Job summary
37.5 Hours Per Week
An exciting opportunity has
arisen to recruit a suitably qualified Clinical Psychologist into the Stroke
Service in Barnsley. The position is
being offered as a Band 8a / 8b preceptorship dependant on knowledge and
experience.
The post holder will be
joining a cohesive and well-established multi-disciplinary team and will be
focused on providing a full range of psychological and neuropsychological
assessment and interventions.
The Stroke Service is based
at Kendray Hospital with free parking available. The role will cover both the Inpatient
Stroke Rehabilitation Unit and the Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Community
service.
We expect candidates to have a passion for working with the client
group and relevant transferable skills and experience. We would expect
neuropsychological and psychological assessment skills, as well as intervention
skills relevant to the client group, their families and carers. There is
potential to work flexible hours.
At the time of advertising, this role does meet the
minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to
work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.
For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.
Main duties of the job
The Stroke Rehabilitation
Service provides assessment and support for stroke survivors and their carers.
The psychologist role includes providing comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological
assessments to service users, as well as appropriate support and interventions
to their carers.
You will be working with an
extensive MDT and as such will be expected to provide consultancy, supervision
and clinical leadership both on a formal and informal basis. The post holder
will lead and supervise an assistant psychologist. There are opportunities for
service evaluation and development.
The successful applicant
will be joining a supportive network of psychologists at different levels
across the Trust who work in the broad specialisms around the needs of older
people and as a preceptorship post candidates at B8a would be supported to
access relevant training and development opportunities in order to fulfil the
relevant requirements.
All employees of the Trust are strongly
encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
We are aware that an increasing number
of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job
application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated
content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting
candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your
application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post holder will be required to undertake
other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.The content of this post
will be reviewed in consultation with the post holder when necessary and in line
with the service developments.
The
post holder will provide a high quality specialist clinical psychology service
to clients as part of the multidisciplinary team within the service.
Provide highly specialist psychological
assessment and intervention.
Provide advice and consultation on
psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, and other, non-professional
carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines, and the overall
framework of the team and trusts policies and procedures.
Supervise and support Psychology
Assistants, Trainees and Band 7 HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologists.
To utilise research skills for audit,
policy, service development and research within the areas served by the
team/service.
To offer
consultation and supervision when required by other agencies involved in the
psychological, emotional and behavioural well-being of service user.
To provide
supervision of Band 7 Clinical Psychologists, doctoral level clinical
psychology trainees, assistant psychologists and trainees from other disciplines
as appropriate.
To
provide highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment for
service users experiencing moderate, severe and complex mental health/psychological
problems based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of
complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and
neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and
indirect observation and semi-structured interviews with service users,
their family and/or carers.
To
formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological intervention
and/or management of mental health/psychological and/or behavioural
difficulties based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and exercising
expert clinical judgement based on the highest standards of evidence based
practice across a full range of care settings.
To
establish rapport and build effective working relationships with service
users and all those involved in their psychological, emotional and
behavioural well-being.
To
evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account
theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning
historical and developmental processes.
To work
jointly with other team members and professionals in delivering the most
appropriate clinical service to service users and, where appropriate,
their families & carers.
To follow
appropriate local Safeguarding Adults and Children policies in all
clinical work, including close liaison with all relevant agencies.
To
provide specialist risk assessment of, and intervention to, service users
who may present in local acute settings in line with agreed procedures.
To liaise
and consult with the wider professional network in the care of service
users, offering consultation and supervision where necessary.
To
exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment,
treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by
psychological interventions and to autonomously manage a caseload of
clients.
To contribute directly and
indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to
the benefit of all service users, the settings in which they present, and
agencies involved in the psychological, emotional and behavioural well-being.
The
post holder will provide a high quality specialist clinical psychology service
to clients as part of the multidisciplinary team within the service.
The
post holder will provide psychological assessments and interventions to clients
within the service.
The
post holder will provide psychological assessment and interventions in keeping
with evidence based practice working autonomously within the professional
guidelines and within the overall framework of the Trusts policies and
procedures.
The
post holder will be involved with service development, research and audit in
line with the service priorities.
The
post holder will be expected to supervise and support the psychological
assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical
members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
The post holder will work in
collaboration with professionals, carers and service users offering advice,
consultation and supervision as appropriate
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post holder will be required to undertake
other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.The content of this post
will be reviewed in consultation with the post holder when necessary and in line
with the service developments.
The
post holder will provide a high quality specialist clinical psychology service
to clients as part of the multidisciplinary team within the service.
Provide highly specialist psychological
assessment and intervention.
Provide advice and consultation on
psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, and other, non-professional
carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines, and the overall
framework of the team and trusts policies and procedures.
Supervise and support Psychology
Assistants, Trainees and Band 7 HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologists.
To utilise research skills for audit,
policy, service development and research within the areas served by the
team/service.
To offer
consultation and supervision when required by other agencies involved in the
psychological, emotional and behavioural well-being of service user.
To provide
supervision of Band 7 Clinical Psychologists, doctoral level clinical
psychology trainees, assistant psychologists and trainees from other disciplines
as appropriate.
To
provide highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment for
service users experiencing moderate, severe and complex mental health/psychological
problems based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of
complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and
neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and
indirect observation and semi-structured interviews with service users,
their family and/or carers.
To
formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological intervention
and/or management of mental health/psychological and/or behavioural
difficulties based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and exercising
expert clinical judgement based on the highest standards of evidence based
practice across a full range of care settings.
To
establish rapport and build effective working relationships with service
users and all those involved in their psychological, emotional and
behavioural well-being.
To
evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account
theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning
historical and developmental processes.
To work
jointly with other team members and professionals in delivering the most
appropriate clinical service to service users and, where appropriate,
their families & carers.
To follow
appropriate local Safeguarding Adults and Children policies in all
clinical work, including close liaison with all relevant agencies.
To
provide specialist risk assessment of, and intervention to, service users
who may present in local acute settings in line with agreed procedures.
To liaise
and consult with the wider professional network in the care of service
users, offering consultation and supervision where necessary.
To
exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment,
treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by
psychological interventions and to autonomously manage a caseload of
clients.
To contribute directly and
indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to
the benefit of all service users, the settings in which they present, and
agencies involved in the psychological, emotional and behavioural well-being.
The
post holder will provide a high quality specialist clinical psychology service
to clients as part of the multidisciplinary team within the service.
The
post holder will provide psychological assessments and interventions to clients
within the service.
The
post holder will provide psychological assessment and interventions in keeping
with evidence based practice working autonomously within the professional
guidelines and within the overall framework of the Trusts policies and
procedures.
The
post holder will be involved with service development, research and audit in
line with the service priorities.
The
post holder will be expected to supervise and support the psychological
assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical
members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
The post holder will work in
collaboration with professionals, carers and service users offering advice,
consultation and supervision as appropriate
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of people across a range of care settings, which may include outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of carrying out assessment and diagnosis and management within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of working as a HCPC clinical psychologist.
- Experience of leading in an area of service development.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of complex mental health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development in relation to the area of practice for this post.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- Frequent, protracted sustained and intense concentration.
- Show respect and treat people with dignity.
- Be able to give bad news sensitively.
- Be able to sustain empathy in difficult situations.
- Be aware of all interviewees in any situation.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of groupwork.
Special Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Good Psychometric Assessment skills.
- Experience of assisting in training of Post Graduate Clinical Psychology Trainees.
- Exceptional communication skills in verbal, non verbal and written modes.
- Ability to empathise and develop good therapeutic alliance.
- Ability to Formulate Complex processes.
- Capacity to conduct Psychometric Assessment.
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
- Keyboard skills.
- Manual Dexterity for conducting tests.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Skills in change management.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills to work with clients with a range of difficulties and to utilise therapeutic methods of proven efficiency.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Evidence of continuing professional development to meet HCPC requirements.
- Skills in risk assessment and management, needs assessment, care planning and case management.
- Knowledge and ability to apply relevant legislation and government policies in relation to the area of practice.
- Demonstrate leadership skills in relation to an area of practice.
Desirable
- Working with people in Crisis.
- Working on an in-patient Psychiatric ward.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
- Significant Post qualification experience in a Setting relevant to the post.
- HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist.
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically mental health, clinical psychometrics and therapeutic interventions.
- Registration with the HCPC as a Clinical psychologist.
- Training in the supervision of doctoral level trainee psychologist.
- Post qualification training in a relevant area of specialised practice relevant to the post.
Desirable
- Training in change management/service development principles.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
- A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Commitment to service evaluation and consultation with service users.
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility to services
Training
Essential
- Completion of formal training to meet eligibility as clinical supervisor of Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
- To transport Psychometric testing equipment.
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of people across a range of care settings, which may include outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of carrying out assessment and diagnosis and management within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of working as a HCPC clinical psychologist.
- Experience of leading in an area of service development.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of complex mental health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development in relation to the area of practice for this post.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- Frequent, protracted sustained and intense concentration.
- Show respect and treat people with dignity.
- Be able to give bad news sensitively.
- Be able to sustain empathy in difficult situations.
- Be aware of all interviewees in any situation.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of groupwork.
Special Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Good Psychometric Assessment skills.
- Experience of assisting in training of Post Graduate Clinical Psychology Trainees.
- Exceptional communication skills in verbal, non verbal and written modes.
- Ability to empathise and develop good therapeutic alliance.
- Ability to Formulate Complex processes.
- Capacity to conduct Psychometric Assessment.
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
- Keyboard skills.
- Manual Dexterity for conducting tests.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Skills in change management.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills to work with clients with a range of difficulties and to utilise therapeutic methods of proven efficiency.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Evidence of continuing professional development to meet HCPC requirements.
- Skills in risk assessment and management, needs assessment, care planning and case management.
- Knowledge and ability to apply relevant legislation and government policies in relation to the area of practice.
- Demonstrate leadership skills in relation to an area of practice.
Desirable
- Working with people in Crisis.
- Working on an in-patient Psychiatric ward.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
- Significant Post qualification experience in a Setting relevant to the post.
- HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist.
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically mental health, clinical psychometrics and therapeutic interventions.
- Registration with the HCPC as a Clinical psychologist.
- Training in the supervision of doctoral level trainee psychologist.
- Post qualification training in a relevant area of specialised practice relevant to the post.
Desirable
- Training in change management/service development principles.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
- A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Commitment to service evaluation and consultation with service users.
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility to services
Training
Essential
- Completion of formal training to meet eligibility as clinical supervisor of Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
- To transport Psychometric testing equipment.
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
