Applied Psychologist/Highly Specialist Psychologist

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider seeks a Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist to lead and deliver compassionate care within the Middlesbrough Community Mental Health team. The ideal candidate will be HCPC registered or in their final training year. The role includes working across teams to enhance mental health services for the region. Team-oriented individuals are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist or eligible for registration.
• Experience in community mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and clinical skills as part of Community Transformation.
• Work across Treatment and Intervention Team delivering safe and compassionate care.
• Support leadership roles within the Trust.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Compassionate care

Communication

Education

HCPC registration as Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Overview

Would you like to join our exciting community team at a time of transformational change? The Middlesbrough Community Mental Health team is at the forefront of community transformation. We are looking for a dynamic Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist to provide leadership and clinical skills as part of Community Transformation. The post holder will work across the Treatment and Intervention Team and The Community Hub delivering effective, safe and compassionate care.

We welcome applications from staff who are currently coming to the end of their training in Clinical or counselling psychology that on successful completion will achieve the required qualification and registration with HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist. Trainee counselling psychologists are eligible to apply for and to be shortlisted for interview and to be offered qualified posts when they are in their 3rd year of the doctoral training and have the following confirmed as completed by the university.

Note: This information may be requested prior to interview:

• a. All clinical competencies.
• b. 80% of the 450 supervised clinical practice hours (360 hours)

Trainee clinical psychologists are eligible to apply for and to be shortlisted for interview and to be offered qualified posts when they are in their third year of training, as they will have completed their core clinical competencies by this stage of the course.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and clinical skills as part of Community Transformation.
• Work across the Treatment and Intervention Team and the Community Hub delivering effective, safe and compassionate care.
• Support leadership roles within the Trust and align with leadership profiles for each psychology band.
• Contribute to responsive, person-centred mental health services for the region.

Qualifications and eligibility

• Professionally registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist or eligible for registration on completion (as per banding and job description).
• Banding options depend on experience: Band 7, Band 7-8a developmental, or Band 8a.
• If recruited to a Band 7 post, this will be a developmental post with progression to an 8a banding upon meeting criteria within the 8a job description.
• Trainee applicants: eligible to apply if in the final year of training with confirmed completed competencies as described above.

Other information

• We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job – GOV.UK and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs – GOV.UK
• Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is committed to a no smoking policy and maintains smoke-free buildings and grounds.
• Two start dates per month on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of that month for new starters, to ensure a positive onboarding experience.