Job summary
Band 8b Clinical Psychologist - Physical Health Psychology
Hours: Up to 0.8wte (will consider all part time requests)
Location: Cannock
Permanent
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join a friendly and supportive team that is well-respected and valued both within and from outside of the Trust. Learning and supervision are valued. Staff are supported to undertake training in different therapeutic approaches, as well as leadership development. Journal clubs and safeguarding supervision take place regularly. The service is regularly involved in quality improvement projects. There are good links with the local DClin Psy course and the team are involved in supervising both placements and research as well as providing teaching. Training, consultancy and supervision of non-psychologists also features within the varied workload and exciting new developments around supporting and developing integrated care through training and supervision within the care group are high on the agenda.
About us
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.
We pride ourselves on the services provided to support with the well-being of all of our employees both physically and mentally and offer counselling support and lifestyle information. Opportunities for flexible working are also available depending on the role.
We encourage career development provided by in house training programs and coaching support.
As part of our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we welcome applications from candidates who meet the specific criteria, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, physical and/or mental disability or offending background.
We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Registered with HCPC & is eligible for registration as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Good undergraduate degree (preferably relevant to psychological practice).
- Current registration/accreditation with appropriate body with current practising certificate.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by relevant professional body.
- Eligible for BPS Chartered Status. Eligible for full membership of the Division of Clinical Psychology (DCP).
- Post qualification training and/or supervised practice in one or more specialised areas of clinical work.
- Training in clinical supervision of psychological professionals, including trainees.
- Willingness to undertake further leadership development both formal and informal.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of employing a range of assessment methods, formal and informal, in physical health settings.
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient/residential care settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Experience of leading and contributing to the development of services.
- Experience of professional leadership and/or management of qualified and pre-qualified applied psychologists and psychological therapists and/or multi-professional management health / social care services.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Registered with HCPC & is eligible for registration as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Good undergraduate degree (preferably relevant to psychological practice).
- Current registration/accreditation with appropriate body with current practising certificate.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by relevant professional body.
- Eligible for BPS Chartered Status. Eligible for full membership of the Division of Clinical Psychology (DCP).
- Post qualification training and/or supervised practice in one or more specialised areas of clinical work.
- Training in clinical supervision of psychological professionals, including trainees.
- Willingness to undertake further leadership development both formal and informal.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of employing a range of assessment methods, formal and informal, in physical health settings.
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient/residential care settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Experience of leading and contributing to the development of services.
- Experience of professional leadership and/or management of qualified and pre-qualified applied psychologists and psychological therapists and/or multi-professional management health / social care services.
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).
