Job summary
We are seeking to recruit an 8c Consultant Practitioner Psychologist (0.6wte) to a new role within a small resource offering intensive support to those presenting in our urgent and emergency care pathways with a diagnosis of autism. The consultant will be based in Central Norfolk CRHT alongside a Learning Disability and Autism specialist nurse and an assistant psychologist. The intensive support resource will work with those service users with comorbid autism and mental health difficulties in a formulation-led and recovery-oriented way for up to a year. We are expecting that many of the service users will be in the 18-25 age group on the basis of our local service utilisation data.
Main duties of the job
The post will involve direct work with service users and their carers and families, and also supervision of the other roles in this small team. The postholder will work with the other providers in the system to create a formulation-led care package to support the service user on discharge from this intensive support offer. The postholder will support the wider CRHT in their work with people with autism on a consultation basis. The post will be supported by an experienced 8c Consultant Psychologist who works across inpatient and CRHT services.
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. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. 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
There will be the opportunity to shape the pathway and the model in order to better support people with autism. For the first twelve months, the team will have a capped caseload as a pilot study. The postholder will be expected to return data to our commissioners on activities and patient outcomes, as well as service utilisation data. The model will be reviewed at the 12 month point and adapted according to early learning from the first pilot cohort.There will be opportunities to write and present reports at senior-level meetings and contribute to improving services for people with autism via a Norfolk and Waveney Neurodevelopmental group. There will also be opportunities to support wider services via the provision of training.We would support the successful candidate to train in DBT and contribute to making our DBT programme more effective and accessible for people with autism.To ensure equity of access across Norfolk and Waveney, the post, although based in Norwich, needs to have adequate geographical reach across the whole ICB footprint. Joint working with our key system partners for LD, Autism and Mental Health will be key to this role.The postholder will be an experienced practitioner psychologist with at least six years post-qualification experience. They would be expected to have highly specialist skills in diagnosing autism and in providing therapeutic interventions that are autism friendly. They will also bring highly specialist knowledge about autism to the service and system. Experience of working in more than one clinical setting, and of working across the provider system would be highly advantageous. Specialist supervision will be provided to support this new role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
There will be the opportunity to shape the pathway and the model in order to better support people with autism. For the first twelve months, the team will have a capped caseload as a pilot study. The postholder will be expected to return data to our commissioners on activities and patient outcomes, as well as service utilisation data. The model will be reviewed at the 12 month point and adapted according to early learning from the first pilot cohort.There will be opportunities to write and present reports at senior-level meetings and contribute to improving services for people with autism via a Norfolk and Waveney Neurodevelopmental group. There will also be opportunities to support wider services via the provision of training.We would support the successful candidate to train in DBT and contribute to making our DBT programme more effective and accessible for people with autism.To ensure equity of access across Norfolk and Waveney, the post, although based in Norwich, needs to have adequate geographical reach across the whole ICB footprint. Joint working with our key system partners for LD, Autism and Mental Health will be key to this role.The postholder will be an experienced practitioner psychologist with at least six years post-qualification experience. They would be expected to have highly specialist skills in diagnosing autism and in providing therapeutic interventions that are autism friendly. They will also bring highly specialist knowledge about autism to the service and system. Experience of working in more than one clinical setting, and of working across the provider system would be highly advantageous. Specialist supervision will be provided to support this new role.
Person Specification
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
- Post qualification experience within the designated specialty where the post is located
- Experience of leading qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists
Person Specification
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
- Post qualification experience within the designated specialty where the post is located
- Experience of leading qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists
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).
