Job summary
We
have a great opportunity for a psychologist to join our Herefordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Service Learning Disability Team. This is a part-time role (22.5 hours),
offering a hybrid model of working combining virtual and in-person working,
with a clinical base in Hereford.
In this role you would
be mainly focused on providing clinical assessment and interventions to
children and young people with learning disabilities and their families,
offering a range of interventions including opportunity to offer consultation
to families and their network of support.
You would be working closely with other psychologists, managers and
CAMHS clinicians and be supported to have a manageable job plan.
Herefordshire CAMHS has
strong links with the Worcestershire CAMHS teams, both sitting in the same
Trust, and the service has an excellent track record for supporting staff with CPD and working in
specialist areas within CAMHS.
There are
good links with local clinical training courses in Birmingham and Coventry
& Warwick Universities, and regular opportunities to supervise trainee
psychologists and contribute to training on the training courses.
Main duties of the job
CAMHS LD sits within our
core CAMHS service, alongside Eating Disorder and Duty team.
The cultural values and
social ideologies at the core of the CAMHS LD Team are about shifting
perspectives towards the social model of disability. Thinking about the child
in the context of their support networks requires CAMHS LD Clinicians to always
hold in mind broader environmental, formal networks and services. As such, the
team has established strong connections with schools across the county, as well
as, the Local Authority, enabling greater opportunity for joined up care and
support to children and their families.
You would be offering
assessment, formulation, consultation and intervention with an emphasis on
child-centred and evidence-based care using a range of psychological
interventions that best meets the needs of the young person. This can include direct work with the young
person, family work or consultation/liaison with the network surrounding the
child.
You would provide clinical
leadership supporting the MDTs, providing supervision to other staff including
trainee/assistant psychologists and contributing to audit, research,
teaching/development work.
About us
We are community hospitals, neighbourhood teams and community health services across Worcestershire and the provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We work in partnership with other organisations to keep our community well at home for as long as possible.
We provide services for people of all ages, across a range of settings, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions.
We have an open and supportive culture, recognised by the CQC and other external regulators. We want you to thrive, offering you every opportunity to develop. We will support you; help you fulfil your ambitions with a varied and flexible training programme; and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We endeavour to offer an attractive work-life balance, with flexibility in our approach to help you get the most out of your career.
We provide our staff with direct access to a wealth of resources to support their wellbeing, from our Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, to wellbeing festivals or access to free online exercise classes.
At the core of our values, we are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights. We take every opportunity to strengthen our approach to equality and diversity in delivering best patient care and the employment of our staff.
We would encourage you to visit the Trusts Recruitment Microsite, click the Employer Website link.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Carry a
defined caseload of patients and provide support to their families and carers,
as appropriate.
- Undertake
assessment, treatment and management of patients with a varying range of
severity and complexity of psychological problems and psychiatric disorders.
- Provide
specialised psychological therapies which require specialist post-qualification
experience, supervision and training to acquire the necessary clinical and
therapeutic skills and mane use of a variety of psychological models, as
appropriate
- Promote
excellent psychological practice and clinical leadership to other professionals
and the philosophy of person-centred and evidence based practice.
- Undertake
risk assessments and risk management and provide general advice to other
professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
- Provide
specialised psychological assessments, interpret complex psychological data
from a variety of sources
- Collaborate
on direct and indirect clinical casework with other psychologists working in
other specialities to ensure that gaps in service provision are met.
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Carry a
defined caseload of patients and provide support to their families and carers,
as appropriate.
- Undertake
assessment, treatment and management of patients with a varying range of
severity and complexity of psychological problems and psychiatric disorders.
- Provide
specialised psychological therapies which require specialist post-qualification
experience, supervision and training to acquire the necessary clinical and
therapeutic skills and mane use of a variety of psychological models, as
appropriate
- Promote
excellent psychological practice and clinical leadership to other professionals
and the philosophy of person-centred and evidence based practice.
- Undertake
risk assessments and risk management and provide general advice to other
professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
- Provide
specialised psychological assessments, interpret complex psychological data
from a variety of sources
- Collaborate
on direct and indirect clinical casework with other psychologists working in
other specialities to ensure that gaps in service provision are met.
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
- Experience of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
- Significant experience of supervised practice including working with families and care organisations
- Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions to a wide range of patients presenting with a full range of clinical severity
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for a patients psychological care and treatment
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge required specific to the role and clinical area
- Advanced theoretical and applied knowledge of psychological approaches for people with psychological problems including specialised psychological assessments and interventions for patients with complex and psychological presentations and physical health difficulties
- Well-developed psychometric assessment skills
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis, as practiced within the field of Clinical/Counselling Psychology
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
- Highly developed and effective communication skills, both oral and written, including ability to communicate complex, highly personal and sensitive information
- Advanced ability to develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship and manage transference appropriately
- Able to communicate effectively within the team and build good sound working relationships
- Good presentation and teaching skills, able to use multi-media materials for both formal large group situations and small informal settings
- Ability to use IT equipment including the use of internet to carry out literature searches for research purposes
- Able to prioritise own work and deal with competing demands to work effectively
- Committed to promote patients right, independence and choice e.g., through informed consent for interventions
Desirable
- Able to manage change through influence, persuasion and good interpersonal relationships
- Able to think strategically; to consider the wider picture for developing specialist services long term and planning developments, which may impact across agencies
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology
- Post graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Evidence of regular continuing professional development through further professional training and experience, as required by the
- HCPC and the BPS
- Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
- Registered with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Put patient care at the heart of the work you do to improve health care outcomes and service delivery
- Deliver the highest standards and quality outcomes possible
- Be the best you can be, always look for ways to improve and develop to reach your potential
- Encourage others to develop themselves and the service through improvement, innovation and continuous development
- Joint working with others, e.g. patients, colleagues in the delivery of high quality healthcare
- Build positive working relationships, respecting and valuing others, being helpful and inclusive
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Desirable
- Previous publications in either peer reviewed academic or professional journal and/or books
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
- Experience of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
- Significant experience of supervised practice including working with families and care organisations
- Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions to a wide range of patients presenting with a full range of clinical severity
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for a patients psychological care and treatment
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge required specific to the role and clinical area
- Advanced theoretical and applied knowledge of psychological approaches for people with psychological problems including specialised psychological assessments and interventions for patients with complex and psychological presentations and physical health difficulties
- Well-developed psychometric assessment skills
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis, as practiced within the field of Clinical/Counselling Psychology
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
- Highly developed and effective communication skills, both oral and written, including ability to communicate complex, highly personal and sensitive information
- Advanced ability to develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship and manage transference appropriately
- Able to communicate effectively within the team and build good sound working relationships
- Good presentation and teaching skills, able to use multi-media materials for both formal large group situations and small informal settings
- Ability to use IT equipment including the use of internet to carry out literature searches for research purposes
- Able to prioritise own work and deal with competing demands to work effectively
- Committed to promote patients right, independence and choice e.g., through informed consent for interventions
Desirable
- Able to manage change through influence, persuasion and good interpersonal relationships
- Able to think strategically; to consider the wider picture for developing specialist services long term and planning developments, which may impact across agencies
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology
- Post graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Evidence of regular continuing professional development through further professional training and experience, as required by the
- HCPC and the BPS
- Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
- Registered with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Put patient care at the heart of the work you do to improve health care outcomes and service delivery
- Deliver the highest standards and quality outcomes possible
- Be the best you can be, always look for ways to improve and develop to reach your potential
- Encourage others to develop themselves and the service through improvement, innovation and continuous development
- Joint working with others, e.g. patients, colleagues in the delivery of high quality healthcare
- Build positive working relationships, respecting and valuing others, being helpful and inclusive
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Desirable
- Previous publications in either peer reviewed academic or professional journal and/or books
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).
