Job summary
East London Foundation Trust are pleased to offer the opportunity for a locum (6 months) Psychologist to join us in our transforming mental health services in City and Hackney. The borough was an early-implementer site for the Community Mental Health Transformation of mental health services. We established eight separate Neighbourhood Teams which are intended to offer a place-based service responsive to local needs. A Neighbourhood Recovery Service has also been established, which offers a more intensive multidisciplinary level of mental health care to service users who need a care co-ordinated level of support. The Neighbourhood Recovery Service works closely with the Neighbourhood Teams, and service users can be 'stepped up' and 'stepped down' from one level of support to another depending on their needs.You will work as part of the Neighbourhood Recovery Service Psychology Team. We are embedded within the Neighbourhood Recovery Service (NRS), a multidisciplinary team which was formed out of the former Recovery CMHTs in the borough. We provide the full range of direct and indirect psychology roles to the NRS. We are also one of the psychological therapy teams offering consultation and accepting referrals from the Neighbourhood Teams.The post-holder will provide specialist evidence-based psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for people with a range of complex mental health needs, including psychosis and bipolar affective disorder.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist assessment, formulation and evidence-based intervention for service users under the care of the City and Hackney Neighbourhood Recovery Service and Neighbourhood Teams.Be involved in quality improvement, service development, evaluation and research.To develop and support the psychosocial work of other staff through teaching, training, supervision and consultation.You will need to be self-motivated, clinically up to date with proven experience of undertaking and interventions in secondary care settings.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 2000)
- Models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies, three or more supervised clinical placements (including lifespan developmental psychology and mental health specialisms) and research skills (as accredited by BPS).
- Formal training in supervision of trainees.
- Breakaway Training.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualification in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Relevant specialist training or qualifications.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the whole life course and presenting problems which reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Further specialist experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical or counselling psychologist over a minimum of two years, or an alternative agreed by the Head of Psychotherapy and Psychology.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical/counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters.
- Post-qualification experience of working within the specialism of the service/team
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment.
- Well-developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation.
- Highly-developed communication skills at overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance.
- Skills in working in multidisciplinary settings.
- Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Working knowledge of the practices and approaches of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care and management network, including medical, employment, social, educational and criminal justice systems.
- Doctoral-level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 2000)
- Models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies, three or more supervised clinical placements (including lifespan developmental psychology and mental health specialisms) and research skills (as accredited by BPS).
- Formal training in supervision of trainees.
- Breakaway Training.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualification in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Relevant specialist training or qualifications.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the whole life course and presenting problems which reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Further specialist experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical or counselling psychologist over a minimum of two years, or an alternative agreed by the Head of Psychotherapy and Psychology.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical/counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters.
- Post-qualification experience of working within the specialism of the service/team
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment.
- Well-developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation.
- Highly-developed communication skills at overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance.
- Skills in working in multidisciplinary settings.
- Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Working knowledge of the practices and approaches of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care and management network, including medical, employment, social, educational and criminal justice systems.
- Doctoral-level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology
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).
