Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist or Specialist Practitioner Psychologist to work as part of the neuropsychology service within the Mid Yorkshire NHS Teaching Trust. This is a fixed-term post for 12 months, full-time though we will consider applications for part-time hours. This is the result of funding obtained through Stroke Quality Improvement for Rehabilitation (SQuIRe) catalyst funding, improving psychological care within the Stroke pathway in Wakefield, Calderdale, and Kirklees which started in January 2024. Depending on interest and experience, we anticipate most of the work will be within our general neuropsychology department, with additional opportunities to work into the new project. The posts will provide an excellent opportunity to develop specialist skills in working with people with neurological conditions.
We welcome applications from enthusiastic, highly motivated and resourceful individuals with strong skills in delivering psychological therapy and in working effectively within multi-disciplinary teams.
The successful candidate will work as part of a friendly and supportive team, with embedded admin support. The department comprises clinical psychologists, counsellors, and specialist psychotherapists working into a range of specialities including Neuropsychology, Spinal, Pain, Burns, Oncology, and Palliative Care Services. We actively encourage and support supervision, CPD, and service-related research.
The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessment and treatment to clients within the neurosciences service, as well as provision of advice and consultation to professional colleagues. There will be opportunities to work across different settings including outpatient and work with multi-disciplinary teams. They will also contribute to service planning, audit, and research processes.
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust Psychological Services is a growing service, with an ethos of providing excellent opportunities for professional support and development. We actively encourage supervision, CPD, and service-related research. We have good academic links to local DClinPsy courses, and regularly take trainees from across the region. Clinical supervision will be provided by senior psychology colleagues from within the team.
The service is based primarily from Pinderfields Hospital. We offer a flexible working approach, and depending on service need there are likely to be opportunities to work from home.
About Us
We are an acute trust caring for over half a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients' homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
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Date Posted: 30 January 2025
Pay Scheme: Agenda for Change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 1 year
Working Pattern: Flexible working
Reference Number: C9377-FCS5534
Job Locations: Pinderfields Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF14DG
Job Responsibilities:
1. To carry out specialised psychological assessments using a range of measures (interview, standardised questionnaires, rating scales, observation) of patients who have highly complex medical and psychological histories, in order to arrive at a formulation of need.
2. Where appropriate to the psychological profession, to provide specialist neuropsychological assessment of adults within the neurosciences service, utilising information from a broad range of standardised psychometric tests, case history and clinical interview and integrating it into a neuropsychological formulation of the client and the psychosocial environment drawing on a range of psychological and neuropsychological theoretical perspectives.
3. To formulate and implement specialist psychological intervention based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients presentation, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.
4. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and service areas within the Trust.
5. To develop, implement and monitor specialised psychological interventions based on appraisal of possible treatment options and taking into account the complexity of need identified.
6. To undertake work in outpatient, inpatient or community settings depending on the level of service need.
7. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes.
8. To consult with and provide highly specialist psychological guidance to carers and families of the patient and allied health professionals who are directly involved in the care of patients.
9. To carry individual accountability for all clinical decisions and exercise responsibility and autonomy for the treatment and discharge of patients, ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation and treatment, communicating with the referral agent, members of the multidisciplinary team and others involved with the patients care.
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.
Employer Name: The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address: Pinderfields Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF14DG
Employer's Website: https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/
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