Clinical Psychologist

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

The closing date is 07 October 2024

Job summary

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

A unique opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Psychologist to join our Enhanced Rehabilitation and Recovery Pathway as a Band 8b.

The pathway provides inpatient and community services for people who have ongoing mental health difficulties such as psychosis. The pathway is psychology led with a well-established, and expanding psychology team. We are developing innovative services, using service evaluation and research to understand and improve our models and interventions.

We have an impressive record of publishing in peer reviewed journals and securing research grants. We have close links with the local university with qualified psychologists holding honorary lecture posts. There will be opportunities for research and teaching alongside the supervision of trainee psychologists. The post would suit a Clinical Psychologist with an interest in service development, research, and innovative services. Although the post holder can work across the pathway, this post will be situated in the community rehabilitation team. This team supports people with rehabilitation needs in a community setting.

To arrange an informal informal chat, please contact Dr Kelly Fenton on email at kelly.fenton2@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical leadership to the enhanced rehabilitation pathway.

To ensure systems are in place and working for the supervision and governance of the clinical practice of rehabilitation clinical psychology.

To ensure robust supervision, and clinical support is available to colleagues within the rehabilitation pathway on matters related to the provision of Clinical Psychology.

To facilitate training, development and application of agreed models of psychological, psychosocial and psycho-educational interventions as needed.

To carry a clinical caseload and work within a multi professional and recovery- oriented framework to actively facilitate psychologically informed ways of working with people requiring Clinical Psychology.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential cri

Date posted

23 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£62,215 to £72,293 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

001512

Job locations

The Willows

1 Cordelia Close

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE5 0LE

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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.