Hello!
We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, 'I've seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.' We're on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Opportunities for you
Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we've got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.
We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there's lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.
* Cultural diversity staff network
* Disabled staff network
* LGBT+ staff network
We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:
* Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Association
* Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
* Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.
Always improving
CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We're always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?
Job overview
We are looking for a clinical psychologist to join our team of eight qualified clinicians and two assistant psychologists. This post will be a clinical post working in the community directly with older adults with complex mental health problems, with mental health colleagues and wider services. You will contribute to governance within the department, such as audits, and training that the department provides to colleagues. The post is a permanent Band 7 post, for 2 days a week to be agreed with the service lead.
Main duties of the job
This role will mostly be in the community (seeing outpatients, including home visits across the whole Gateshead patch), neuropsychological assessment, multi-disciplinary work, supervision and training with the CMHTs.
Working for our organisation
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
The older people's psychology team sits within Gateshead Health Foundation Trust Older People's Mental Health (OPMH) service. The service consists of an OPMH Community Mental Health Team, the Specialist Memory Hub and an Early Onset Dementia team, two older adult inpatient mental health wards (functional and organic) and the Older People's Mental Health Liaison Team. The psychology team works in to each aspect of the service (and also has dedicated input on the stroke ward at the acute hospital).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be part of a supportive and experienced team of clinicians, who work together with the Older People's Mental Health service in Gateshead. Your main responsibilities will be clinical, developing your therapeutic and neuropsychological skills in working with older adults, and offering consultation, supervision and training to colleagues.
Experience of working psychologically with older people with complexity and co-morbid difficulties will be an advantage, as will training in specific psychotherapeutic approaches. Developmental supervision from qualified clinicians will be provided, and there are good opportunities for further training within the Trust.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 21st January 2025
Closing date : 4th February 2025
We welcome your application.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
* Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society and the HCPC.
* HCPC registered practitioner psychologist
Desirable criteria
* Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
* 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 with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity, including severe and enduring mental health problems, psychosis and personality disorder. This includes maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the possibility of physical abuse.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Skills and competencies
Essential criteria
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
* Skills in evidence based psychological interventions.
* Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Role/Team specific requirements
Essential criteria
* Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
* Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive behaviour.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
* Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
Please ensure to check out all of the supporting documents linked to this advert, for useful information about working for us, information from our Chief Executive and much more.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* Job Description (PDF, 480.7KB)
* Functional Requirements B7 (PDF, 392.6KB)
* Tips on how to complete your application (PDF, 171.4KB)
* Reference Guidelines for Applicants - Please Read (PDF, 20.0KB)
* Interview Guarantee Scheme (PDF, 127.3KB)
* Employee Benefits (PDF, 922.8KB)
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