Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative, creative and enthusiastic Band 8 Psychologist to join the Peterborough Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team. The Crisis team operate at the interface between community and acute care systems, supporting people in crisis flexibly, often at home. The team also support families and carers, and liaise with the other supporting teams and agencies involved in people's care.
The Peterborough Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment is accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (HTAS) and has a strong focus on delivering high quality care to service users and their friends and family.
Main duties of the job
Under the overall co-ordination of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, to provide a qualified Clinical Psychology service to patients of the Crisis and Home Treatment Team and with some input to the admission ward (AAU).
To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
To work with patients in crisis and their carers who at times are experiencing high levels of distress and some of whom may become challenging both verbally and physically.
To provide advice and consultation on patients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other carers.
To contribute to the training and supervision of non-psychologist staff inpsychological interventions; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
The post does not have any budgetary responsibilities.
To work with patients within their own homes and other community and NHS venues. At times there will be lone working in these environments, where there is an expectation to follow the relevant safety protocols.
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
To provide psychological assessments of patients referred to the Crisis and Home Treatment (CRHT) based upon complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others.
To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations integrating information from a range of sources and to communicate these with colleagues to inform care plans (as above).
To develop and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of a patients mental health illness.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams.
To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, working in a collaborative way.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of patients, and manage and maintain a caseload in line with service guidelines and under the overall co-ordination of the supervising Clinical Psychologist and CRHT leadershipteam.
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all patients of the service.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological understanding of risk assessment and management, in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures.
To communicate, in a skilled and sensitive manner, information that may be highly contentious or distressing.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
To provide psychological assessments of patients referred to the Crisis and Home Treatment (CRHT) based upon complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others.
To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations integrating information from a range of sources and to communicate these with colleagues to inform care plans (as above).
To develop and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of a patients mental health illness.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams.
To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, working in a collaborative way.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of patients, and manage and maintain a caseload in line with service guidelines and under the overall co-ordination of the supervising Clinical Psychologist and CRHT leadershipteam.
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all patients of the service.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological understanding of risk assessment and management, in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures.
To communicate, in a skilled and sensitive manner, information that may be highly contentious or distressing.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS/HCPC
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings.
- Experience of working with people experiencing a range of mental health symptoms and their families.
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, psychological formulation, intervention and management
- Planning and organising skills for caseload management
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice
- Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions in situations of incomplete information
- Motivated towards personal and professional development with a strong CPD record
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised, evidence based psychological therapies in specific groups (e.g. personality disorders, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)
- Ability to deliver family interventions
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and its implications for clinical and professional practice
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Ability to tolerate sitting for extended periods
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS/HCPC
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings.
- Experience of working with people experiencing a range of mental health symptoms and their families.
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, psychological formulation, intervention and management
- Planning and organising skills for caseload management
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice
- Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions in situations of incomplete information
- Motivated towards personal and professional development with a strong CPD record
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised, evidence based psychological therapies in specific groups (e.g. personality disorders, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)
- Ability to deliver family interventions
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and its implications for clinical and professional practice
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Ability to tolerate sitting for extended periods
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).
