Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
This post offers exciting opportunities within the Tees Adult Learning Disability Service within North Tees multidisciplinary community team based at Wessex House in Stockton and the Centre for Independent Living in Hartlepool. The multidisciplinary teams offer specialist health services to adults with a learning disability, their families and carers.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to appoint a Clinical Psychologist. The vacancy is open to either a newly qualified Psychologist or an experienced Psychologist, with appropriate job description and banding being applied accordingly to the successful candidate. Depending on candidates' experience, they may start at any of the following increments: Band 7, Band 7-8a developmental or Band 8a. The post holder will provide psychological assessments and a therapeutic, consultative and advisory service in relation to adults with learning disabilities, their families and carers, according to identified clinical need. In addition to direct clinical work, providing consultation and clinical supervision to other team members regarding patients is an important element of the role. Applicants should have experience in working within Learning Disability services and show strong patient-centred values. The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, motivated, and demonstrate a commitment to delivering excellent mental health care and evidence-based interventions. Opportunities to develop special interests and co-work will be encouraged, as will opportunities to undertake service development activities.
If recruited to a band 7 post, this will be a developmental post with progression to an 8a banding upon meeting the criteria within the 8a job description.
About us
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 responsibilities
The post holder will have a key role in providing psychological assessments and a therapeutic, consultative and advisory service in relation to adults with learning disabilities, their families and carers, according to identified clinical need. In addition to direct clinical work, providing consultation and clinical supervision to other team members regarding patients is an important element of the role.
Applicants should have experience in working within Learning Disability services and show strong patient-centred values. The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, motivated, and demonstrate a commitment to delivering excellent mental health care and evidence-based interventions. Opportunities to develop special interests and co-work will be encouraged, as will opportunities to undertake service development activities.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
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
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
* Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
* Trained in care co-ordination
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Registration with BPS
Experience
* Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings.
* Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a care coordinator within the context of a multidisciplinary team.
* Teaching, training and clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses
* Research and development
* Quality and service improvement and evaluation
* Experience of joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
Knowledge
* 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
* The Trust's Quality Improvement System
General
* Ability to travel independently across the region covered by community teams
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.
Address
North Tees ALD Community Team
(Main Base) Wessex House, 32 Falcon Court, Preston Farm, Stockton-on-Tees
Psychology Professions Lead DTV ALD Community
(Main Base) Wessex House, 32 Falcon Court, Preston Farm, Stockton-on-Tees
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