Specialist or Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention to crisis and specialist care, our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities, and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in, and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families, and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need to lead their best possible life.
Job Overview
We are looking to recruit a specialist or highly specialist applied psychologist to join the Harrogate Integrated Community Team that provides support and intervention for working age adults experiencing mental health difficulties.
We welcome applications from existing Band 8a or Band 7 Applied Psychologists as well as newly qualified Applied Psychologists due to qualify within the next 6 months. A successful candidate taking up the post at Band 7 will be provided with clinical/professional and managerial supervision and developmental support to help them progress from Band 7 to Band 8a, according to a clear set of criteria. A commitment to undertake training to gain competencies to deliver an evidence-based therapy in scope for the Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Health Problems (PTSMHP) programme is required.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful candidate will join an established Psychological Professions team within the community multidisciplinary service. They will contribute to the delivery of psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based intervention. They will provide supervision and consultation to Psychological Professions and multidisciplinary colleagues and contribute to the collective leadership of the service.
We are committed to co-creating safe and personalised care that improves the lives of people by involving them as equal partners. The most important way we will get there is by living our values, all of the time.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
1. Accountable for own professional practice in the delivery of specialist psychological care to clients with complex mental health conditions or learning disabilities which may include challenging behaviours.
2. To be compassionate in meeting the needs of clients, their carers, and families.
3. To provide advice, guidance, and clinical supervision to less experienced colleagues within the designated psychology service and to other members of the multidisciplinary team.
4. To undertake formal research as an integral part of the job.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
* HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
* Trained in clinical supervision (within agreed timescale).
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience
* Must have experience/interest in working with mental health/learning disability clients (depending on designated service area).
* Multi-disciplinary team working.
Knowledge
* Doctoral level knowledge of evidence-based practice relevant to the role.
* Risk assessment and risk management.
* Clinical governance.
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
* Audit and research methodology.
* Social Inclusion agenda.
Skills
* Communicate complex and highly sensitive information effectively to a wide range of people.
* Provide effective teaching, training, and clinical supervision.
* Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake care co-ordination/lead practitioner responsibilities.
* Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems.
Trust Welcome Day
Here at Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Foundation NHS Trust, we want you to have a positive experience when you start your new role with us. To ensure you have a great welcome, for all new starters joining the Trust, we offer two start dates per month on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of that Month.
Right to Work in the UK
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship.
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