Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Clinical/Counselling Psychologist who is seeking career progression and a varied clinical role in our highly valued Older People's Psychological Services team in Mid Essex. Our recent team assessment demonstrated that we are an effective team with a compassionate, safe and supportive team culture. We ensure protected time and space for reflection and team development. We warmly invite you to join us.
Newly qualified clinical/counselling psychologists or those who will be qualifying and achieving HCPC status soon are invited to apply under a preceptorship arrangement.
We offer a funded and supportive CPD package offering opportunities for training and development in working with older people. This is calculated pro rata.
Main duties of the job
This post will be based with our Maldon multi-disciplinary team, consisting of a memory assessment service and a community mental health team, where psychology is well-established and highly valued.
This post offers you diversity in clinical practice, supporting and enabling your professional development. You will provide direct psychological assessment and interventions for older people with complex mental health difficulties and adults with dementia (and their families and wider systems) across inpatient and community settings. You will provide group interventions, neuropsychological assessment (dependent on skill/experience) and work collaboratively with our multi-disciplinary teams, provide training, consultation and reflective practice groups. You will provide supervision for assistant and trainee psychologists (dependent on experience).
You will receive regular clinical supervision from a Principal Clinical Psychologist and peer support from colleagues across Trust Older People's Psychological Services. Clinical research, teaching and specialised interests are actively encouraged and you will have opportunities to contribute to service improvement and develop your clinical leadership skills
About us
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
1. Season Ticket Loans
2. NHS discounts for staff
3. Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
4. Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
5. The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
6. Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
7. Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further details on main responsibilities and detailed job description please refer to the job description and person specification documents with this advert
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
8. DClinPsy or equivalent
Desirable
9. CPD training relevant to Older Adult mental healthcare
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
10. Experience of supervising more junior colleagues
Desirable
11. Post qualification work with Older Adult populations or with in-patients