Employer: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Carholme Court
Town: Lincoln
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata for part-time
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/12/2024 23:59
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who values MDT working and has a passion for improving the lives of forensic individuals with LDA.
We are looking for either a secondment or fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave for our Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist within the Transforming Care (TC) Community Forensic Team (CFT). This post will run until November 2025. This post can either be a B7 or 8a depending on experience.
This post is open to both full or part-time hours. Should this be a secondment opportunity, we can consider this being a split post with your current team, if this would work for the current team's functioning.
The purpose of this role is to provide Clinical/Forensic Psychology provision to individuals with Intellectual Disability and/or fit the Transforming Care Programme as part of the Community Forensic Team. The post holder must have specialist forensic/clinical training and experience, including with intellectual disability and/or autism.
Main duties of the job
Overview of the key duties are:
* Complete comprehensive risk assessments and formulations.
* Provide psychological intervention to individuals with an intellectual disability and/or autism.
* Ensure provision of clinical supervision, clinical leadership, and reflective practice within the team.
* Provide liaison and consultation to other LPFT teams and/or other teams who work with our patient group.
* Work as part of the MDT to reduce the risk of admission for individuals on the TC cohort.
* Develop and provide training to healthcare providers who support our patient group.
* Support the team manager by leading on service development and systematic provision planning from a psychological perspective, specifically in relation to the service for forensic clients with intellectual disability and/or autism.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism, and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
We are rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, reflecting our commitment to high-quality care and a contented workforce.
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities. We support and celebrate diversity and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We offer many staff benefits to help support you, which include:
* Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
* Competitive annual leave allowance
* Car leasing scheme
* Free eye tests
* Money-saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
* Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Person specification
Qualifications
* A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or Forensic Psychology accredited by the BPS or equivalent qualification
* Registered member of HCPC
* Clinical supervision training for doctorate clinical psychology trainees or equivalent for forensic trainees
* Eligible for chartered status as a forensic psychologist
* Additional training in Autism assessment
* Accredited in specific ID/Autism Training e.g. PBS trained, SPELL trained
Experience
* Training in clinical supervision of trainee and newly-qualified Clinical Psychologists
* Training to a level equivalent to a PG Diploma in a clinical specialism that will have a positive impact on the existing team
Skills
* Post-qualification experience specialising in psychological services for autistic adults (with/without learning disabilities)
* Experience of providing clinical leadership, particularly with regard to other professions (e.g. nursing, MDTs)
* Experienced in working with individuals with complex needs including developmental disorders, neurological disorders, and mental illness
* Experienced in working with the full range of cognitive abilities from profound to mild LD
* Experienced in communicating with clients who have severe limitations in comprehension and expression
* Experienced in working with individuals who have multiple disabilities
* Experienced in working with individuals with challenging and very hostile behaviours
* Experienced in working with adults who have been abused or neglected
* Experienced in working with highly dependent/institutionalised clients
* Experienced in identifying risk factors and consulting on issues of risk with other agencies
* Experienced in working across a range of care settings including out-patient, in-patient, community, and residential care settings
* Experienced in initiating and providing psychological services and managing change
* Experienced in multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
* Experience of working with individuals with dual diagnosis of learning disabilities and personality disorder
* Experience of representing psychological service in multidisciplinary fora
* Experience of managing the activities or caseloads of trainee or recently qualified psychologists
As an ethical recruiter, we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role, you must have UK NHS experience.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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