Job summary
We are seeking to appoint a positive and enthusiastic Senior Clinical Psychologist with an ability to deliver high quality psychological services to the service users and their families and carers of the Blackpool Community Integrated Learning Disability Service.
The post sits within a specialist psychology team within the Learning Disability Service. You would be supported to develop specialist skills and new and innovative interventions at an individual and group clinical level.
This is an exciting time to join the psychology team as senior professionals in the service are keen to develop and enhance the provision of a psychological model of care that will impact all service users and professionals working in the service.
At Blackpool Teaching Hospitals you would have opportunities to develop your professional capability by joining a welcoming team of psychologists working into multiple service areas across the Trust.
We recommend that all individuals employed in patient facing roles, or those located on a ward or department where patients receive a service should be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Main duties of the job
With clinical supervision the post holder would be expected to develop significant clinical expertise and experience applicable to the needs and challenges of people with learning disabilities and complex presentations.
To contribute to the strategic planning and delivery of a psychological model of care for service users with a learning disability. This will include supporting the work of the multidisciplinary teams within the service. Maintaining high levels of psychological interventions at a 1-1 and group clinical level and promoting psychological ways of working across the service to inform and underpin a cohesive approach to assessment, formulation and interventions at a service and organisational level. To work across organisational boundaries in order to ensure the delivery of co-ordinated psychological services for service users with learning disabilities and complex presentations.
About us
This is an established post that will work into areas that have had positive experiences of psychology that the post holder will be able to build upon, you will work with senior and junior colleagues to shape services and psychological interventions for service users and build psychological skills within the teams. You will have a vision and 'can-do attitude' that will reflect your ability to build working relationships, bring people on board and facilitate positive change at all levels.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
We employ more than 8,000 staff, and if you have the right skills and values we would love you to be one of them.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification
Please ensure that you meet the required criteria on the person Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification
Please ensure that you meet the required criteria on the person Specification
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Accredited supervision qualification.
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Post-qualification experience of working as a clinical psychologist within the NHS.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community 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.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Experience of management and support to junior staff.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management relevant to the client group frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- 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.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, severe challenging behaviour etc.).
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
PERSONAL
Essential
- Ability to sustain intense levels of concentration responding and participating as required.
- Ability to self reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.
- Ability to cope and deal with highly distressing emotional circumstances.
- Ability to cope with unpleasant working conditions.
OTHER
Essential
- 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.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Accredited supervision qualification.
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Post-qualification experience of working as a clinical psychologist within the NHS.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community 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.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Experience of management and support to junior staff.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management relevant to the client group frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- 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.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, severe challenging behaviour etc.).
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
PERSONAL
Essential
- Ability to sustain intense levels of concentration responding and participating as required.
- Ability to self reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.
- Ability to cope and deal with highly distressing emotional circumstances.
- Ability to cope with unpleasant working conditions.
OTHER
Essential
- 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.
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).
