Job summary
Are you ready for a change or a development in your career? Passionate about working with older adults? Ready to lead and shape a service?
We are seeking a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to lead and develop our older people's psychology and therapies service in East Suffolk, across community and inpatient services. Applications are encouraged from existing Consultants, and current 8b Psychologists who wish to develop their careers. There is a strong network of later life psychologists in the Trust, with professional leadership from a Lead Psychologist, and opportunities to work closely with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist in West Suffolk.
The service line is proud of its commitment to continually strive to improve the quality of the care provided to service users and carers. There is a monthly later life Quality Meeting, a Trustwide Older People's Forum and opportunities to participate in research, service evaluation and QI projects. The community service is currently working towards Royal College of Psychiatry accreditation. Current research is underway on co production in recovery colleges by people with dementia, and using Dialog+ with people with dementia.
You will be supported in this role and CPD relevant to the role will be available and encouraged.
Main duties of the job
At a time of great change, with the opportunities that brings, you will play a key role in shaping mental health services for older people by leading on the development of the range of psychological interventions available to older adults as part of the local mental health transformation.
You will lead on supporting the use of Formulation. A current QI project is looking at the role of Formulation in enabling service users to move on from the care of the mental health team and to continue recovery in to primary care.
You will lead a team of 2 8b clinical psychologists, 2 8a clinical psychologists, a CAT therapist and 2 Clinical Associate Psychologists. There are excellent relationships with the DClinPsy course at the University of East Anglia, and regular placements are provided for trainees.
You will lead on recruiting to vacant psychology and therapy posts within the specialism.
You will provide 2 days of direct clinical work with one of the community teams (based in Ipswich or Stowmarket), and you will have access to specialist later life clinical supervision, including neuropsychology supervision.
This is an exciting opportunity to take on a key clinical leadership role in the Trust - please get in touch if you are ready for this challenge.
About us
East Suffolk is a beautiful part of East Anglia, home to stunning seaside towns such as Southwold. Surrounded by beautiful Suffolk countryside, Ipswich Is the county town of Suffolk, an area that has inspired great artists, thinkers and musicians for centuries. This market town offers award-winning restaurants, fantastic shopping, annual festivals, and stunning parks. With excellent transport links to connect you to Cambridge, London and beyond but with lower than the nation average house prices.
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
To find out more please see our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
For more information about this opportunity please contact Ruth Mills, Acting Psychology/Psychological Therapies Lead ruth.mills@nsft.nhs.uk or Liz Ellis, Service Lead for Older Persons and Transformation, East Suffolk Care Group elizabeth.ellis@nsft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
To find out more please see our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
For more information about this opportunity please contact Ruth Mills, Acting Psychology/Psychological Therapies Lead ruth.mills@nsft.nhs.uk or Liz Ellis, Service Lead for Older Persons and Transformation, East Suffolk Care Group elizabeth.ellis@nsft.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
Qualifications
Essential
- Training in clinical psychology at postgraduate doctoral level, as accredited by the BPS (British Psychological Society) or equivalent
- Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist for a minimum of six years
- Experience of working with service users within the designated specialty
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for service users' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
Desirable
- Experience of leading qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists
- Supervising and training others to do research
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Leadership - the ability to lead people through service change
- An interest in models of service delivery and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services
Desirable
- Knowledge and skills to carry out complex multivariate statistical analyses, create and manipulate databases, produce presentational materials and scientific papers and books at publications standard, posters and power point presentations
- Management and leadership skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice in relation to service users in the designated specialty and mental health generally
Desirable
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
Qualifications
Essential
- Training in clinical psychology at postgraduate doctoral level, as accredited by the BPS (British Psychological Society) or equivalent
- Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist for a minimum of six years
- Experience of working with service users within the designated specialty
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for service users' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
Desirable
- Experience of leading qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists
- Supervising and training others to do research
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Leadership - the ability to lead people through service change
- An interest in models of service delivery and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services
Desirable
- Knowledge and skills to carry out complex multivariate statistical analyses, create and manipulate databases, produce presentational materials and scientific papers and books at publications standard, posters and power point presentations
- Management and leadership skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice in relation to service users in the designated specialty and mental health generally
Desirable
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat 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
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).
