Band 8C Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

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Job summary

A part-time Band 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist position is available at the Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) Donnington TF2 8JT. We are looking for a psychologist with excellent clinical skills, a committed team focus and experience of strategic change and service development. You'll adapt to a new organisational culture whilst still upholding the highest standards of professional practice.

The successful applicant will join a team of psychology colleagues providing a clinical psychology service with an occupational focus to Armed Forces personnel across the Central network. We have extended our service offer to include remote video consultation which provides opportunities for hybrid working. This role is supported from a base at Donnington where you will be a key part of a well-established multidisciplinary team.

If you are seeking a new challenge, enjoy working collaboratively and would like to add military mental healthcare to your career portfolio then this could be the role for you!

This is a part-time position that will offer the successful candidate 15 hours per week and we'd welcome your interest and application.

Benefits:

  • An Inclusive Working Environment.
  • Professional Registration Fees Re-imbursed.
  • Free Parking.
  • Gym Access.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality clinical psychology service within the Central network (Donnington).

You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team. You will work to ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical delivery and professional supervision and support of all other staff within the service/ team for which you have designated responsibility. This will include effective recruitment, professional appraisal, and the identification of continuing professional development (CPD) needs across the network/local team.

You will act as a highly specialist resource to the wider professional community and, as a major requirement of the job, carry out service-level research, audit, policy and service development.

About us

Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force, regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us. Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government. The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay. In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team. If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Date posted

07 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£70,417 to £81,138 a year Pro rata for part time (Pay award pending)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

K0003-24-0276

Job locations

Venning Barracks

Donnington

Shropshire

TF2 8JT


Job description

Job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

  • Providing highly developed specialist psychological assessments of clients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuro psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales direct and indirect structured observations and semi structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
  • Formulating and implementing plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental and/or health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. Such treatment plans will accommodate the, sometimes conflicting, needs of the client and their military employer, and must have sufficient flexibility to enhance the clients operational efficacy whilst delivering optimum clinical care. Of necessity, this requires full liaison with other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and the military executive/line-management system.
  • Ensuring that all members of the wider clinical team have access to a psychologically based framework for the understanding and care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological knowledge, research and theory.

Please see job description for further information.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Framework.

  • Changing and improving
  • Making effective decisions
  • Leadership
  • Working together
  • Managing a quality service
  • Delivery at pace

At interview you will also be asked to give a 10 minute presentation on a topic to be advised.

Interview location and date to be confirmed.

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.

Defence Medical Services - YouTube

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

  • Providing highly developed specialist psychological assessments of clients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuro psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales direct and indirect structured observations and semi structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
  • Formulating and implementing plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental and/or health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. Such treatment plans will accommodate the, sometimes conflicting, needs of the client and their military employer, and must have sufficient flexibility to enhance the clients operational efficacy whilst delivering optimum clinical care. Of necessity, this requires full liaison with other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and the military executive/line-management system.
  • Ensuring that all members of the wider clinical team have access to a psychologically based framework for the understanding and care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological knowledge, research and theory.

Please see job description for further information.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Framework.

  • Changing and improving
  • Making effective decisions
  • Leadership
  • Working together
  • Managing a quality service
  • Delivery at pace

At interview you will also be asked to give a 10 minute presentation on a topic to be advised.

Interview location and date to be confirmed.

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.

Defence Medical Services - YouTube

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

Person Specification

Provide a CV

Essential

  • Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question-you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
  • Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Specialist skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management of adult mental health.
  • Higher level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies with at least one to an accredited/accreditable level.
  • Specialist skills in evidence based psychological interventions and in adapting interventions to individual complex needs and complex systems.
  • Skills in strategic/organisational work and service development/redesign.

Registrations Details

Essential

  • Please provide your membership registration number.
  • You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
  • Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive and demonstrable experience of working as a HCPC regulated practitioner psychologist within adult mental healthcare services (to include specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of complexity in a wide range of patient groups across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient).
  • Substantial further specialist training and experience commensurate with eligibility for consultant clinical psychologist appointment approval from external BPS assessor.
  • Experience of providing supervision and support to psychological and non-psychological staff in a specific therapeutic intervention.
  • Substantial post qualification experience of delivering evidence based psychological therapy training to a range of professional groups.
  • Specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups relevant to the community pathway, e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities.
  • Supervisor training for doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent as accredited by British Psychological Society (BPS) conferring eligibility for Chartership & full membership of Division of Clinical or Counselling Psychology).
  • Training must have included models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • Formal training in clinical supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and other staff.
Person Specification

Provide a CV

Essential

  • Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question-you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
  • Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Specialist skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management of adult mental health.
  • Higher level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies with at least one to an accredited/accreditable level.
  • Specialist skills in evidence based psychological interventions and in adapting interventions to individual complex needs and complex systems.
  • Skills in strategic/organisational work and service development/redesign.

Registrations Details

Essential

  • Please provide your membership registration number.
  • You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
  • Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive and demonstrable experience of working as a HCPC regulated practitioner psychologist within adult mental healthcare services (to include specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of complexity in a wide range of patient groups across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient).
  • Substantial further specialist training and experience commensurate with eligibility for consultant clinical psychologist appointment approval from external BPS assessor.
  • Experience of providing supervision and support to psychological and non-psychological staff in a specific therapeutic intervention.
  • Substantial post qualification experience of delivering evidence based psychological therapy training to a range of professional groups.
  • Specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups relevant to the community pathway, e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities.
  • Supervisor training for doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent as accredited by British Psychological Society (BPS) conferring eligibility for Chartership & full membership of Division of Clinical or Counselling Psychology).
  • Training must have included models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • Formal training in clinical supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and other staff.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

Venning Barracks

Donnington

Shropshire

TF2 8JT


Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

Venning Barracks

Donnington

Shropshire

TF2 8JT


Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Date posted

07 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£70,417 to £81,138 a year Pro rata for part time (Pay award pending)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

K0003-24-0276

Job locations

Venning Barracks

Donnington

Shropshire

TF2 8JT


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