Applied Psychologist - Clinical Counselling or Forensic

TN United Kingdom; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

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Applied Psychologist - Clinical Counselling or Forensic, Leicester

Client: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 6e60ac79b7b9

Job Views: 26

Posted: 13.04.2025

Expiry Date: 28.05.2025

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Job Overview

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

We have a fantastic opportunity for 2 enthusiastic and experienced Applied Psychologists to join our Acute Inpatient Psychology Team at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital.

We welcome applicants interested in this post as a Band 7 developmental role (job description for preceptorship attached) as well as applicants for the 8a post. This post attracts a recruitment and retention bonus, and associated relocation costs will be considered.

The team provides Acute Inpatient Care to male and female working-age adults. The unit consists of 7 Acute Wards and 2 Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs). Service Users within the acute inpatient mental health service present at times of crisis, often experiencing high levels of emotional distress, and typically have complex, severe and enduring mental health difficulties.

Direct clinical work with service-users involves assessing and formulating the presenting crisis, and providing formulation-driven, goal-directed standalone intervention, with good scope for creativity of approach and model application. You will also support members of the MDT to deliver psychologically informed care, contribute to creating and maintaining psychologically safety within teams and provide supervision and mentorship to MDT colleagues.
You will work closely with other inpatient psychology colleagues to promote a non-pathologizing understanding of distress aimed at reducing stigma, promoting empowerment, and increasing social inclusion. Training and ongoing professional development will be prioritised.

There are Senior Psychologists in strategic positions within the Trust leading on our transformation process. It is an exciting time to join us and a great place to work as a Psychologist as services become increasingly trauma focused and formulation driven.

We are also working with stakeholders to co-produce our Acute Therapeutic Inpatient Pathway. The Acute Inpatient Psychology team is forward-thinking, inclusive and supportive, and have fostered good links across the directorate.

Leicestershire is a diverse and vibrant county and we welcome applications from individuals committed to increasing equality, diversity and inclusion especially in relation to understanding and working with individuals requiring an Acute Inpatient admission.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

We also offer:

• A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
• Free onsite parking
• Access to a wide range of additional benefits such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
• Health and Wellbeing Support

Requests for part time working will be considered.

For an informal chat, please contact Dr Claire Hemming on 07467 356781 or email [emailprotected]

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

The post holder will participate in multidisciplinary ward discussions, leading ward teams in well-attended formulation sessions that directly inform the wider approach to the service-user’s care. You routinely offer reflective practice sessions to ward MDTs across the unit, and the post-holder will be responsible for maintaining this offer and running these sessions on the wards they lead on.

You will also have opportunities to develop and lead training for psychologists, as well as the wider MDTs, both informally in our regular practice development slots, and by offering training in psychological theories, models and principles and trauma informed approaches to multi-disciplinary teams across the service.

You will also play an important role in supervising pre-registered colleagues within the psychology team and therefore the successful candidate will ideally be formally trained in the supervision of trainee clinical psychologists or willing to complete this training.

You will work closely with the Pathway Lead and other senior staff to support the development of structures for supervision, training and evaluation that enable a clinically effective service.

You will provide clinical expertise, so the pathway delivers holistic, psychosocial treatment including evidence-based individual psychological interventions. You will support the communication between the team and Multi-Disciplinary Team colleagues, to facilitate the smooth transition of service users to other services and pathways within and outside of LPT.

You will be based in the ‘team base’ but there may be opportunities to work from home in certain circumstances.

Other duties include:

• To work as an autonomous Applied Psychologist within Inpatient Psychology Service.
• To offer assessment, formulation and evidence-based psychological interventions in collaboration with service users and, where consent is given, their support systems.
• To facilitate psychologically informed groups e.g. unshared experiences, understanding and managing emotions, etc.
• To facilitate reflective practice and team formulation sessions with MDT ward teams.
• To co-facilitate post event team reflective sessions.
• To contribute to service development initiatives by means of evaluation, innovation, and research.
• To work with the Pathway Leads to support the delivery of a high-quality, responsive and accessible psychological service.
• To provide education, training and supervision to clinical staff working within or external to the Trust.

Clinical supervision and opportunities for CPD will be provided.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.