Job summary
The Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Directorate are pleased to advertise an exciting and rare opportunity to lead the IDD Clinical Psychology service and to influence and direct high quality care across their various pathways for the Directorate. The Consultant Clinical Psychologist will work across the Directorate with the support of a dedicated psychology team, to deliver clinical leadership and supervision to the clinical and forensic psychologists working with the patient group. The Directorate has clinical psychology embedded into in-patient, community, intensive support and day services, offering psychologically based group and individual interventions.
The role is positioned in such a way to ensure that IDD is profiled within the Integrated Care System and that research and evidence based interventions are shared across services. The Trust has an Associate Director of Psychological Professions and the role will involve close liaison with that post-holder and other professional leads. The directorate also has strong links with the local professional training and academic communities.
We have an emphasis on career development and progression. We want to help our staff reach their full potential and are committed to providing the support, skills and development needed to succeed.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant Clinical Psychologist provides expert strategic, clinical and professional leadership and consultancy, across multi-disciplinary pathways as well as organisational, professional and agency boundaries. They take the lead role in influencing, developing and shaping clinical policies and services, based on evidence. You will initiate, facilitate, and collaborate in research, audit, evaluation and Quality Improvement projects through the Directorate Clinical Effectiveness forum.
The IDD service provides specialist care for those aged over 18 with intellectual disabilities and neurodevelopmental conditions, focusing on those whose needs cannot be met by a mainstream provision. We work to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of our service users, providing treatment and support on less complex needs, those with the most severe and complex needs and everything in between.
Within the IDD Service, we take a professional approach to meeting individual needs and ensuring that people receive the support they require to live a fulfilling life within their local community. Assessment and treatment is delivered by our Community Learning Disability Teams across Nottinghamshire. Where there has been an increase in risk or deterioration and the mental health issues cannot be managed in the community, then assessment and treatment is delivered in our ICATT team or inpatient units.
About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust, 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.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
As one of the senior clinical leaders in the Directorate you will have influence over the models of care. You will be a highly compassionate, inclusive and forward thinking Clinical Psychologist with a proven history of leading and shaping services by promoting an evidence based approach to care. An advanced knowledge and understanding of caring for people with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities, Behaviours that Challenge and Mental Illness will be essential. You will be highly visible across the Specialist Services Division and wider organisation and engage in Trust and other professional forums to ensure that high standards of care are sustained and best practice shared. You will act as a role model for your profession and ensure that high standards of assessment and intervention are consistently applied by the IDD Clinical and Forensic Psychologists
If you would like to find out more about this exciting opportunity please contact Dr Ian Watkiss, IDD Directorate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As one of the senior clinical leaders in the Directorate you will have influence over the models of care. You will be a highly compassionate, inclusive and forward thinking Clinical Psychologist with a proven history of leading and shaping services by promoting an evidence based approach to care. An advanced knowledge and understanding of caring for people with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities, Behaviours that Challenge and Mental Illness will be essential. You will be highly visible across the Specialist Services Division and wider organisation and engage in Trust and other professional forums to ensure that high standards of care are sustained and best practice shared. You will act as a role model for your profession and ensure that high standards of assessment and intervention are consistently applied by the IDD Clinical and Forensic Psychologists
If you would like to find out more about this exciting opportunity please contact Dr Ian Watkiss, IDD Directorate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- DClinPsy or equivalent.
- Registered Clinical Psychologist with HCPC.
Training
Essential
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Advanced knowledge, experience and expertise in clinical psychology in the NHS and systems gained through specialist training and supervised practice.
- Psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
Desirable
- Leadership and management training
- Positive behaviour support
- Systemic Practice/Family Therapy
- Any other specific relevant psychological assessment and treatment model
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-qualification experience in IDD services.
- Clinical work with people with intellectual disability and mental health conditions and/or challenging behaviour.
- Experience of leadership and management.
- Service or project management. Research and service evaluation.
- Significant experience of working effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS/HCPC.
- Ability to negotiate workload and motivate qualified clinical psychologists, trainees, assistants and administrative staff
Knowledge
Essential
- Assessment and treatment in IDD
- Mental ill health and challenging behaviour in IDD.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology; evidence of research publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Skills
Essential
- Communication in highly stressful situations.
- Excellent oral and written communication with a range of audiences.
- Consultation skills.
- Complex risk assessment and management. Reflective practitioner.
- Supervision skills.
- Professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
- Leadership, management and motivational skills.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- DClinPsy or equivalent.
- Registered Clinical Psychologist with HCPC.
Training
Essential
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Advanced knowledge, experience and expertise in clinical psychology in the NHS and systems gained through specialist training and supervised practice.
- Psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
Desirable
- Leadership and management training
- Positive behaviour support
- Systemic Practice/Family Therapy
- Any other specific relevant psychological assessment and treatment model
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-qualification experience in IDD services.
- Clinical work with people with intellectual disability and mental health conditions and/or challenging behaviour.
- Experience of leadership and management.
- Service or project management. Research and service evaluation.
- Significant experience of working effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS/HCPC.
- Ability to negotiate workload and motivate qualified clinical psychologists, trainees, assistants and administrative staff
Knowledge
Essential
- Assessment and treatment in IDD
- Mental ill health and challenging behaviour in IDD.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology; evidence of research publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Skills
Essential
- Communication in highly stressful situations.
- Excellent oral and written communication with a range of audiences.
- Consultation skills.
- Complex risk assessment and management. Reflective practitioner.
- Supervision skills.
- Professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
- Leadership, management and motivational skills.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
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.
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
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.
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).
