Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist to join the Enfield Older People's Psychological Therapies Service, working in Enfield Older People's Mental Health Service. You will be working with various multi-disciplinary teams, including Enfield Memory Service and three inpatient wards. We welcome applications from all people who are enthusiastic about working with older people.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work full time in Older People's Mental Health Services in Enfield, dividing their time between in-patient service and memory services.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
- We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
- We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
- NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
- Excellent internal staff network
The post holder will be aligned with our values:
- We Are Kind
- We Are Respectful
- We Work Together
- We Keep Things Simple
- We Empower
- We Are Proudly Diverse
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On the inpatient wards the post holder will provide psychological assessment and treatment and offer advice and consultation on clients psychological care to referrers, non-psychologist team colleagues and other professional and non-professional carers. They will work alongside another Clinical Psychologist and be part of the Enfield Older People Psychology Team.
In Enfield Memory Service (EMS) the postholder will work alongside another psychologist and provide a psychology service for clients under this team. This will include psychological assessment and treatment for older people with dementia, their families, carers and systems though individual work, group work and indirect work. They will offer advice and consultation on clients psychological care to referrers, MDT colleagues and non-professional carers. The role is likely to included doing Neuropsychological Assessment, delivering training and contributing to the supervision of assistant psychologists and trainees working in the service as appropriate.
Please see uploaded Job Description and Person Specification for full details
Job description
Job responsibilities
On the inpatient wards the post holder will provide psychological assessment and treatment and offer advice and consultation on clients psychological care to referrers, non-psychologist team colleagues and other professional and non-professional carers. They will work alongside another Clinical Psychologist and be part of the Enfield Older People Psychology Team.
In Enfield Memory Service (EMS) the postholder will work alongside another psychologist and provide a psychology service for clients under this team. This will include psychological assessment and treatment for older people with dementia, their families, carers and systems though individual work, group work and indirect work. They will offer advice and consultation on clients psychological care to referrers, MDT colleagues and non-professional carers. The role is likely to included doing Neuropsychological Assessment, delivering training and contributing to the supervision of assistant psychologists and trainees working in the service as appropriate.
Please see uploaded Job Description and Person Specification for full details
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology1
- Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Skills in the delivery and interpretation of neuropsychological assessments.
Experience
Essential
- 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
- Experience of providing supervision.
Desirable
- Experience of working with people whose behaviour challenges.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and intervention/treatment of people across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, residential care homes and in-patient settings.
Communication
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology1
- Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Skills in the delivery and interpretation of neuropsychological assessments.
Experience
Essential
- 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
- Experience of providing supervision.
Desirable
- Experience of working with people whose behaviour challenges.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and intervention/treatment of people across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, residential care homes and in-patient settings.
Communication
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
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).
