Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (Older People)

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Little London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS mental health trust in the United Kingdom is seeking an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist to join their supportive team focusing on older persons' mental health. The role involves conducting specialist assessments, providing therapeutic interventions, and contributing to service development. Ideal candidates should have experience in multidisciplinary settings and demonstrate a commitment to compassionate care. The trust is known for its outstanding quality of services and supportive work culture, offering development opportunities and work-life balance.

Benefits

Supportive work culture

Opportunities for professional development

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist with diverse experience.
• Experience with older people in a clinical role preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain professionalism in distressing situations.

Responsibilities

• Perform specialist psychological assessments including risk assessments.
• Provide highly specialist psychological advice and consultation.
• Support psychological aspects of service development and teaching.

Skills

Specialist assessment and intervention

Compassionate and trauma-informed services

Working in multidisciplinary teams

Supervision and support skills

Contributing to service development

Education

Doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology or equivalent

Registered with HCPC

Postgraduate training in psychological therapy or Neuropsychology

Job description

Key Duties

We are looking to appoint an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist to join our welcoming and psychologically minded team to provide a service of excellence for Older People within Hertfordshire. This post brings a diversity of experience, from providing specialist assessments and intervention, to supervising and supporting other members of the psychology team, and working closely with members of the wider multi-disciplinary team. We regularly offer placements to trainee clinical psychologists and the post holder will play a central role in offering supervision and working closely with the local university. We also recognise the key role that consultation can play in developing our services and being a central part of our psychology offer. The ideal candidate for us will be someone who shares our values about offering compassionate and trauma-informed services, whether in the psychological therapies or the neuropsychological assessment aspect of the service. The ethos of the team is one of continuous quality improvement and co-producing what our clients require, and we are looking for candidates who share a passion for service development and innovation. We hope that candidates will bring skills and knowledge to support audit, research, and project development within the service. The key duties of the job will involve completion of specialist psychological assessment (including risk assessment) and treatment of clients referred to the service. The postholder also will be responsible for providing highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to a client's formulation, diagnosis and case management plan. Other important duties will involve supporting psychological aspects of service development, evaluation, research and teaching and maintaining standards in supervision and CPD.

Qualifications

• Doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology or equivalent.
• Registered as either a clinical/counselling psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Additional post graduate training or qualification in a specific psychological therapy or Neuropsychology.
• Experience of specialist assessment and therapy with service users across a range of care settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups with presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of working with older people in a clinical role.
• Direct experience of using therapy with older people.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of psychological services in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of neuropsychological working.

Visa and Professional Registration

Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We would encourage all applicants to review the criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship. You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

About the Trust

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission. Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional.