Job summary
37.5 hours per week - Internal Only
We are looking for a talented Band 8b Practitioner Psychologist to join
our Inpatient Forensic Psychology Team at Fieldhead Hospital. The post holder
will offer leadership support across three sites; Newton Lodge a 90 bedded
Medium Secure Service for men and women; The Bretton Centre a 38 bedded male
Low Secure service; and Newhaven a 15 bedded Low secure service for men with
learning disabilities.
The service offers a unique opportunity to work with complex service
users, who have mental health difficulties, attachment difficulties,
experiences of trauma and learning disabilities through various stages of their
recovery.
The psychology department is undergoing positive change and development.
We are currently implementing a Trauma Informed Care approach and a clinical
pathway that provides direct psychology input and indirect MDT activity, to
service users and teams across our inpatients service. There is a lot of scope
for involvement in shaping service delivery and research.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be
fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
For full job description, please see attached supporting
documents.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide assessment and therapeutic
interventions for the inpatient group, whilst providing wider service level
leadership, consultation, supervision, and training to the service. The
post-holder will receive regular clinical supervision from practitioner psychologists
based within the Forensic Service and further training in trauma focused
therapies will be available.
Experience of working with complex mental health needs and of working in
secure settings would be desirable but enthusiasm for working with this client
group is essential as well as the ability to develop and communicate complex
formulations.
The post is suitable for a psychologist already working at 8b who wishes
to develop their skills further in a forensic setting, or an experienced
Specialist Practitioner Psychologist, working at 8a who is ready to embark on
the next stage of their career.
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.
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
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.
The post
holder will develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with clients,
including in group settings. This will include joint working with complex cases
which require more specialised levels of assessment and therapeutic skills.
The post holder is expected to provide
autonomous, highly specialist assessments of clients referred to the service
based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of psychological
of psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and
neuropsychological tests, self report measures, rating scales, direct and
indirect structured observations and
semi structured interviews with clients, and, where appropriate, family
members and others involved in the clients care.
The post holder will be expected to
communicate with clients with a wide range of difficulties and other
presentations, including clients with complex mental health difficulties and
plan and organise broad range of complex activities.
The post holder will be expected to
formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and /or
management of a clients mental health problems including associated
challenging behaviours, based on appropriate conceptual framework of the
clients problem and employing methods of proven efficiency across the full
range of care settings.
The post holder will be expected to
make decisions and clinical judgements involving a range of highly complex
factors in the context of inadequate or unavailable information, equivocal
research/ evidence or where expert opinion differs.
The post holder will be expected to
exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment
and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based
care plans.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
The post
holder will develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with clients,
including in group settings. This will include joint working with complex cases
which require more specialised levels of assessment and therapeutic skills.
The post holder is expected to provide
autonomous, highly specialist assessments of clients referred to the service
based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of psychological
of psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and
neuropsychological tests, self report measures, rating scales, direct and
indirect structured observations and
semi structured interviews with clients, and, where appropriate, family
members and others involved in the clients care.
The post holder will be expected to
communicate with clients with a wide range of difficulties and other
presentations, including clients with complex mental health difficulties and
plan and organise broad range of complex activities.
The post holder will be expected to
formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and /or
management of a clients mental health problems including associated
challenging behaviours, based on appropriate conceptual framework of the
clients problem and employing methods of proven efficiency across the full
range of care settings.
The post holder will be expected to
make decisions and clinical judgements involving a range of highly complex
factors in the context of inadequate or unavailable information, equivocal
research/ evidence or where expert opinion differs.
The post holder will be expected to
exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment
and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based
care plans.
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.
Person Specification
Special Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- 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.
Qualifications
Essential
- 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.
Experience
Essential
- 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.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- 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.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
Person Specification
Special Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- 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.
Qualifications
Essential
- 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.
Experience
Essential
- 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.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- 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.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- 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).
