Specialist or Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking to recruit a specialist or highly specialist applied psychologist to join the Harrogate Integrated Community Team that provides support and intervention for working age adults experiencing mental health difficulties.
We welcome applications from existing Band 8a or Band 7 Applied Psychologists as well as newly qualified Applied Psychologists due to qualify within the next 6 months. A successful candidate taking up the post at Band 7 will be provided with clinical/professional and managerial supervision and developmental support to help them to progress from Band 7 to Band 8a, according to a clear set of criteria. A commitment to undertake training to gain competencies to deliver an evidence based therapy in scope for the Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Health Problems PTSMHP programme is required.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join an established Psychological Professions team within the community multidisciplinary service. They will contribute to the delivery of psychological assessment, formulation and evidence based intervention. They will provide supervision and consultation to Psychological Professions and multidisciplinary colleagues and contribute to the collective leadership of the service.
Job Responsibilities
* Accountable for own professional practice in the delivery of specialist psychological care to clients with complex mental health conditions or learning disabilities which may include challenging behaviours.
* To be compassionate in meeting the needs of clients, their carers and families.
* To provide advice, guidance and clinical supervision to less experienced colleagues within the designated psychology service and to other members of the multidisciplinary team.
* To undertake formal research as an integral part of the job.
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.
* Trained in clinical supervision (within agreed timescale).
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience
* Must have experience/interest in working with mental health/learning disability clients (depending on designated service area).
* Multi-disciplinary team working.
Knowledge
* Doctoral level knowledge of 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.
Skills
* Communicate complex and highly sensitive information effectively, to a wide range of people.
* Provide (within agreed timescale) effective teaching, training and clinical supervision.
* Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake care co-ordination/lead practitioner responsibilities.
* Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems.
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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