Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we'd love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Clinical Psychologist to provide specialist expertise and input within the Older Peoples Services based at Northgate Hospital, Great Yarmouth and Carlton Court Hospital, Carlton Colville. The service consists of a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and a Memory Assessment and Treatment service (MATs) in Great Yarmouth. We have a sister service based at Carlton Court, Carlton Colville and it is envisaged that the post holder will also provide psychological services for the Inreach / Outreach Service based there.
In addition to clinical duties a significant part of the role will be providing training, support & supervision to other professionals and services. The successful candidate will also provide consultation for the Inreach / Outreach Service at Carlton Court, which uses the Newcastle model to support people with dementia living in care homes who are presenting with emotional distress. The post holder will work closely with a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who will offer supervision, consultation and direction. There is a very active and supportive Older Peoples Psychology group that meet every six weeks and there is an Older Peoples Forum open to all Older People staff which is held every other month. This forum is designed to share good practice and innovations as well as discussing lessons learnt from serious untoward incidents and complaints.
Main duties of the job
Our Community Older People services have been rated consistently as 'Good' by CQC and we endeavour to work towards achieving 'Outstanding' status. We are currently pursuing MSNAP accreditation for our MATs service and once this has been achieved, we will be pursuing similar accreditation of our CMHT. As a service we are passionate about participation, and we are in the process of recruiting service users and carers to join our local participation forum. We are also developing our group offering with the help of service users and carers. In the future groups will be co-produced and co-facilitated.
Within your role you will be expected to provide:
* Clinical leadership and specialist consultation, particularly around the needs of older adults and people of all ages with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of dementia.
* Expert assessment, formulation and intervention, including neuropsychological assessment.
* Promotion of a psychologically informed culture through use of consultancy, supervision, training, and team formulations.
* Provision of specialist assessments to aid formulation and treatment planning.
* Consultation to the Inreach / Outreach team using the Newcastle model of unmet needs.
* Support in developing quality improvement, audit and research projects.
There will be the opportunity for training and development as part of the role and the post is funded as 1.0 wte. However, fewer hours can be considered.
Working for our organisation
We would be very pleased to talk to you about the post and though it is full time would be happy to consider part time or a split post.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Then ensure to tick the 're-post'
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3000 for external staff only. This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
* NHS pension
* a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
* career progression
* starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* staff physio service
* NHS discounts and many more
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS
* Further post-qualification, post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential criteria
* Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity.
* Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training
Desirable criteria
* Representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts).
Skills
Essential criteria
* Use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
Other
Essential criteria
* Ability to travel across sites
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures - these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.
The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.
This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.
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, 376.4KB)
* Values Based Recruitment - Candidates Guide (PDF, 360.6KB)
* Reasonable Adjustments - NSFT (PDF, 197.5KB)
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