Job summary
A fantastic opportunity is now available for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to influence the exciting expansion of our Rehabilitation Services at Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) based in the county of Hertfordshire.
Our Rehabilitation Services are always striving to improve and provide the best quality of service available whilst promoting clinical excellence. The expectation of this Service is that we can avoid hospital treatment where possible or reduce the length of inpatient stay and improve outcomes by improving quality of life and reducing the incidences of service users being readmitted to hospital.
The EROS team is instrumental in supporting patients with complex psychosis in the community. Since its inception the service has shown a significant impact in both improving outcomes for service users and reducing length of stay in inpatient services.
The successful candidate will receive up to £120 towards their registration fee, which will be paid upon commencement. This payment will be subject to tax and national insurance deductions.
Main duties of the job
Our Rehabilitation Services works to a whole systems approach to recovery from severe mental illness that maximises an individual's quality of life and social inclusion by encouraging their skills, promoting independence and autonomy to give individuals hope for the future and leading to successful community living through appropriate support. We aim to provide evidence-based interventions through a full range of multi-disciplinary team interventions to support the individual achieve this.
Our Rehabilitation Services provide 7 day a week services across both inpatient and community services. The service is made up of the following components:
Inpatient Wards:
- The Beacon, St Albans - 17 Bedded Unit
- Hampden House, Hitchin - 12 Bedded Unit
- Gainsford House, Hitchin - 12 Bedded Unit
Community Enhanced Rehabilitation Outreach Service:
- EROS Transition - 16 - 20 week pathway to support service users in their transition to the community from rehabilitation inpatient units or social care placements.
- EROS Enable - Up to 12 month pathway to support service users in the community to enable them to access their own communities.
- EROS Engage - Up to 36 month pathway to encourage service users to engage with services and enable them to access their own communities.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on..."
Job description
Job responsibilities
A key feature of the role will be its close working relationship between the EROS service and the Rehabilitation Inpatient Wards. The expectation is that staff work across both services in an integrated manner to promote treatment continuity for service users and ensure better treatment outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to drive the promotion of psychology within the Trust and remain a leader in a sector and at the forefront of mental health.
For more of an insight into what it is like to work with the Rehabilitation service please click on the link to view a video about our EROS service: https://youtu.be/OXW4k8qqUrw
Car driver essential, or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995).
We offer our staff a wide range of benefits including work life balance policies, childcare savings, a free Counselling Service, Occupational Health Services, excellent pension scheme and NHS shopping discounts.
Full time and part time applications are welcome.
For more information, please contact Fiona Roberts, Head of Adult Mental Health Psychological Services on 07810636740 or Chris Davis, Service Line Lead on 07920588344.
Hertfordshire is a beautiful county with picturesque, rural villages and a number of lovely, vibrant towns and garden cities. Ranked in 2016, by uSwitch Better Family Life Index, as the best place to raise a family, Hertfordshire scored highly on top exam results, good pay prospects, high employment rates, fast broadband and better weather than other towns in the Index! It is also well known for its excellent schools, stunning countryside and fantastic local facilities which provide plenty of opportunities to relax and enjoy yourself away from work. There are good transport links across the county and its simple to get into London if you want to enjoy the benefits of the capital, without the costly living and travelling expenses.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A key feature of the role will be its close working relationship between the EROS service and the Rehabilitation Inpatient Wards. The expectation is that staff work across both services in an integrated manner to promote treatment continuity for service users and ensure better treatment outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to drive the promotion of psychology within the Trust and remain a leader in a sector and at the forefront of mental health.
For more of an insight into what it is like to work with the Rehabilitation service please click on the link to view a video about our EROS service: https://youtu.be/OXW4k8qqUrw
Car driver essential, or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995).
We offer our staff a wide range of benefits including work life balance policies, childcare savings, a free Counselling Service, Occupational Health Services, excellent pension scheme and NHS shopping discounts.
Full time and part time applications are welcome.
For more information, please contact Fiona Roberts, Head of Adult Mental Health Psychological Services on 07810636740 or Chris Davis, Service Line Lead on 07920588344.
Hertfordshire is a beautiful county with picturesque, rural villages and a number of lovely, vibrant towns and garden cities. Ranked in 2016, by uSwitch Better Family Life Index, as the best place to raise a family, Hertfordshire scored highly on top exam results, good pay prospects, high employment rates, fast broadband and better weather than other towns in the Index! It is also well known for its excellent schools, stunning countryside and fantastic local facilities which provide plenty of opportunities to relax and enjoy yourself away from work. There are good transport links across the county and its simple to get into London if you want to enjoy the benefits of the capital, without the costly living and travelling expenses.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Essential
- Good honours degree in psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
- Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or fully completed training as a Counselling Psychologist.
- At least four years full-time post-registration experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment with clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature.
- Full registration with Health Professions Council
- Experience in neuropsychological assessment
Desirable
- Related academic qualifications to masters or doctorate level.
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:
Essential
- Assessed experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adults of working age with a wide range of presentations of varying severity. Typically, this would involve a minimum of four years experience with 2 years at highly specialist level, or its equivalent demonstrated through CV and interview.
- Experience of working with people with severe mental health problems, including complex psychosis and dual diagnosis
- Demonstrate further specialist clinical experience and training, through a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months, or an agreed alternative
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision, including supervision of clinical psychology trainee(s).
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary therapy service.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Essential
- Good honours degree in psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
- Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or fully completed training as a Counselling Psychologist.
- At least four years full-time post-registration experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment with clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature.
- Full registration with Health Professions Council
- Experience in neuropsychological assessment
Desirable
- Related academic qualifications to masters or doctorate level.
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:
Essential
- Assessed experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adults of working age with a wide range of presentations of varying severity. Typically, this would involve a minimum of four years experience with 2 years at highly specialist level, or its equivalent demonstrated through CV and interview.
- Experience of working with people with severe mental health problems, including complex psychosis and dual diagnosis
- Demonstrate further specialist clinical experience and training, through a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months, or an agreed alternative
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision, including supervision of clinical psychology trainee(s).
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary therapy service.
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).
