Job summary
The post advertised is for a Principal Psychological Therapist or Clinical Psychologist to provide clinical leadership, direct and indirect clinical interventions in the Sunderland West Community Treatment Team.
The service offers the systematic provision of multidisciplinary, and evidence-based bio-psychosocial interventions to adults with complex mental health presentations.
The team values collaborative engagement and formulation with service users and their families, ensuring that service users are at the centre of their care and treatment.
The post holder will be the key clinical decision maker on acceptance to the service. They will provide consultation, assessment and psychological therapy to complex cases.
In addition a key element of this role is to oversee the provision of NICE recommended psychological interventions within the team and provide clinical supervision and scaffolding to members of the MDT.
The South Community CBU psychology service is active in delivering an excellent programme of training across the community teams.
There is also an opportunity to provide teaching to trainee clinical psychologists and share specialist knowledge across the wider community care group.
The post holder will supported to oversee ongoing research and audit, recognising that these are central to improving knowledge and patient outcomes.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder is responsible for leading a qualified specialist psychologically-informed service to clients in the Sunderland West Community Treatment Team, providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy, in addition to clinical supervision and advice to colleagues, on psychological aspects of assessment, formulation, care and treatment.
The post-holder will take a lead role for specialist psychological assessment and treatments for complex presentations within the team, and will contribute in-depth specialist knowledge and skills drawing upon appropriate evidence-based interventions.
The post-holder is responsible for providing leadership and mentorship within the team and across the locality, offering specialist advice and consultation regarding aspects of best practice.
The post-holder as part of wider psychology team is responsible for devising, delivering appropriate clinical training and ensuring that appropriate clinical supervision is in place to enable embedding of psychological skills.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 19th November 2024
Closing date : 3rd December 2024
We welcome your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 19th November 2024
Closing date : 3rd December 2024
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
- Substantial experience of providing clinical supervision
- Substantial post qualification experience of delivering evidence based psychological therapy training to a range of professional groups
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in managing emotional impact of dealing with highly emotive and distressing situations through self-management and use of the clinical supervision process
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.
- Demonstrate further specialist training and experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months or an alternative agreed by the Psychological Services Professional Lead.
- Substantial post qualification experience of delivering evidence based psychological therapy training to a range of professional groups.
- Substantial experience of providing clinical supervision.
Desirable
- An accredited practitioner in CBT/EMDR
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered practitioner psychologist or equivalent e.g. BABCP registered CBT practitioner. or Member of an appropriate professional body
- Qualification in clinical psychology or a therapy qualification from an accredited course that leads to the title psychological therapist
- Have completed an additional training in a second therapeutic modality
Desirable
- Accredited in supervision training - ideally EMDR
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
- Substantial experience of providing clinical supervision
- Substantial post qualification experience of delivering evidence based psychological therapy training to a range of professional groups
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in managing emotional impact of dealing with highly emotive and distressing situations through self-management and use of the clinical supervision process
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.
- Demonstrate further specialist training and experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months or an alternative agreed by the Psychological Services Professional Lead.
- Substantial post qualification experience of delivering evidence based psychological therapy training to a range of professional groups.
- Substantial experience of providing clinical supervision.
Desirable
- An accredited practitioner in CBT/EMDR
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered practitioner psychologist or equivalent e.g. BABCP registered CBT practitioner. or Member of an appropriate professional body
- Qualification in clinical psychology or a therapy qualification from an accredited course that leads to the title psychological therapist
- Have completed an additional training in a second therapeutic modality
Desirable
- Accredited in supervision training - ideally EMDR
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).
