Band 7/8A Acute Services Clinical Psychologist

Norfolk And Suffolk Nhs Foundation Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Comprehensive in-house and external CP

Career progression

Starting annual leave 27 days (+ bank)

Staff physio service

NHS discounts

Job summary

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a clinical psychologist to join the Acute Psychology team at Hellesdon Hospital. The post supports adult acute wards and a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, with opportunities to complete preceptorship from Band 7 to 8a.

You will work with the MDT, focusing on assessments, formulations and discharge planning, delivering brief and extended interventions, supervising trainees and contributing to research and trust-wide projects

Qualifications

• Post-graduate degree in clinical psychology or counselling, accredited by BPS.
• Supervisor training or willingness to undertake supervisor training.
• Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC).
• Experience with a wide variety and severity of client groups & clinical problems.
• Experience of supervision and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Completing assessments/formulations to inform discharge planning.
• Completing brief and extended psychological interventions using evidence based models.
• Working with MDT to promote trauma‑informed, psychological thinking and risk formulation.
• Supervision of trainee psychologists and assistant psychologists where appropriate.
• Offering reflective practice and team formulations and providing training on topics.
• Engaging in research projects, audits, data analysis and trust‑wide initiatives.

Skills

Complex psychological assessment

Neuropsychological assessment

Written communication

Education

Post-graduate degree in clinical psychology

HPC (HCPC) registration

Supervisor training or eligible

Job description

Job summary

We are excited to offer an opportunity to join the Acute Psychology team working across wards at Hellesdon Hospital, which includes 3 female and 2 male adult acute wards, and female Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit. Applications from new qualified psychologists looking to complete their preceptorship from band 7 to 8a are welcomed.

The role involves close working with the wider multi-disciplinary team, promoting the use of psychological models and encouraging psychological thinking for the ward staff and the leadership team. Given the nature of the wards, work will often be focussed on assessment and formulation, with consideration for what would support discharge for the patient. Opportunities for extended pieces of work will also be available, in order to support your ongoing development.

We are a friendly, welcoming and supportive psychology team including a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, 2 Assistant Psychologists, Psychotherapists and Clinical and Counselling Psychologists. We come with a range of specialist interests and therapy expertise and have strong links to the UEA doctorate course.

Main duties of the job

• Completing assessments/formulations with the client to support their understanding of their mental health, guide ward staff in their support of the client, and inform discharge planning.
• Completing brief and extended psychological interventions using evidence based models.
• Working closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team to support trauma-informed, psychological thinking and promotion of risk formulation/safety planning to inform the team's intervention and discharge plans.
• Supervision of trainee psychologists, and assistant psychologists where appropriate.
• Offering regular reflective practice and team formulations to the wider teams as well as training on a range of relevant topics.
• Working on relevant research projects, audits, data analysis and trust related wider projects that help support and promote national initiatives and priorities in the delivery of inpatient care.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities,

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

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Interviews are yet to be confirmed, and candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology or counselling, accredited by BPS
• Supervisor training, to be a supervisor of doctoral programme clinical/counselling psychology trainees or willing to undertake training
• Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC)

Desirable

• Evidence of additional CPD in one or more areas of psychological practice
• Theory and practice of specialised psychological interventions (assessment and / or therapy)

Relevant experience

Essential

• Experience of working with a wide variety and severity of client groups & clinical problems, in various settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
• Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment.

Desirable

• Experience of representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts).
• Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post.
• Experience of supervision and teaching

Skills

Essential

• Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
• Well -developed communications skills (oral and written)
• Skills in neuropsychological assessment.

Desirable

• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Experience of providing specific support intervention and strategy for staff.

Knowledge

Essential

• Doctor level knowledge of research design and methodology.
• Knowledge of mental health legislation within specialist clinical context.
• Evidence of CPD as recommended by BPS

Desirable

• Well-developed knowledge of theory and practice of specialised psychological intervention and assessment in specialist clinical settings and service user group

Other

Essential

• Able to identify, provide and promote appropriate support strategies to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
• Able to use multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
• Ability to travel independently

Desirable

• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Experience of providing specific support intervention and strategy for staff.

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.

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