Job summary
The post holder will be welcomed as a member of the friendly Community Learning Disability team in North Tyneside. CLDT provides a multi-disciplinary/agency service to both adults and children with learning disabilities living in North Tyneside. The Psychology Service functions as a secondary care service within the broader team and delivers a full range of assessment and treatment services to clients, families and carers in a wide range of community settings.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Please note: for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval from your current manager and have completed documentation required beforehand (see secondment policy), as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made.
Main duties of the job
To provide a highly specialist clinical psychology assessment and consultation therapy service to people with a learning disability and their families and carers in the area serviced by North Tyneside Community Learning Disability Team. This post will focus on the needs of both adults and children with additional mental health/challenging behaviour issues.
To undertake research and audit for policy and service development within the area served by the team.
To manage the provision of own and other psychologists' day to day workloads within Community Learning Disabilities Team.
To offer expertise to Learning disability services, by providing psychological advice, consultation, training and consultation to members of the multidisciplinary team.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Date posted: 10 April 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8b
Salary: £62,215 to £72,293 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 319-7100217KD
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will work autonomously within the BPS Good Practice guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. They will hold a caseload, be responsible for supervising more junior psychology staff and trainees on placement. They will also be responsible for psychology test equipment and materials held within the team.
Person Specification Qualifications/Experience Essential
* Doctoral Level Training in clinical psychology of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
* Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge, through further post-qualification training/continuing professional development relevant to this post, such as completion of approved courses in specific therapeutic modalities (e.g. CBT), clinical supervision, further training and experience in supervision/consultation/training/research and/or management skills.
* Registration with HCPC
* Previous post qualification experience of highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients through supervised clinical practice in learning disabilities.
Other Essential
* It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Community Learning Disability Team, Wallsend Health Centre, The Green Wallsend, NE28 7PD
Employer's website: https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/
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