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
Desirable
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- A commitment to the continuous improvement of services using feedback from individual clients, families, user surveys and clinical research.
- A demonstrated interest in supporting the development of the field through participation in professional bodies and activities.
Special Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Clinical Counselling Psychologist
- Good Psychometric Assessment skills.
- Experience of assisting in training of Post Graduate Clinical Psychology Trainees.
- Exceptional communication skills in verbal, non verbal and written modes.
- Ability to empathise and develop good therapeutic alliance.
- Ability to Formulate Complex processes.
- Capacity to conduct Psychometric Assessment.
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
- Keyboard skills.
- Manual Dexterity for conducting tests.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Advanced knowledge and skills in using the complete range of approaches within psychotherapeutic practice as required to meet the needs of different patients and settings.
- Highly developed skills in live supervision of both psychotherapists and multi-disciplinary colleagues.
- A highly developed ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in order to convey complex and clinically sensitive information to service users of all ages and to a wide range of professionals.
- Ability to prioritise case referrals, assess and discharge effectively on an autonomous basis or within the multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to take clinical responsibility for patient care and treatment.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical violence.
- Information technology and word processing skills.
- Skills in the use of video equipment.
- Ability to work with a culturally diverse community.
- Sufficient knowledge of other modalities to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients.
- Ability to identify and employ as appropriate, Clinical Governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice.
- Understanding of the ethical guidelines in all areas of professional conduct.
- Ability to make evidence based therapeutic interventions.
- Awareness of current relevant legislation and National Service Frameworks and their implications for clinical practice.
- Understanding of risk assessment and management.
- Excellent communication and liaison skills.
- Problem solving skills.
- Ability to work autonomously making decisions based on sound judgement and to set appropriate goals, in accordance with professional ethical guidelines and Trust policies.
- Excellent report writing skills.
- Ability to manage working in situations of acute distress e.g. clients experience of physical, sexual and emotional abuse; client starvation and self-harm.
Desirable
- Clinical Counselling Psychologist
- Working with people in Crisis.
- Working on an in-patient Psychiatric ward.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Research awareness.
- Working with service users with complex needs.
- Knowledge of associated legislation Care Programme Approach.
Person Specification
Training
Essential
- Clinical Counselling Psychologist
- Completion of formal training to meet eligibility as clinical supervisor of Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Approved Clinical Supervisor.
- Post qualification training to demonstrate competency to work across a number of modalities.
- Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient 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.
- Frequent, protracted sustained and intense concentration.
- Show respect and treat people with dignity.
- Be able to give bad news sensitively.
- Be able to sustain empathy in difficult situations.
- Be aware of all interviewees in any situation.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with users of the service.
- Substantial experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to prioritise case referrals, assessment and discharge effectively on an individual basis or within multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Counselling Psychologist
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of groupwork.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Specialist expertise in particular areas Group work experience.
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology.
- Significant Post qualification experience in a Setting relevant to the post.
- HCPC Registration as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Registered qualification in core mental health/social welfare profession OR completion of Low Intensity Talking Therapies (IAPT) Training and Knowledge/Skills and Attitudes Accreditation with BABCP.
- Qualifying level course in Psychotherapy or equivalent at Masters/Doctoral level.
- Registration/ Accreditation with the relevant professional/accrediting body for the model of psychotherapy relevant to this post. , e.g. UKCP, ACAP, BABCP.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
- A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Clinical Counselling Psychologist
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
- To transport Psychometric testing equipment.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated team player.
- Teaching skills.
- Physical stamina to support clinical caseload which requires intense concentration whilst sitting with client groups or in video screen rooms observing clients for prolonged periods.
- Emotional stamina and ability to respond constructively in highly stressful situations where individuals hold very different perspectives and there is a high level of distress, ambiguity and conflict.
- Able to negotiate, be confident and assertive.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Supportive approach towards colleagues and service users.
- Able to maintain professional boundaries and conduct.
- Flexible and creative approach to treatments/models of care.
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
Desirable
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- A commitment to the continuous improvement of services using feedback from individual clients, families, user surveys and clinical research.
- A demonstrated interest in supporting the development of the field through participation in professional bodies and activities.
Special Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Clinical Counselling Psychologist
- Good Psychometric Assessment skills.
- Experience of assisting in training of Post Graduate Clinical Psychology Trainees.
- Exceptional communication skills in verbal, non verbal and written modes.
- Ability to empathise and develop good therapeutic alliance.
- Ability to Formulate Complex processes.
- Capacity to conduct Psychometric Assessment.
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
- Keyboard skills.
- Manual Dexterity for conducting tests.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Advanced knowledge and skills in using the complete range of approaches within psychotherapeutic practice as required to meet the needs of different patients and settings.
- Highly developed skills in live supervision of both psychotherapists and multi-disciplinary colleagues.
- A highly developed ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in order to convey complex and clinically sensitive information to service users of all ages and to a wide range of professionals.
- Ability to prioritise case referrals, assess and discharge effectively on an autonomous basis or within the multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to take clinical responsibility for patient care and treatment.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical violence.
- Information technology and word processing skills.
- Skills in the use of video equipment.
- Ability to work with a culturally diverse community.
- Sufficient knowledge of other modalities to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients.
- Ability to identify and employ as appropriate, Clinical Governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice.
- Understanding of the ethical guidelines in all areas of professional conduct.
- Ability to make evidence based therapeutic interventions.
- Awareness of current relevant legislation and National Service Frameworks and their implications for clinical practice.
- Understanding of risk assessment and management.
- Excellent communication and liaison skills.
- Problem solving skills.
- Ability to work autonomously making decisions based on sound judgement and to set appropriate goals, in accordance with professional ethical guidelines and Trust policies.
- Excellent report writing skills.
- Ability to manage working in situations of acute distress e.g. clients experience of physical, sexual and emotional abuse; client starvation and self-harm.
Desirable
- Clinical Counselling Psychologist
- Working with people in Crisis.
- Working on an in-patient Psychiatric ward.
- Highly Specialist Psychotherapist
- Research awareness.
- Working with service users with complex needs.
- Knowledge of associated legislation Care Programme Approach.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
