Band 7/8a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

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Band 7/8a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist, Leicester

Client:

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Location:

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

5

Posted:

30.03.2025

Expiry Date:

14.05.2025

Job Description:

Job Overview

An opportunity has arisen within our team for 0.4 WTE. 8A clinical, forensic, or counselling psychologists. An 8A candidate will have post qualification experience in LD and enjoy working in the specialty or maybe looking to broaden their experiences and apply your transferable skills to support adults with LD.

We are a small friendly team of practitioner psychologists dedicated to working with individuals with learning disabilities and their families and carers. We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to join us. You will also work alongside other professional groups including community nurses, psychiatry, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy as well as multi-agency colleagues.

We work in a variety of clinic and community-based settings with multiple bases across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. There is the opportunity for flexible and hybrid/home working. Modes of working include one-to-one therapy, group work, systemic approaches with families and carers, consultation and supervision with allied health professionals and collaboration with multi-agency colleagues as well as advocating for the rights and needs of our service users.

We also carry out multiple forms of assessment including eligibility for the service and mental capacity act relating to a range of issues. Our workforce is psychologically minded and values our input. We aim to support psychological approaches and thinking throughout the service with examples including the provision of reflective practice groups.

We nurture our staff & their development with regular clinical supervision (individual & peer group), job plans, annual appraisals and training needs analyses in line with pathway & professional needs. Recent CPD has included EMDR, Compassion focused, and narrative therapy, trauma-based PBS and heads and hearts reflective practice model. Research and service evaluation is encouraged.
LPT has a well-being hub for staff. Hybrid home/community-based working models are currently in place.

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

To provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to adults with a learning disability, their families and their carers to include:

• Specialist psychological assessments, development of formulations, and implementation of psychological interventions within the scientist-practitioner framework. To draw upon an extensive knowledge of psychological theory in order to interpret complex information and communicate this to others in an accessible way. To work with others including: multi-disciplinary and multi-agency colleagues, and provision of specialist advice and consultancy as required.
• To work autonomously within the boundaries of the Code of Practice of the HCPC, local trust policies and to be accountable for own professional actions. To plan and prioritise their own workload.
• To provide a lead specialist role in psychologically based assessments and interventions within a team and offer specialist advice and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to diagnosis and treatment.
• To supervise work of less experienced psychologists, counsellors, clinical psychology trainees, assistant or clinical associate psychologists.
• To undertake audit, Research and Development within the learning disability service and Continued Professional Development activities.

Please see the attached Job Descriptions and Person Specifications for both the Band 7 and Band 8a roles.

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.