Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist

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Job summary

Want to be part of a close-knit Assertive Outreach service, work therapeutically with people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties in the community and ward setting, and work psychologically with staff in order to help provide the best possible psychologically-informed care for this mostly overlooked client group?

We are looking for a psychological professional with an interest in serious mental health difficulties, willingness to engage with human suffering and an interest in understanding human mind in its various complexities and how professionals may work with this, to join the Leeds Assertive Outreach service. You will be working as part of a developing and supportive psychology team, in which personal development is highly valued and supported. You will be based in the Assertive Outreach service. In addition to working indirectly with staff, the role involves working therapeutically with AOT service users in the community as well as providing psychological in-reach into the High Intensity rehabilitation ward, Ward 5 Newsam Centre.

An interest and skills in offering therapeutic interventions and in supporting professional colleagues to develop and use psychological thinking in their work with service users presenting with complex mental health difficulties will be a key part of this role. Clinical supervision is important as the role involves provision of supervision to psychologists in training and other professionals within the service.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting and varied role including opportunities for individual therapy, team-based formulations, facilitating training, consultations with the team, as well as opportunities to contribute to key strategic service developments like trauma informed care. You will be involved in influencing at a team level with opportunities like innovative projects or research to meet the needs of service users.

The Leeds Assertive Outreach service is a well-established, city-wide specialist service consisting of MDT professionals who value and welcome psychologically informed approaches. It is one of a small number of services nationally that remains a specialist service for people with a primary presentation of psychosis. See the links below to find out more about the service:

A Guardian article about working in the Assertive Outreach by Nuwan Dissanayaka, consultant psychiatrist

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/28/meet-patients-left-out-mental-health-conversation

A short video about a music project in the Leeds Assertive Outreach service

https://youtu.be/xVtnqGk3XJ4

A short video about a service user experience in the Leeds Assertive Outreach service

https://youtu.be/9Ae1TcQ_k98

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, 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 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.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Date posted

04 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-15824-EDRS

Job locations

Assertive Outreach Team

The Asket Centre

Leeds

LS14 1PP

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide specialist level psychological assessment and interventions for individuals, families, and groups.
To facilitate team psychological formulations.
To offer advice and consultation on service users psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service area policies and procedures.
To attend relevant MDT clinical team meetings and work closely with MDT teams as an integral team member.
To provide teaching/training/supervision and consultancy to MDT teams and psychologists in training.
To provide psychologically informed care with a trauma lens.
To utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the service area.
To contribute to service developments.
To work autonomously and make appropriate decisions without opportunity to consult more widely

For further information and to discuss the role, contact Dr Jana Fusekova, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead jana.fusekova@nhs.net or Charly Waldron, Operations manager in Assertive Outreach charlottewaldron@nhs.net .

Informal discussions most welcome.

Interviews are planned for 18th April 2024.

LYPFT are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity, and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD. Our Psychological Professions Strategy outlines our vision. We are proud that 100% of LYPFT psychological professionals recently surveyed reported they felt supported by colleagues.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide specialist level psychological assessment and interventions for individuals, families, and groups.
To facilitate team psychological formulations.
To offer advice and consultation on service users psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service area policies and procedures.
To attend relevant MDT clinical team meetings and work closely with MDT teams as an integral team member.
To provide teaching/training/supervision and consultancy to MDT teams and psychologists in training.
To provide psychologically informed care with a trauma lens.
To utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the service area.
To contribute to service developments.
To work autonomously and make appropriate decisions without opportunity to consult more widely

Informal discussions most welcome.

Interviews are planned for 18th April 2024.

Person Specification

Qualifications and registration

Essential

Doctorate level training in Clinical Psychology as accredited by the BPS (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996) with HCPC registration OR Doctorate level training in Counselling Psychology or Forensic Psychology (or Masters accredited by BPS) with HCPC registration

Training

Essential

Additional significant post qualification training relevant to the service and job role outlined in the job summary.
Formal training in supervision of others.

Experience

Essential

Significant post qualification experience in an area of practice relevant to the service specified in the job summary, to include assessment of risk.

Person Specification

Qualifications and registration

Essential

Doctorate level training in Clinical Psychology as accredited by the BPS (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996) with HCPC registration OR Doctorate level training in Counselling Psychology or Forensic Psychology (or Masters accredited by BPS) with HCPC registration

Training

Essential

Additional significant post qualification training relevant to the service and job role outlined in the job summary.
Formal training in supervision of others.

Experience

Essential

Significant post qualification experience in an area of practice relevant to the service specified in the job summary, to include assessment of risk.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Assertive Outreach Team

The Asket Centre

Leeds

LS14 1PP

Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Assertive Outreach Team

The Asket Centre

Leeds

LS14 1PP

Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)