Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to take up a permanent new post as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within two Memory Assessment Services (MAS), offering specialist neuropsychological assessment, psychological formulation, team consultation and training. An important part of this role will be supporting professional colleagues to apply knowledge of cognitive deficits and holistic formulation to clinical cases. The MAS's work closely with CMHT's and the successful postholder will be a resource to that team as well in understanding and working with people living with dementia, including the later stages and Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD). There will be opportunities to provide supervision for both psychologists in training and other professionals within the service, as well as getting involved with service development and evaluation. Supervision for clinical work will be provided internally by staff with expertise and experience in the above areas of work.
Main duties of the job
The post would suit an early career psychologist interested in further developing neuropsychological skills and the person would be offered support to acquire further qualifications such as the PGDip in Clinical Neuropsychology (subject to recurrent funding via the Psychological Professions Initiatives funding). The successful post holder will join a professional group of 21 Psychological Practitioners dedicated to excellent service provision for older people, including those experiencing cognitive impairment in later life. We are looking for someone who shares our enthusiasm for and commitment to working with this client group. We welcome applications from Trainee Clinical or Counselling Psychologists qualifying in Autumn 2024.
We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD. Our Psychological Professions Strategy outlines our vision. LYPFT offer relocation incentives if this is appropriate to your situation.
We would appreciate the opportunity to connect with you prior to your application submission or interview and invite contact and informal visits. Please feel free to contact Dr Louise Bergin, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, (mob: 07980 967200; louise.bergin@nhs.net) to find out more about the post.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The overall purpose of this role is to contribute to the systematic provision of a high quality, specialist clinical/counselling psychology service to Service Users within OPS Memory Assessment Services. Clinical input will focus on providing specialist psychological assessments to aid differential diagnosis of dementia. There will also be input into CMHTs to support staff working with people in the later stages of dementia, presenting with Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD). Other role requirements include:
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a SU's dementia and/or mental health problems
- To be responsible for providing advice, consultation, supervision and teaching
- To identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice
- To undertake project management with support from senior colleagues, including complex audit and service evaluation to help develop service provision.
- To provide specialist psychological assessments based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including neuropsychological tests, self-report and carer measures, and complex psychological assessments. This will include digital methods of neuropsychological assessment
- To share confidential clinical information, both written and verbal, with other health care professionals as appropriate. This includes offering opinions, advice and consultation about neuropsychological findings and specialist psychotherapy and psychological interventions to health professionals from a range of backgrounds
- To undertake complex risk assessment and risk management for individual SUs and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
- To provide a key role in psychological aspects of service development in MAS.
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit
- To contribute through consultation and training to the understanding of team or organisational dynamics in ways which strengthen the working of teams in the interests of SU care
- To manage the workloads of assistant and graduate psychologists within the framework of LYPFT policies and procedures
Job description
Job responsibilities
The overall purpose of this role is to contribute to the systematic provision of a high quality, specialist clinical/counselling psychology service to Service Users within OPS Memory Assessment Services. Clinical input will focus on providing specialist psychological assessments to aid differential diagnosis of dementia. There will also be input into CMHTs to support staff working with people in the later stages of dementia, presenting with Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD). Other role requirements include:
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a SU's dementia and/or mental health problems
- To be responsible for providing advice, consultation, supervision and teaching
- To identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice
- To undertake project management with support from senior colleagues, including complex audit and service evaluation to help develop service provision.
- To provide specialist psychological assessments based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including neuropsychological tests, self-report and carer measures, and complex psychological assessments. This will include digital methods of neuropsychological assessment
- To share confidential clinical information, both written and verbal, with other health care professionals as appropriate. This includes offering opinions, advice and consultation about neuropsychological findings and specialist psychotherapy and psychological interventions to health professionals from a range of backgrounds
- To undertake complex risk assessment and risk management for individual SUs and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
- To provide a key role in psychological aspects of service development in MAS.
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit
- To contribute through consultation and training to the understanding of team or organisational dynamics in ways which strengthen the working of teams in the interests of SU care
- To manage the workloads of assistant and graduate psychologists within the framework of LYPFT policies and procedures
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological and psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience/interest in working with older people
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological and psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience/interest in working with older people
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).
