Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join Leeds Community and Wellbeing services, as we embark on our journey to transform our community services across Leeds and we are currently in the first phase of service transformation, in line with the NHS long-term plan.
We are investing significantly in psychological profession utilising interventions and how we strengthen a system of care which is psychologically informed. We have a range of opportunities for training and development, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Our collective aim is to achieve greater integration between secondary and primary mental health services, along with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. We're really passionate about having people who use our services, their families and carers more involved in the care provisions we deliver.
Leeds community mental health services are multi-disciplinary groups of professionals working together to provide specialist community-focused mental health services to working age adults. Psychological practitioners are a much valued and integral part of this work, providing specialist assessment and interventions, and also contributing to the clinical thinking and decision making of the teams. Alongside direct clinical work, a key component of their role is to provide supervision, consultation, and training to the wider team.
Main duties of the job
To deliver evidence based psychological therapies with community and wellbeing service settings.
To be a member of a multi-disciplinary team offering psychological thinking and consultation.
At 8a level to deliver clinical and therapy supervision to other psychological professions.
We are keen to recruit people with experience, knowledge and skills of working with severe and enduring mental health difficulties such as complex trauma, psychosis, interpersonal difficulties, and self-harm. Equally important are leadership skills and the ability to develop innovative practice. We are looking for people who can contribute to the vision for the service, working closely with colleagues in different parts of the system, including primary care and our valued voluntary sector partners. A key part of this role is to provide clinical supervision to other psychology professionals within the team.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be part of a developing, trauma informed community mental health care for service users (SUs) and carers accessing Adult Community & Wellbeing Services. This includes;
Providing highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and delivering evidence based psychological therapies.
Contributing to multi-disciplinary meeting offering advice and consultation on SUs psychological care to clinical colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.
To contribute to service development by utilising research skills for audit, service development and research within the service area.
To provide a key role in psychological aspects of service development in service areas of primary responsibility working towards the delivery of clinical supervision to other psychological professionals.
This is an exciting time to be joining this service as we develop significant service expansion, in line with the NHS long-term plan and the national programme of community mental health transformation.
Band 8a CBT therapists/psychotherapists must have training and experience delivering clinical supervision to other psychological professionals.
Leeds is a great city offering plenty to do and explore for all individuals so if youre looking to relocate to West Yorkshire we can support you with a relocation package of up to £8,000, well also help you get to grips with what the city offers. The relocation package should be discussed via the appointment stage.
We are pleased to be able to offer a Recruitment Bonus of £1000 to allexternalexperienced psychological professions applicants and will be paid £500 upon commencement with LYPFT, and then £500 after a qualifying 6 months in post. Unfortunately, this bonus isnotavailable to existing LYPFT staff.
For further details or to arrange an initial conversation about the posts please contact:
Helen Jenkinson, Locality Lead Clinical Psychologist, on helen.jenkinson5@nhs.net 07980 957048
Pamela Lynch, Locality Lead Clinical Psychologist, on pamela.lynch@nhs.net 07980970455
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be part of a developing, trauma informed community mental health care for service users (SUs) and carers accessing Adult Community & Wellbeing Services. This includes;
Providing highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and delivering evidence based psychological therapies.
Contributing to multi-disciplinary meeting offering advice and consultation on SUs psychological care to clinical colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.
To contribute to service development by utilising research skills for audit, service development and research within the service area.
To provide a key role in psychological aspects of service development in service areas of primary responsibility working towards the delivery of clinical supervision to other psychological professionals.
This is an exciting time to be joining this service as we develop significant service expansion, in line with the NHS long-term plan and the national programme of community mental health transformation.
Band 8a CBT therapists/psychotherapists must have training and experience delivering clinical supervision to other psychological professionals.
Leeds is a great city offering plenty to do and explore for all individuals so if youre looking to relocate to West Yorkshire we can support you with a relocation package of up to £8,000, well also help you get to grips with what the city offers. The relocation package should be discussed via the appointment stage.
We are pleased to be able to offer a Recruitment Bonus of £1000 to allexternalexperienced psychological professions applicants and will be paid £500 upon commencement with LYPFT, and then £500 after a qualifying 6 months in post. Unfortunately, this bonus isnotavailable to existing LYPFT staff.
For further details or to arrange an initial conversation about the posts please contact:
Helen Jenkinson, Locality Lead Clinical Psychologist, on helen.jenkinson5@nhs.net 07980 957048
Pamela Lynch, Locality Lead Clinical Psychologist, on pamela.lynch@nhs.net 07980970455
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) with HCPC registration. Or Doctorate level training in Counselling Psychology with HCPC registration.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies used to treat the population of service users specified in the job summary
Experience
Essential
- Training and experience in the supervision of psychological professionals
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) with HCPC registration. Or Doctorate level training in Counselling Psychology with HCPC registration.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies used to treat the population of service users specified in the job summary
Experience
Essential
- Training and experience in the supervision of psychological professionals
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
