West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
Are you looking for a new role that will give you a genuine opportunity to develop your clinical, management and leadership skills? If so, we are looking for an excellent clinician who wishes to continue their clinical practice whilst also developing knowledge and skills in service development alongside the consultant psychologist in a genuinely friendly and supportive team. The post will be based in Ealing and is full time, although job share would be considered.
As well as clinical work with older people with a wide range of mental health problems, you will be contributing to the development of the service which is relatively new. We are currently developing our psychology pathways including those for CEN where we are looking at innovative approaches. It is likely that how we provide psychology services will change over time as the service develops and we better understand the needs of our population.
Main duties of the job
Within the Ealing SOAMHS MDT you will have responsibility for the provision of psychological assessment and treatment to individuals with complex mental health needs who may also have co-existing physical and social needs. You will also help develop the team's skills to increase understanding of the psychological needs of service users and their carers. This includes involvement with clinical trials adapting psychological approaches for older people. You will work with colleagues across local services advocating for both the role of psychology within the MDTs and the specific needs of older people with our community partners.
Outreach is an important part of this work and experience in this area would be welcomed. You will provide clinical and managerial supervision for junior psychology staff and deputise for the clinical psychology lead if requested.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
* Good honors degree (2:1 minimum) in Psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership of BPS.
* Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the BPS.
* Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
* Training in clinical supervision for Doctoral and equivalent trainees.
Desirable criteria
* Other related academic qualifications.
* Evidence of post-doctoral training in systemic therapy and/or other psychological therapy techniques.
* Evidence of training in EMDR.
Qualifications and Training Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience working as a qualified (highly specialist) psychologist within a clinical psychology setting (or equivalent).
* Experience of working with older people.
* Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of service development.
* Experience of having facilitated/co-facilitated psychological therapy with families.
* Experience of having facilitated/co-facilitated psychological therapy groups.
* Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Advanced specialist knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of psychology applied to clinical practice.
* Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of the assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health conditions.
* Able to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills.
* Able to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the evaluation of a range of options.
* Able to plan, prioritise and organise own service user caseload and treatment programmes.
* Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
* Able to use database, word processing and test administration/scoring software.
* Post-graduate level knowledge of research design and methodology.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
* Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of assessment and intervention with families.
* Practical knowledge of the assessment and treatment of behaviours that challenge.
* Experience of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
* Able to adapt to rapidly changing service demands.
* Able to maintain intense concentration frequently and for prolonged periods.
* Able to function in potentially traumatic circumstances and in highly emotionally distressing circumstances.
* Able to work in a contained environment with service users who are disturbed and sometimes violent.
As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.
We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo a pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks. After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR).
Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
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