Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with suitable experience of working in the area of adult learning disabilities who is interested in furthering their clinical and leadership skills. The post includes 0.60 WTE sessions (22.5 hours) as Principal Psychologist for the Learning Disabilities Psychological Professions in NELFT, working alongside the Professional Lead of the service.
The Learning Disabilities Psychological Professions covers the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest and consists of clinical psychologists, art therapists, behaviour specialists and assistant psychologists, with excellent ties with the Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology training courses based in London and Essex. The service has been focused on implementing the nationally driven initiatives within the field of learning disabilities and the post holder will play a strong role in developing the mainstream agenda for people with learning disabilities. The team is keen to develop trauma informed and culturally sensitive care for people with learning disabilities and their families.
For more information, please contact Nirupama Rao, on nirupama.rao@nelft.nhs.uk, mobile: 07856 479 835.
Main duties of the job
1. To work with the Professional Lead for Learning Disabilities Psychological Professions towards strategic development of learning disabilities psychological services.
2. To provide, develop and manage highly specialist learning disabilities psychological interventions to patients with complex needs.
3. To provide clinical supervision to key psychologists, counsellors, assistants, trainees or other professionals.
4. To manage staff within the designated specialist care pathway.
5. To undertake some specialist clinical work and ensuring the delivery of safe clinical practices that reduce risk to service users, carers and staff.
6. To develop and maintain excellent relationships with other services in NELFT.
7. To maintain professional relationships with other agencies.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To be responsible for management and managing caseloads, staffing and other resources.
2. To work with the Professional Lead for Learning Disabilities Psychological Professions towards strategic development of learning disabilities psychological services in line with national and local priorities.
3. To provide at least three evidence-based and high level specialist clinical skills, to assess and treat caseload and maintain associated records supporting patients within Learning Disabilities Psychological Professions, their families, and staff within NELFT.
4. To be responsible for overseeing research and evaluation within the service.
5. To provide line management of Borough leads and monitor service delivery, by providing clinical leadership and clinical supervision in each borough.
6. To undertake some specialist clinical work and ensuring the delivery of safe clinical practices that reduce risk to service users, carers and staff.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
* HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
* Experience of supervising Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologists in a Learning Disabilities Service
* Experience of managing care pathways, e.g. Behaviours of Concern, Dementia
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of 3 years or above working as Band 8a Psychologist in the Learning Disabilities Service
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
* Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
Supporting our Armed Forces
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email recruitment@nelft.nhs.uk.
Correspondence with us
You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.
In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, NELFT reserves the right to close the vacancy early. If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date then please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* Principal Psychologist LDPP (PDF, 488.4KB)
* NELFT Application - Hints and Tips (PDF, 38.4KB)
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