Clinical Psychologist - Adult Community Services

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Applied Psychologists are a respected and valued resource within the Nottinghamshire Adult Mental Health Community Services. We are delighted to offer one part time 30hrs 8A Clinical Psychology Post's within Newark & Sherwood Local Mental Health Teams (LMHT).

The LMHT's work with people who experience a range of mental health difficulties, including complex trauma, psychosis, depression, anxiety, dissociation, self-harm and life-threatening behaviours. The LMHT's have good links to primary care, as well as our crisis teams, inpatient services as well as the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) teams.

We welcome applications from newly qualified / soon-to-be qualified clinical psychologists who can start on a Band 7 preceptorship to work to an 8a over the first year of employment.

Main duties of the job

We see the role of the LMHT psychologist as:

To enhance the psychological mindedness of the Multi-Disciplinary Team and Adult Mental Health Service as well as improve the psychological competence and confidence of non-psychologists within the MDT to deliver psychological interventions.

About us

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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Date posted

17 June 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£47,126 to £53,219 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

186-584-22-MH-D

Job locations

Newark & Sherwood LMHT

65 Northgate

Newark Nottinghamshire

NG24 1HD


Job description

Job responsibilities

As such, together with individual work with service users, we encourage and support non-direct work with staff (supervision, training) together with initiatives which enhance the psychological mindedness of the wider directorate (e.g. articles, wider training). We believe the role is ideally suited to someone who wants to work within an MDT setting and apply and develop their skills and interests across a broad and varied range of activities.

As well as being part of a LMHT the successful candidates will be part of a vibrant and friendly group of psychologists who work across Nottinghamshire LMHTs. Our commitment to you is that we will provide you with opportunities to develop professionally within committed and supportive adult mental health services and play an important role in supporting increasing access to psychological therapies within community settings.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As such, together with individual work with service users, we encourage and support non-direct work with staff (supervision, training) together with initiatives which enhance the psychological mindedness of the wider directorate (e.g. articles, wider training). We believe the role is ideally suited to someone who wants to work within an MDT setting and apply and develop their skills and interests across a broad and varied range of activities.

As well as being part of a LMHT the successful candidates will be part of a vibrant and friendly group of psychologists who work across Nottinghamshire LMHTs. Our commitment to you is that we will provide you with opportunities to develop professionally within committed and supportive adult mental health services and play an important role in supporting increasing access to psychological therapies within community settings.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

  • Doctorate level qualification in Clinical Psychology
  • Registered as a Clinical Psychologist with the HCPC

Desirable

  • Post-qualification training including specialist training specific therapeutic approaches or clinical specialities

Experience

Essential

  • Post-qualification experience
  • Of working psychologically with adults who have a range of mental health difficulties.
  • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting
  • Post qualification experience of liaison and consultation with other professionals
  • Supervising other clinicians
  • Evaluating/auditing professional work

Desirable

  • Teaching mental health professionals about psychological issues.
  • Experience of leading on clinically relevant research
  • Publication of research
  • Involvement in the planning and development of psychological services
  • Supervising trainee or other Psychologists

Knowledge

Essential

  • Extensive and up-to-date knowledge of relevant theory and research through reading and CPD.
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
  • Knowledge of a range of therapeutic approaches
  • Critical awareness of current themes in Adult Mental Health policy and research
  • Risk assessment and risk management
  • Ability to undertake specialist assessments, develop formulations and provide psychological interventions.
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research, design and methodology.

Desirable

  • Extended training in additional interventions/assessments/ models

Skills

Essential

  • Formulation of sources of psychological distress in adults with mental health difficulties; therapeutic interventions; presentation skills.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills and relationship building skills.
  • Communication of complex and sometimes distressing information to a wide range of audiences
  • Ability to work positively and constructively in a multi-disciplinary team
  • Able to engage constructively with people who are highly anxious, depressed or hostile.
  • Planning Skills to organise workload and contribute to service co-ordination and delivery of care to the individual and team.
  • Teaching Skills
  • Skills for assessment involving complex facts where expert opinion may differ.
  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  • Ability to reflect on practice and on ethics
  • IT skills sufficient for the purposes of word processing, data entry and statistical analysis.
  • Use of psychometric test equipment

Desirable

  • The ability to represent Clinical Psychology across broader services and lead on clinical initiatives

Contractual Requirement

Essential

  • A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

  • Doctorate level qualification in Clinical Psychology
  • Registered as a Clinical Psychologist with the HCPC

Desirable

  • Post-qualification training including specialist training specific therapeutic approaches or clinical specialities

Experience

Essential

  • Post-qualification experience
  • Of working psychologically with adults who have a range of mental health difficulties.
  • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting
  • Post qualification experience of liaison and consultation with other professionals
  • Supervising other clinicians
  • Evaluating/auditing professional work

Desirable

  • Teaching mental health professionals about psychological issues.
  • Experience of leading on clinically relevant research
  • Publication of research
  • Involvement in the planning and development of psychological services
  • Supervising trainee or other Psychologists

Knowledge

Essential

  • Extensive and up-to-date knowledge of relevant theory and research through reading and CPD.
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
  • Knowledge of a range of therapeutic approaches
  • Critical awareness of current themes in Adult Mental Health policy and research
  • Risk assessment and risk management
  • Ability to undertake specialist assessments, develop formulations and provide psychological interventions.
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research, design and methodology.

Desirable

  • Extended training in additional interventions/assessments/ models

Skills

Essential

  • Formulation of sources of psychological distress in adults with mental health difficulties; therapeutic interventions; presentation skills.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills and relationship building skills.
  • Communication of complex and sometimes distressing information to a wide range of audiences
  • Ability to work positively and constructively in a multi-disciplinary team
  • Able to engage constructively with people who are highly anxious, depressed or hostile.
  • Planning Skills to organise workload and contribute to service co-ordination and delivery of care to the individual and team.
  • Teaching Skills
  • Skills for assessment involving complex facts where expert opinion may differ.
  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  • Ability to reflect on practice and on ethics
  • IT skills sufficient for the purposes of word processing, data entry and statistical analysis.
  • Use of psychometric test equipment

Desirable

  • The ability to represent Clinical Psychology across broader services and lead on clinical initiatives

Contractual Requirement

Essential

  • A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newark & Sherwood LMHT

65 Northgate

Newark Nottinghamshire

NG24 1HD


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newark & Sherwood LMHT

65 Northgate

Newark Nottinghamshire

NG24 1HD


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Sharron Jones

Sharron.jones@nottshc.nhs.uk

01158542216

Date posted

17 June 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£47,126 to £53,219 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

186-584-22-MH-D

Job locations

Newark & Sherwood LMHT

65 Northgate

Newark Nottinghamshire

NG24 1HD


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