Band 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Providing highly developed specialist psychological assessments of clients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuro psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales direct and indirect structured observations and semi structured interviews with clients, chain of command and others involved in the clients care.
• Formulating and implementing plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental and/or health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. Such treatment plans will accommodate the, sometimes conflicting, needs of the client and their military employer, and must have sufficient flexibility to enhance the clients operational efficacy whilst delivering optimum clinical care. Of necessity, this requires full liaison with other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and the military executive/line-management system.
• Ensuring that all members of the wider clinical team have access to a psychologically based framework for the understanding and care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological knowledge, research and theory.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Selection Process

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills,knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Civil Service Behaviours:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Should you be selected for interview, you will also be required to provide a short (approximately 7 minute) presentation on a topic relevant to the role, the title of which will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

You may also be asked to discuss a clinical vignette

Further Information

Please see the link to our You tube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised)effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply.Please see the attached further information document for full details.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.Details of which can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking.Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

For details on our complaints procedure, please see the Important Information document attached.

Person Specification

Registration & Membership

Essential

• Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist under protected title.

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent as accredited by British Psychological Society (BPS) conferring eligibility for Chartership & full membership of Division of Clinical or Counselling Psychology).
• Training must have included models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies (one to an accredited/accreditable level) and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Formal training in clinical supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and other staff.

Experience

Essential

• Extensive and demonstrable experience of working as a HCPC regulated practitioner psychologist within adult mental healthcare services (to include specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of complexity in a wide range of patient groups across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient).
• Substantial further specialist training and experience commensurate with eligibility for consultant clinical psychologist appointment approval from external BPS assessor.
• Experience of providing supervision and support to psychological and non-psychological staff in a specific therapeutic intervention.
• Substantial post qualification experience of delivering evidence based psychological therapy training to a range of professional groups.
• Specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups relevant to the community pathway, e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis,people with additional disabilities.
• Experience of hosting training placements for doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees.

Provide a CV

Essential

• Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question; you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
• Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
• Please use double spacing where possible.

Registration Details

Essential

• Please provide your membership registration number.
• You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
• Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Specialist skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management of adult mental health.
• Higher level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies with at least one to an accredited/accreditable level.
• Specialist skills in evidence based psychological interventions and in adapting interventions to individual complex needs and complex systems.
• Skills in strategic/organisational work and service development/redesign.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

RAF Brize Norton

Carterton

Oxford

OX18 3LX

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)