Job summary
New Year, new opportunity?
Would you like to join an expanding psychology and therapies team in the acute services in East Suffolk, covering the adult inpatient wards, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) and the Mental Health Liaison Service (MHLS) at Ipswich General Hospital?
The postholder will take the lead on developing a high-quality clinical psychology service to adults referred to the CRHTT and MHLS. This is an exciting time to join the team in the acute service and there are opportunities work alongside other clinical psychologists and psychological therapists to influence the culture and model of care of the service making a real difference to clinical outcomes. As well as holding a clinical caseload the role will include providing clinical supervision to the wider teams, training, service development and contribute to the overall management of the therapies team. Your leadership skills will be supported and developed, with access to relevant training and development programmes, supervision and mentoring.
Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has close links with the University of East Anglia Clinical Psychology Doctorate course and there are opportunities available to combine this clinical role with a part-time role at UEA for interested applicants (please get in touch if you are interested).
Main duties of the job
- To provide psychological assessments based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of information from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures and rating scales.
- To formulate plans for psychological treatment and/or management of a person's mental and/or health problems based upon an appropriate understanding of their difficulties.
- To be responsible for implementing a psychological interventions appropriate to the needs of people referred to the acute adult mental health service.
- To make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental issues.
- To provide expertise and specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, within the adult acute mental health service, NSFT and other organisations.
- To ensure that all members of the wider clinical team have access to a psychologically based framework for the understanding and care of those people referred to the service through the provision of advice, consultation and clinical supervision for psychological interventions.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park while still being just over an hour away from London. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park while still being just over an hour away from London. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS Further postqualification, postgraduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential
- Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity. Relevant experience in service area
- Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems Teaching, training and delivering clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Working in the relevant service to support specialist knowledge Representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts). Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post.
Skills
Essential
- Use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. Assessment, evaluation and management of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively complex, highly technical and clinically highly sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
Desirable
- Production of reports suitable for public presentations and presentation in medicolegal setting High level knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of psychological therapies
Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed knowledge of theheory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc.) Practitioner level knowledge of at least two models of psychological therapy Providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS Legislation and its implication for clinical practice and the appropriate management of people presenting with mental health problems Creating and delivering presentations and training programmes in line with specialist knowledge.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS Further postqualification, postgraduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential
- Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity. Relevant experience in service area
- Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems Teaching, training and delivering clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Working in the relevant service to support specialist knowledge Representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts). Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post.
Skills
Essential
- Use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. Assessment, evaluation and management of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively complex, highly technical and clinically highly sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
Desirable
- Production of reports suitable for public presentations and presentation in medicolegal setting High level knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of psychological therapies
Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed knowledge of theheory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc.) Practitioner level knowledge of at least two models of psychological therapy Providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS Legislation and its implication for clinical practice and the appropriate management of people presenting with mental health problems Creating and delivering presentations and training programmes in line with specialist knowledge.
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).
