Counselling- Clinical or Forensic Psychologist (Gender Dysphoria)
NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area Psychology Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent: end-of-training posts such that trainee practitioner psychologists may be recruited at band 6 for an increase to band 7 upon HCPC registration.
* Full time
* Job share
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week Job ref 260-TP-899
Site Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary Banding subject to job evaluation Closing 21/04/2025 23:59
It is a condition of this employment that you must live in and remain a resident of the United Kingdom during your employment with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.
We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them.
Job overview
Counselling Psychologist (Gender Dysphoria/Diversity) or Clinical Psychologist (Gender Dysphoria/Diversity) or Forensic Psychologist (Gender Dysphoria/Diversity)
To provide specialist psychological assessments of allocated clients. Assessments will be based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members, nursing staff and others involved in the patient’s care.
To formulate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of client’s presenting issues or mental health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s situation, and to employ methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
To exercise responsibility for the treatment of and discharge of clients whose presenting issue is managed through the medium of a psychologically based standard care plan which ensures appropriate assessment, formulation, and interventions.
Main duties of the job
1. To be responsible for providing an assessment and psychological service within the context of a strong multi-disciplinary ethos.
2. To demonstrate specialist knowledge in the clinical specialism of gender incongruence or diversity underpinned by current evidence-based practice.
3. To demonstrate understanding of intersectionality, including ethnicity and sexuality.
4. To reflect on own clinical practice and provide evidence of specialist clinical judgement.
5. To produce specialist clinical decisions following assessment of cases and to prepare case notes and reports reflecting the specialist expertise appropriate to this post in the clinical specialism of gender incongruence or diversity.
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the Team Manager / Service Manager.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Doctorate qualification in Counselling Psychology or Clinical Psychology or forensic psychology and statutory registration with the Health and Care Professions Council with entitlement to use the title Counselling Psychologist or Clinical Psychologist or Forensic Psychologist.
* Doctoral thesis or other substantial work written on matters pertaining to gender dysphoria/diversity.
* Evidence of personal and specialist professional development with achieved outcomes in the clinical specialism of gender dysphoria/diversity.
* Registration on the British Psychological Society’s Gender Diversity Specialist Register (GDSR); and Royal College of Physicians GIH Certificates.
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We are particularly keen to attract candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to better meet the needs of the service users and students that we serve.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
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