Job summary
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our South and west Hertfordshire Community Neuro Team, for Professional Lead Clinical Psychologist. The role involves having clinical case-load of patients with Neurological Conditions, in particular people with Acquired Brain Injury. It also involves the chance to lead a developing team of Clinical Psychologists across the community neuro pathways, including the Integrated Community Stroke Service.
Clinical psychology is an essential and highly valued part of our dedicated, knowledgeable multi-disciplinary team. The role involves direct clinical work including group therapy, and being involved in strategic and professional management and supervision of our team of Clinical Psychologists. No two days are the same!
Patients are seen in their own homes or community settings, with a recently renovated office and outpatient base at Harpenden. All team members are fully agile working, enabling blended in-person and virtual sessions to be delivered as best meets client needs. As such, the postholder will be able to work flexibly from home or the office in a pattern negotiated according to their circumstances and service needs.
Main duties of the job
Our ethos is for every member of the team to grow as a clinician and a leader, and to be supported to maintain their wellbeing in both life and in work. We meet regularly for journal clubs and complex case discussions, as well as with the wider CLCH Psychological Professions Network. There are plenty of opportunities for service development within this team.
Formal development and training opportunities are available through the CLCH Academy, including support for completion of specialist neuropsychology training conferring eligibility for the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists. We have close links with the DClinPsy training course at the University of Hertfordshire, accepting trainees from all cohorts and delivering teaching on the neuropsychology and older adult modules, as well as supporting all aspects of recruitment and selection onto the course.
About us
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
As an NHS trust, we are committed to equal opportunities and ensuring equality and diversity in the workplace.
We have a number of staff networks: Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN), Race Equality Network and the Rainbow Network which supports LGBT+ staff. Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetingsto discuss issues andmake plans to improve CLCH.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To act as the strategic and professional lead Clinical Psychologist within the South and West Herts Community Neuro service, including the ICSS (integrated Community Stroke Service)
- To contribute to the organisation, planning and development of highly specialist services for people with neuro conditions across the community in South and West Hertfordshire.
- To be clinical lead and responsible for planning, coordination, delivery and evaluation of a high quality specialist clinical psychology across the neuro service, and to specifically lead the ABI service.
- To line manage Clinical Psychologists, Trainees, Assistants and Placement Students, as required, including workload allocation/management, recruitment, appraisal, development, supervision and training of staff.
- To carry a highly specialist caseload of highly complex clients, with particular speciality in ABI
Please refer to the attached job description for full list ofresponsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To act as the strategic and professional lead Clinical Psychologist within the South and West Herts Community Neuro service, including the ICSS (integrated Community Stroke Service)
- To contribute to the organisation, planning and development of highly specialist services for people with neuro conditions across the community in South and West Hertfordshire.
- To be clinical lead and responsible for planning, coordination, delivery and evaluation of a high quality specialist clinical psychology across the neuro service, and to specifically lead the ABI service.
- To line manage Clinical Psychologists, Trainees, Assistants and Placement Students, as required, including workload allocation/management, recruitment, appraisal, development, supervision and training of staff.
- To carry a highly specialist caseload of highly complex clients, with particular speciality in ABI
Please refer to the attached job description for full list ofresponsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training, or equivalent, in Clinical Psychology as recognised by the HCPC, British Psychological Society and / or the Psychological Society of Ireland (eligible for statement of equivalence) and be eligible for Chartered Status
- Be registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) or eligible for registration.
- Clinical supervision training for doctoral psychology trainees
Desirable
- Qualifications in clinical neuropsychology
- Further training or qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Management/Leadership training.
- Quality Improvement Training
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity, across the full range of care settings 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 in audit and/or research methods
- Extensive experience managing patients with neurological conditions, including Acquired Brain Injury
Desirable
- Pre or post-qualification supervised clinical experience with physical health and/or neurological patient groups.
- Experience in the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience contributing to, service development projects within a health or social care setting.
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and 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.
- Highly developed 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).
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good PS Consultant CPPH&N, Lead understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- Formal training in the supervision of other psychologists
- Experience in delivery of psychological interventions via remote technologies.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology. Familiarity with use of databases and other statistical packages.
Desirable
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
COMPETENCIES
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentation 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
Other
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Commitment to the strategic aims and values of CLCH.
- Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological phenomena, an interest in models of service delivery and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services within the context of multi-disciplinary mental health services.
- Able to contain and work with organisational stress and able to hold the stress of others.
- Physical effort: Able to sit in constrained positions for a substantial proportion of working time.
- Mental effort: Able to concentrate intensely for a substantial proportion of working time, during client contact, teaching/supervision sessions, team meetings, preparing written
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential
- A full current driving license and access to car is essential.
- Consideration will be given to alternative traveling proposals in respect of applicants with a disability who cannot hold a license.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training, or equivalent, in Clinical Psychology as recognised by the HCPC, British Psychological Society and / or the Psychological Society of Ireland (eligible for statement of equivalence) and be eligible for Chartered Status
- Be registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) or eligible for registration.
- Clinical supervision training for doctoral psychology trainees
Desirable
- Qualifications in clinical neuropsychology
- Further training or qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Management/Leadership training.
- Quality Improvement Training
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity, across the full range of care settings 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 in audit and/or research methods
- Extensive experience managing patients with neurological conditions, including Acquired Brain Injury
Desirable
- Pre or post-qualification supervised clinical experience with physical health and/or neurological patient groups.
- Experience in the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience contributing to, service development projects within a health or social care setting.
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and 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.
- Highly developed 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).
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good PS Consultant CPPH&N, Lead understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- Formal training in the supervision of other psychologists
- Experience in delivery of psychological interventions via remote technologies.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology. Familiarity with use of databases and other statistical packages.
Desirable
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
COMPETENCIES
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentation 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
Other
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Commitment to the strategic aims and values of CLCH.
- Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological phenomena, an interest in models of service delivery and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services within the context of multi-disciplinary mental health services.
- Able to contain and work with organisational stress and able to hold the stress of others.
- Physical effort: Able to sit in constrained positions for a substantial proportion of working time.
- Mental effort: Able to concentrate intensely for a substantial proportion of working time, during client contact, teaching/supervision sessions, team meetings, preparing written
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential
- A full current driving license and access to car is essential.
- Consideration will be given to alternative traveling proposals in respect of applicants with a disability who cannot hold a license.
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).
