Clinical Psychologist - Intensive Support Team
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
We are recruiting for a full-time (37.5 hours per week) Clinical Psychologist (B8a) to work in our Intensive Support Team (IST) in the Adult Learning Disabilities Community Health Team.
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced clinical psychologist to work in our Intensive Support Team (IST) for adults with learning disabilities in Kirklees. We are seeking someone with experience of working with clients with learning disabilities and complex psychological and behavioural difficulties, within a multi-disciplinary team context.
The successful candidate will work within the IST, with clients who have complex presentations, primarily of behavioural, risk and psychological difficulties, and are at risk of admission to hospital or at risk of placement breakdown. The IST provides intensive specialist short term care and treatment to adult clients with a learning disability and complex difficulties.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and adaptable individual who can demonstrate effective team working ability. Previous experience of working with clients with a learning disability, complex risk and behavioural presentations is essential, as is a good knowledge of positive behaviour support and psychological interventions.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
Main duties of the job
You will be a highly motivated and conscientious individual, who has the desire to work creatively with people with learning disabilities.
The ability to work independently and within a group setting is essential, working alongside the multidisciplinary team, in service users' homes, day services, respite facilities, and supported living environments.
The role will involve working closely with the IST MDT clinicians to provide an intensive, wrap-around service to help improve the outcomes for the clients. You will be required to use your clinical psychology skills to support the assessment and delivery of high-quality therapeutic interventions to address the holistic needs of clients with a focus on positive behavioural support, risk management, and trauma informed care.
This will involve the assessment of clients' individual needs and to lead on psychological formulations to feed into Positive Behavioural Support plans/interventions.
The core hours of the team are 09:00-17:00, Monday to Friday, although all members of the IST are expected to provide support outside these hours on occasion, according to clinical need.
For further information or to arrange a visit to the team please contact: Andrew Birkenshaw on 01924 316 714.
At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.
About us
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means we're accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we're run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job responsibilities
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.
The post holder will provide a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients as part of the multidisciplinary team within the service.
Provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention.
Provide advice and consultation on psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, and other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines, and the overall framework of the team and trust's policies and procedures.
Supervise and support Psychology Assistants, Trainees and Band 7 HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologists.
Utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the areas served by the team/service.
Offer consultation and supervision when required by other agencies involved in the psychological, emotional and behavioural well-being of service users.
Provide supervision of Band 7 Clinical Psychologists, doctoral level clinical psychology trainees, assistant psychologists and trainees from other disciplines as appropriate.
Provide highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment for service users experiencing moderate, severe and complex mental health/psychological problems based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observation and semi-structured interviews with service users, their family and/or carers.
Formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological intervention and/or management of mental health/psychological and/or behavioural difficulties based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and exercising expert clinical judgement based on the highest standards of evidence-based practice across a full range of care settings.
Establish rapport and build effective working relationships with service users and all those involved in their psychological, emotional and behavioural well-being.
Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes.
Work jointly with other team members and professionals in delivering the most appropriate clinical service to service users and, where appropriate, their families/carers.
Follow appropriate local Safeguarding Adults and Children policies in all clinical work, including close liaison with all relevant agencies.
Provide specialist risk assessment of, and intervention to, service users who may present in local acute settings in line with agreed procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
* Significant Post qualification experience in a Setting relevant to the post.
* HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist.
Special Knowledge & Skills
* Good Psychometric Assessment skills.
* Experience of assisting in training of Post Graduate Clinical Psychology Trainees.
* Exceptional communication skills in verbal, non-verbal and written modes.
* Ability to empathise and develop good therapeutic alliance.
* Ability to Formulate Complex processes.
* Capacity to conduct Psychometric Assessment.
* Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
* Manual Dexterity for conducting tests.
* Working with people in Crisis.
* Working on an in-patient Psychiatric ward.
Physical Attributes
* Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Experience
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
* Frequent, protracted sustained and intense concentration.
* Show respect and treat people with dignity.
* Be able to give bad news sensitively.
* Be able to sustain empathy in difficult situations.
* Be aware of all interviewees in any situation.
* Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
* Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
* Experience of group work.
Training
* Completion of formal training to meet eligibility as clinical supervisor of Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
Personal Attributes
* A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
* To transport Psychometric testing equipment.
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.
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
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