Main area Addictions Grade NHS AfC: Band 8c
Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Possible extension of contract if additional funding becomes available)
Hours Part time - 6 sessions per week (6 sessions = 3 days)
Job ref 333-D-AD-0516
Employer Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Old Bank House
Town Uxbridge
Salary £80,025 - £91,336 per annum pro rata inc HCAS
Salary period Yearly
Closing 16/03/2025 23:59
Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Job overview
A new and exciting vacancy has arisen for a Specialist Consultant Psychologist in the Hillingdon Sector of Central and North-West London Addictions Directorate. We are looking for a dynamic candidate who would like to help take this service forward through innovation and service design as part of the New Drug Strategy. You will work with the Senior Management Team to develop the service in line with our new contract agreements and local initiatives.
The Service provides specialist therapeutic input to adults whose use of alcohol, other drugs and addictions cause problems.
The applicant will have a high level of expertise in working with the client group – or will be interested in developing this as a new specialism - and he or she will join an experienced and growing team of Chartered Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Family and other therapists in the Addictions Directorate.
This is a one-year contract with potential to extend.
Main duties of the job
1. Lead the psychology team locally.
2. Play a key role in developing the New Drug Strategy.
3. Membership of Senior Management Team, Trust Consultants Group.
4. Lead locally on Psychosocial Interventions, Trauma Informed Care, Psychological Safety.
5. Liaise and consult with local stakeholders.
6. Represent the profession of Psychology outside of service and CNWL.
Working for our organisation
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 7,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Psychology Service aims to enhance treatment outcomes through evidence-based interventions direct to clients as well as through consultation, training and research. The priority will be to provide comprehensive psychology services to clients with addictions in the wider service as well as those attending the group Recovery Day Programme (RDP).
See attached Job Description for full details.
Person specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
* HCPC registration to practice in the UK
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
EXPERIENCE
* Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist including post qualification experience within the designated specialty where the post is located.
* Equivalent experience (within a related specialty) may be agreed with the Lead Psychologist, and with the postholder undertaking additional training in substance misuse.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
* Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
* Experience of professional management qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists.
* Experience of multi-professional management of teams or services within the designated specialty.
* Experience of representing the profession in local policy forums.
* Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
* Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
* A high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
* Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.
* Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
* Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
* Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat group (e.g. personality disorder dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and severely challenging behaviours etc.).
PERSONAL
* Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological phenomena, an interest in models of service delivery, and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services within the context of multi-disciplinary mental health services.
* Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to ‘hold’ the stress of others.
* A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multi-professional and uni-professional audit, and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the service area.
* Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills.
OTHER
* Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
* Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
* Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
* Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
* Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
* Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page.
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CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Andre Geel Job title Lead Psychologist for Addictions Email address andre.geel@nhs.net Additional information
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