Job summary
Are you interested in being part of innovative and progressive change in primary care in the North East and North Cumbria (NECN)? GP Practices connected to the Deep End Network are looking to recruit one or more flexible and experienced Clinical Psychologists, to provide brief consultations at point of need in the role of GP Psychologist.
Deep End NENC was established in 2020 as a partnership between local GP leaders and the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration for the NENC, with financial support from the NENC Integrated Care System. We are focused on working collaboratively to create positive change for practices, patients and communities, working to address the inverse care law and health inequalities. Deep End practices in the NENC are those whose practice population meant they are ranked in the lowest IMD decile nationally.
The roles are being created following a successful pilot in Newcastle which was set up to improve care for people living with mental health problems from areas of higher social deprivation. Post-holder(s) will provide brief specialist assessment, formulation and intervention for patients across the lifespan and cognitive ability and will refer on to further therapy, treatment and support services where appropriate.
This may be of interest to those who are interested in community psychology ideas as well as those who have experience of working previously in primary care settings.
Main duties of the job
To provide a Generalist Primary Care Clinical Psychology
Service to patients of all ages with undifferentiated acute and chronic mental
health conditions.
∙ Offering advice and consultation to colleagues from other
disciplines and to carers.
∙ To
develop - through experimentation, evaluation, reflection and ongoing dialogue
– a Primary Care Psychology service
which is effective and equitable, and which reduces GP workload. This will include development of
protocols/procedures, as well as taking active part in ongoing evaluation.
∙ To work autonomously within professional guidelines and
the overall framework of the Practice policies and procedures.
∙ To utilise research
skills for audit, policy and service development and research
∙ To demonstrate a high level of responsibility when working
with people who are expressing suicidal ideation, or who are deliberately
self-harming and/or those who could potentially cause harm to others.
∙ Working with multidisciplinary teams and engaging in
research, audit and training and supervision are aspects of this service
About us
Location
and working hours can be negotiated to accommodate the right candidates. Four practices from South Tyneside, Sunderland, Newcastle and Gateshead are involved
in this innovative proof of concept pilot, with 2 sessions per week per
practice (8 sessions in total) over a 12 month period. Successful candidates
will be jointly employed by the participating practices.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role is a pilot, and as such, we will prioritise flexibility and ongoing negotiation of the role. However, the broad principles are as follows:
The Clinical Psychologist (CP) role will mirror that of a GP as much as possible, i.e.
a. Dealing with undifferentiated mental health presentations of patients of all ages.
b. Prioritising short, discrete interventions rather than long-term therapy.
c. Maintain clinical ownership of cases, e.g., making onward referrals if required.
d. Maintaining a balance between ‘reactive’ and ‘proactive’ care: while there is scope for ‘proactive’ interventions e.g., groups, targeted assessment of complex cases, we need to balance this with capacity for new presentations.
Provide individual and team supervision and formulation - in both an ad-hoc and formalised way.
Job Purpose
· To provide a Generalist Primary Care Clinical Psychology Service to patients of all ages with undifferentiated acute and chronic mental health conditions.
· Offering advice and consultation to colleagues from other disciplines and to carers.
· To develop - through experimentation, evaluation, reflection, and ongoing dialogue – a Primary Care Psychology service which is effective and equitable, and which reduces GP workload. This will include development of protocols/procedures, as well as taking active part in ongoing evaluation.
· To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Practice policies and procedures.
· To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
· To demonstrate a high level of responsibility when working with people who are expressing suicidal ideation, or who are deliberately self-harming and/or those who could potentially cause harm to others.
· Working with multidisciplinary teams and engaging in research, audit and training and supervision are aspects of this service
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role is a pilot, and as such, we will prioritise flexibility and ongoing negotiation of the role. However, the broad principles are as follows:
The Clinical Psychologist (CP) role will mirror that of a GP as much as possible, i.e.
a. Dealing with undifferentiated mental health presentations of patients of all ages.
b. Prioritising short, discrete interventions rather than long-term therapy.
c. Maintain clinical ownership of cases, e.g., making onward referrals if required.
d. Maintaining a balance between ‘reactive’ and ‘proactive’ care: while there is scope for ‘proactive’ interventions e.g., groups, targeted assessment of complex cases, we need to balance this with capacity for new presentations.
Provide individual and team supervision and formulation - in both an ad-hoc and formalised way.
Job Purpose
· To provide a Generalist Primary Care Clinical Psychology Service to patients of all ages with undifferentiated acute and chronic mental health conditions.
· Offering advice and consultation to colleagues from other disciplines and to carers.
· To develop - through experimentation, evaluation, reflection, and ongoing dialogue – a Primary Care Psychology service which is effective and equitable, and which reduces GP workload. This will include development of protocols/procedures, as well as taking active part in ongoing evaluation.
· To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Practice policies and procedures.
· To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
· To demonstrate a high level of responsibility when working with people who are expressing suicidal ideation, or who are deliberately self-harming and/or those who could potentially cause harm to others.
· Working with multidisciplinary teams and engaging in research, audit and training and supervision are aspects of this service
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Significant experience of psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across a range of care settings.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Post qualification experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- In addition to obtaining the necessary qualifications and experience to practice as a clinical psychologist, has additional knowledge of National Good Practice of working as a clinical psychologist in adult health.
- Well developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to empathize and communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Demonstrable skills in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Computer literate competent use of email/internet and patient information systems for electronic clinical records and diary management as appropriate.
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post community based work.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities, etc.)
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or fields of applied psychology.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Significant experience of psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across a range of care settings.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Post qualification experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- In addition to obtaining the necessary qualifications and experience to practice as a clinical psychologist, has additional knowledge of National Good Practice of working as a clinical psychologist in adult health.
- Well developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to empathize and communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Demonstrable skills in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Computer literate competent use of email/internet and patient information systems for electronic clinical records and diary management as appropriate.
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post community based work.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities, etc.)
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or fields of applied psychology.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
