Lead Clinical Psychologist in Assertive Outreach

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

The closing date is 21 February 2025

Job summary

This post attracts a Welcome Bonus. See the supporting documentation for information.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Clinical Psychologist to lead the psychology provision in our established Assertive Outreach (AO) team. AO supports individuals with longstanding mental health difficulties and is committed to psychologically informed practice. You will lead the psychology offer and provide clinical and operational leadership to psychology colleagues in the team.

You will be based at OSL House (LE19 1XU) but will travel county wide to see clients, and their families, in their homes and local communities.

The AO psychology team is part of our Psychosis Pathway, an established network of experienced psychologists and psychological therapists committed to promoting a non-pathologizing understanding of distress aimed at reducing stigma, promoting empowerment, and increasing social inclusion.

You will be well supported in this rewarding role in an AO team that really values psychological perspective and input. We welcome applications from those ready to step up to this grade as well as those in existing 8b posts. Training and professional development will be prioritised.

There are senior Psychologists in strategic positions within the Trust leading on our Transformation process. It is an exciting time to join us and a great place to work as a Psychologist as services become increasingly trauma focused and formulation driven.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be able to carry a caseload and work within a multi professional, recovery-oriented framework to provide specialist psychological assessment and intervention for service users and their carers/families.To oversee psychological provision in the AO team and ensure supervision and governance systems are in place andprovidingsupervision, consultancy, and clinical support to MDT colleagues. To support colleagues to use 5P formulation and Decider Skills and to work creatively with complex presentations.

The post holder willcontribute to multidisciplinary and senior management team meetings to ensure the effective operation of the teams. Receivingclinical supervision and line management from the clinical psychologist/psychosis pathway lead.To work with senior colleagues to ensure the continued provision of high quality, responsive psychological therapies and help to shape a psychologically informed service wide Psychosis Pathway

Supporting research, audit and evaluation and provide training. We have links with the Leicester DClinPsy course and there will be opportunities to teach on the programme as well as provide specialist clinical placements for Trainee Clinical Psychologists.

Leicestershire is a vibrant and diverse county. We welcome applications from those committed to increasing equality, diversity, and inclusion, especially in relation to understanding and working with psychosis.

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 criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

09 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£62,215 to £72,293 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

002323

Job locations

OSL House, East Link, Meridian Business Park

Leicester, LE19 1XU

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE19 1XU

Job description

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Experience

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Qualifications

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Experience

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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.