Job summary
Expected Shortlisting
Date
01/05/2025
Planned Interview
Date
09/05/2025
Wed
love you to come and join our friendly and supportive department in Leeds. We
have a Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist post available to provide
psychology services to the Adult Dermatology Service. The Dermatology
Psychology Service has been established for 18 months and this is an exciting
and rewarding opportunity to be involved in further service development and
innovation in this evolving service.
This
post is ideal for anyone who is looking to explore a fulfilling career in
Clinical Health Psychology as well as for psychologists interested in
switching to health from other areas of the profession. The post is part time
0.5 WTE. Flexible working will be considered.
Please
feel free to contact either of us on 0113 206 5897 for more information or to
arrange an informal visit. Dr Janette Moran (Consultant Clinical
Psychologist) janettemoran@nhs.net or Dr Penny Morris (Consultant Clinical
Psychologist) penny.morris4@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
Our
posts offer:
Opportunities for innovative
service developments, with a chance to shape and develop psychological input
into the area of provision
A unique balance of prospects to
develop your career, combined with being embedded within a well-established
department with containing support structures
The ability to develop in your role
with varied opportunities for independent working and advancing your
leadership skills whilst receiving regular support from experienced clinical
psychologists
A chance to be involved in local
and national research projects/initiatives with support to develop within the
role
A really fulfilling career with
supportive and friendly colleagues and teams
We
are a great place to consolidate specialist therapeutic models with a range
of regular well-established special interest groups (ACT, CFT, CBT, CAT and
EMDR). We also have a monthly Departmental Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Group. We provide regular department-wide training events, arrange in-house
external trainers and support staff to attend supervisor training. We have
strong links with the local clinical psychology training programme and
provide regular placements to trainee clinical psychologists as well as
providing teaching, research and service evaluation supervision.
About us
Our
department has grown in response to the increasing awareness of the value
that psychology and counselling can add within an acute physical health
setting. These posts sit within the Adult Medical Psychology Section at Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust but will also have strong links with the wider
Clinical and Health Psychology Department. Alongside our growth, we have
managed to retain a really supportive and welcoming atmosphere full of
innovative and enthusiastic people. This has been achieved by ensuring that
we have regular opportunities to connect with each other and the right
structures in place to support and develop great working relationships.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB
PURPOSE/SUMMARY
To
provide a qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychology service to adult
patients, across all sites and sectors of care by:
a) Providing highly specialist
psychological assessment and therapy,
b) Offering advice and consultation on
patients psychological and neuropsychological care to non-psychologist
colleagues and to other non-professional carers,
c) Using research skills for audit,
policy and service development and leading on research projects within the
area served by the team/service
d) Working autonomously in the execution
of these duties and within professional guidelines and the overall framework
of the Psychology Teams, Department and Trust policies and procedures.
PLEASE
SEE ATTACHED FULL JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB
PURPOSE/SUMMARY
To
provide a qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychology service to adult
patients, across all sites and sectors of care by:
a) Providing highly specialist
psychological assessment and therapy,
b) Offering advice and consultation on
patients psychological and neuropsychological care to non-psychologist
colleagues and to other non-professional carers,
c) Using research skills for audit,
policy and service development and leading on research projects within the
area served by the team/service
d) Working autonomously in the execution
of these duties and within professional guidelines and the overall framework
of the Psychology Teams, Department and Trust policies and procedures.
PLEASE
SEE ATTACHED FULL JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- area of clinical practice through formal post-doctoral training (diploma or equivalent) or
- a combination of specialist short courses together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice
- Completion of (or completion by the time of starting the post) formal clinical supervisor training sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Ability to exercise the full clinical responsibility for patients psychological care and treatment within the clinical specialty and to co-ordinate the psychological care provided by others
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Ability to provide emotional support and professional mentorship to multi-disciplinary team members
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for specific difficult to treat groups or
- Advanced level knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
Desirable
- Experience of working within activity and waiting list targets
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- Experience of working in medical multi-disciplinary teams and offering systemic interpretations to have impact on the team functioning in patient care
- Experience of working with adults with chronic illness and their families
- Experience of working with medical multi-disciplinary teams and supervising healthcare staff
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- area of clinical practice through formal post-doctoral training (diploma or equivalent) or
- a combination of specialist short courses together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice
- Completion of (or completion by the time of starting the post) formal clinical supervisor training sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Ability to exercise the full clinical responsibility for patients psychological care and treatment within the clinical specialty and to co-ordinate the psychological care provided by others
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Ability to provide emotional support and professional mentorship to multi-disciplinary team members
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for specific difficult to treat groups or
- Advanced level knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
Desirable
- Experience of working within activity and waiting list targets
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- Experience of working in medical multi-disciplinary teams and offering systemic interpretations to have impact on the team functioning in patient care
- Experience of working with adults with chronic illness and their families
- Experience of working with medical multi-disciplinary teams and supervising healthcare staff
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).
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).
