Job summary
The Isle of Wight Community Learning Disability Team is pleased to invite applications from Clinical Psychologists for this fixed-term post. This Band 7 post offers an exciting opportunity to join a friendly and dynamic multi-disciplinary team working with adults with learning disabilities across the Isle of Wight.
The Psychology team provides a comprehensive range of assessment and intervention services to adults with learning disabilities. There is also the opportunity to contribute to assessments undertaken in the Autism Clinic, which provides assessment and diagnosis to adults without learning disabilities.
The successful applicant will work under the supervision of the team's Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist, and with the support of an Assistant Psychologist.
This post is ideally suited to newly or recently qualified clinical psychologists, who will be able to benefit from, and contribute to, a working environment rich in experience, enthusiasm, and opportunity for professional development.
For further information, please contact: Dr. Richard Thomas, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, on 01983 534243
Main duties of the job
- To undertake specialist assessment, adapted psychological therapy and behaviour support for people referred to the Community Learning Disability Team.
- Provide supervision to other team members in matters of psychological approaches to care provision.
- Support Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists.
- To liaise with Multidisciplinary team members within the Community Learning Disability Team.
- To liaise with social services, community mental health services, acute, and other NHS professionals and external agencies concerning a service users care.
- Support the Team Lead and Service Manager with service development
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. We welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Apply to be part of our team today.
About us
Across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight healthcare services are evolving and transforming to meet the continuing care needs of our population. Now is a very exciting time to join Isle of Wight NHS Trust as we enter this period of change.
This year Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have strengthened our partnership and formed a group giving us an opportunity to work together to be innovative in improving patient care and outcomes as well as improving the experience and opportunities for our people across the two organisations.
We have also been working with other local NHS Trusts across our region to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the aim is for the new Trust - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - to be formed by April 2024.
People employed in our community, mental health and learning disability services by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust on 31 March 2024, will transfer to the new organisation under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) on 1 April 2024.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description & person specification document attached. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description & person specification document attached. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Post-Graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychological, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community primary care, inpatients and residential care settings 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 exercising full autonomous clinical responsibility for patient's psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified coordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary treatment/care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
Desirable
- Experience of assessing and treating patients across the full range of care settings
- Experience of representing psychology with the context of multi-disciplinary care
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
Communication Skills
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive or highly contentious information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively with people who have varying degrees of intellectual disability (MildModerate-Profound-Multiple) utilising a range of communication methods and approaches.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Post-Graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychological, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community primary care, inpatients and residential care settings 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 exercising full autonomous clinical responsibility for patient's psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified coordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary treatment/care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
Desirable
- Experience of assessing and treating patients across the full range of care settings
- Experience of representing psychology with the context of multi-disciplinary care
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
Communication Skills
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive or highly contentious information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively with people who have varying degrees of intellectual disability (MildModerate-Profound-Multiple) utilising a range of communication methods and approaches.
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).
