Clinical Psychologist

Employer: Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Bradford, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive

Closing date: 12 Apr 2025

View more categories: Discipline: Life Sciences, Psychology

Hours: Part Time

Job Summary
We are seeking to recruit a practitioner psychologist to join our learning disability service for a 9 month fixed term post for 22.5 hours per week due to maternity leave in the service. We are happy to consider applications from trainees graduating this year. The successful candidate will work as part of the psychology team in the adult community learning disability service.
The service is a friendly and well-established multi-disciplinary team. You will provide a psychological service to adults with learning disabilities both directly and indirectly with families and carers, working collaboratively with colleagues and other agencies to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities. There is a strong ethos of multi-disciplinary working and trauma-informed care. You will be supported and encouraged to develop your areas of interest and will have access to CPD opportunities and support to develop professionally.

Main Duties of the Job

1. Provide evidence-based psychological therapy, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
2. Provide clinical supervision, consultation and advice on psychological therapies and psychological elements of care.
3. Assist the Team Manager/Clinical Lead with operational duties and service development, including research and development activities.

About Us
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference. We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs. We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners. We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including: Increase mileage rates for > 3500, a wide range of health and wellbeing support packages, a range of internal and external development and learning opportunities, plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Right to Work in the UK
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa. Prior to your appointment, you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Doctorate level training in clinical or applied psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical, psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence. OR Specialist post graduate training to masters level or equivalent in a psychotherapeutic modality - including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Systemic Therapy AND Accreditation from a recognised Psychological Therapy body e.g. BABCP, BACP, UKCP, HCPC.

• Experience in relevant area of mental health practice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Details
Employer Name: Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Waddiloves Health Centre, 44 Queens Road, Bradford, BD8 7BT