Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Full-time Clinical Psychologist post for recruitment at Band 8a in North Hertfordshire.
We welcome applications from newly or recently qualified psychologists and will consider applications for a Band 7 - 8a Development Post for applicants with experience and interest in working with older people. We also welcome applications from non-UK trained psychologists working towards fulfilling HCPC requirements to qualify as a clinical psychologist in the UK.
Applicants should be registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC or in a position to register in the near future, if they complete their training in 2024.
Main Duties of the Job The psychologists in our well-established Older People's Service have special interests in CBT, DBT, Systemic approaches, and Neuropsychology. They are valued members of our specialist community multi-disciplinary teams, including a well-established Early Memory and Diagnosis Service.
This post involves delivering a range of assessments and interventions, including neuropsychological diagnostic assessments, cognitive rehabilitation, psychological therapies, and positive behavioural support for behaviours of concern in dementia. There will be opportunities to contribute to service developments and to develop your clinical leadership skills.
The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessments, psychological treatments, and evidence-based interventions for older people, their families, and carers accessing memory services and local community mental health teams.
The post holder will provide support, development, supervision, and guidance to other team members, as well as a similar consultation service to professionals within community health services, primary care, and other agencies.
About Us Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the
Care Quality Commission .
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provides health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health, and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence, and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job Responsibilities
Provide a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service for older people with mental health issues and all adults with dementia in North of the county.
Work autonomously within professional guidelines and support the governance of psychological practice within the North Herts MHSOP community mental health team.
Supervise and support the psychological assessment and intervention provided by assistant psychologists and other clinical members of the team.
Undertake specialised clinical work within the MHSOP Psychology service and with external agencies, including assessment, direct and indirect intervention, supervision, training, and consultancy.
Contribute specialist psychological skills and advice regarding strategic planning, organisational and service developments, staff training, and support initiatives.
Utilise research and training skills to support audit, policy and service development, research activity, and other programmes within the service.
Person Specification Training and Qualification
Doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology or equivalent.
Registered as either a clinical/counselling psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Additional postgraduate training or qualification in a specific psychological therapy or Neuropsychology.
Experience
Experience of specialist assessment and therapy with service users across a range of care settings.
Experience of working with a variety of service user groups with presenting problems of varying clinical severity.
Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
Experience of working with older people in a clinical role.
Direct experience of using therapy with older people.
Experience of teaching, training, and/or supervision.
Experience of applying psychological services in different cultural contexts.
Knowledge and Skills
Skills in the use of complex assessment, therapy, or intervention.
Well-developed skills in communicating effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical, and/or clinically sensitive information.
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
Knowledge of research methodology, research design, and complex, multivariate data analysis.
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies.
High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
Knowledge of capacity and other legislation in relation to the client group.
Other
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials suitable for presentations.
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance to support and maintain clinical practice.
Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a submission for Disclosure will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Address Saffron Ground, Ditchmore Lane, Stevenage SG1 3LJ
£46,148 to £60,504 per annum, pro rata
Contract Permanent
Working Pattern Full-time
Reference Number 367-CYP-8867-B
Job Locations Saffron Ground, Ditchmore Lane, Stevenage SG1 3LJ
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We welcome applications from newly or recently qualified psychologists and will consider applications for a Band 7 - 8a Development Post for applicants with experience and interest in working with older people. We also welcome applications from non-UK trained psychologists working towards fulfilling HCPC requirements to qualify as a clinical psychologist in the UK.
Applicants should be registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC or in a position to register in the near future, if they complete their training in 2024.
Main Duties of the Job The psychologists in our well-established Older People's Service have special interests in CBT, DBT, Systemic approaches, and Neuropsychology. They are valued members of our specialist community multi-disciplinary teams, including a well-established Early Memory and Diagnosis Service.
This post involves delivering a range of assessments and interventions, including neuropsychological diagnostic assessments, cognitive rehabilitation, psychological therapies, and positive behavioural support for behaviours of concern in dementia. There will be opportunities to contribute to service developments and to develop your clinical leadership skills.
The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessments, psychological treatments, and evidence-based interventions for older people, their families, and carers accessing memory services and local community mental health teams.
The post holder will provide support, development, supervision, and guidance to other team members, as well as a similar consultation service to professionals within community health services, primary care, and other agencies.
About Us Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the
Care Quality Commission .
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provides health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health, and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence, and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job Responsibilities
Provide a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service for older people with mental health issues and all adults with dementia in North of the county.
Work autonomously within professional guidelines and support the governance of psychological practice within the North Herts MHSOP community mental health team.
Supervise and support the psychological assessment and intervention provided by assistant psychologists and other clinical members of the team.
Undertake specialised clinical work within the MHSOP Psychology service and with external agencies, including assessment, direct and indirect intervention, supervision, training, and consultancy.
Contribute specialist psychological skills and advice regarding strategic planning, organisational and service developments, staff training, and support initiatives.
Utilise research and training skills to support audit, policy and service development, research activity, and other programmes within the service.
Person Specification Training and Qualification
Doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology or equivalent.
Registered as either a clinical/counselling psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Additional postgraduate training or qualification in a specific psychological therapy or Neuropsychology.
Experience
Experience of specialist assessment and therapy with service users across a range of care settings.
Experience of working with a variety of service user groups with presenting problems of varying clinical severity.
Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
Experience of working with older people in a clinical role.
Direct experience of using therapy with older people.
Experience of teaching, training, and/or supervision.
Experience of applying psychological services in different cultural contexts.
Knowledge and Skills
Skills in the use of complex assessment, therapy, or intervention.
Well-developed skills in communicating effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical, and/or clinically sensitive information.
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
Knowledge of research methodology, research design, and complex, multivariate data analysis.
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies.
High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
Knowledge of capacity and other legislation in relation to the client group.
Other
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials suitable for presentations.
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance to support and maintain clinical practice.
Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a submission for Disclosure will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Address Saffron Ground, Ditchmore Lane, Stevenage SG1 3LJ
£46,148 to £60,504 per annum, pro rata
Contract Permanent
Working Pattern Full-time
Reference Number 367-CYP-8867-B
Job Locations Saffron Ground, Ditchmore Lane, Stevenage SG1 3LJ
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