Are you passionate about working somewhere you can make a real change to people's lives?
Do you have a strong interest in working with the Mental Health Urgent Care Services?
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit a Clinical Psychologist to work with older people with complex mental health difficulties.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful candidate will be working within the community mental health team. The service provides care to older people with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, personality disorder, and psychosis, as well as for people with dementia and their carers. The two days in the inpatient unit will include assessment and therapy and also assisting in an exciting training initiative to upskill the inpatient staff team.
Job Responsibilities
The responsibilities will include the provision of psychological assessment (including neuropsychology) and therapy to older people and their carers in community, clinic, and an inpatient setting, to be a source of advice to the multi-disciplinary team on psychological issues and to offer consultation and advice to other mental health and physical health professionals. Supervision of a clinical psychology trainee and contribution to service development will also be required for candidates at 8a level. Candidates who have an interest in neuropsychology will have an opportunity to develop these skills further.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience of working within the NHS
Qualification Evidence
* In addition to experience, all qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.
Qualifications
* University Degree in Psychology as well as a Doctorate in one of the following:
* Clinical Psychology
* Counselling Psychology
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.
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