Job Summary
Are you looking for a new role that will give you a genuine opportunity to develop your clinical, management, and leadership skills? If so, we are looking for an excellent clinician who wishes to continue their clinical practice whilst also developing knowledge and skills in service development in a genuinely friendly and supportive team. The post will be based in Ealing and is full-time, although job share would be considered.
As well as clinical work with older people with a wide variety of mental health problems, you will be contributing to the development of the service which is relatively new. As the teams are small, there is a need for a flexible approach to psychology provision. We are currently developing our psychology pathways including those for CEN where we are looking at innovative approaches. It is likely that how we provide psychology services will change over time as the service develops and we better understand the needs of our population.
Main Duties of the Job
Within the Ealing SOAMHS MDT, you will have responsibility for the provision of psychological assessment and treatment to individuals with complex mental health needs who may also have co-existing physical and social needs. You will be responsible for developing psychological provision within these teams and supervise qualified psychologists. You will also help develop the team's skills to increase understanding of the psychological needs of service users and their carers. This includes involvement with clinical trials adapting psychological approaches for older people. You will work with colleagues across local services advocating for both the role of psychology within the MDTs and the specific needs of older people with our community partners.
You will contribute to the development of SOAMHS as it expands to support people who may not traditionally have been supported by secondary mental health teams. Outreach work is an important part of this and experience in this area would be welcomed.
About Us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow, and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job Responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
* Good honors degree (2:1 minimum) in Psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership of BPS.
* Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the BPS.
* Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
* Training in clinical supervision for Doctoral and equivalent trainees.
Desirable
* Other related academic qualifications.
* Evidence of post-doctoral training in systemic therapy and/or other psychological therapy techniques.
* Evidence of training in EMDR.
Experience
Essential
* Experience working as a qualified (highly specialist) psychologist within a clinical psychology setting (or equivalent).
* Experience of teaching, training, and/or supervision.
Desirable
* Experience of service development.
* Experience of having facilitated/co-facilitated psychological therapy with families.
* Experience of having facilitated/co-facilitated psychological therapy groups.
* Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Knowledge
Essential
* Advanced specialist knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of psychology applied to clinical practice.
* Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of the assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health conditions.
* Able to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive, or highly contentious information, where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills.
* Able to make judgments involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the evaluation of a range of options.
* Able to plan, prioritize, and organize own service user caseload, treatment programmes (individual or group) involving other staff and other aspects of the work such as research activity.
* Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
* Able to use database, word processing, and test administration/scoring software.
* Post-graduate level knowledge of research design and methodology.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
* Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of assessment and intervention with families.
* Practical knowledge of the assessment and treatment of behaviours that challenge.
* Experience of having published in either peer-reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.
Personal Qualities
Essential
* Able to adapt to rapidly changing service demands.
* Able to maintain intense concentration frequently and for prolonged periods with unpredictable patients.
* Able to function in potentially traumatic circumstances and in highly emotionally distressing circumstances on a frequent basis.
* Able to work in a contained environment with service users who are disturbed and sometimes violent.
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see.
Employer Details
Employer Name
West London NHS Trust
Address
CID Central
Sycamore Lodge Community Mental Health
Southall
UB2 4SD
Employer's Website #J-18808-Ljbffr