Clinical Psychologist

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

The post is a one-year fixed-term maternity cover for a clinical psychologist within the West Suffolk Older People’s Mental Health Service. It supports adults with complex needs including dementia, focusing on specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment, formulation, and treatment planning.

The successful applicant will supervise trainees, contribute to UEA placements, and develop psychological interventions for older adults across the service, working at 0.8 WTE.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate degree in clinical psychology with HCPC registration.
• Experience as a qualified clinical psychologist at Band 7 or equivalent.
• Experience supervising trainee clinical psychologists.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist clinical psychological assessments of individuals, carers and families.
• Carry out neuropsychological assessment and formulation.
• Formulate and implement formal psychological treatment and/or management plans.
• Make highly skilled evaluations and decisions on treatment options.
• Support and develop team formulation and supervise trainees.
• Deliver direct clinical work, groups, consultation, supervision, training and evaluation/research.
• Continue to provide clinical placements for University of East Anglia (UEA) trainees.

Skills

Clinical psychology assessment

Neuropsychological assessment

Formulation & treatment planning

Supervising trainees

Dementia care expertise

Education

BPS-accredited Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

One-year fixed-term maternity cover, 0.8 whole-time equivalent, for a clinical psychologist in the West Suffolk Older People's mental health service, supporting adults with complex needs including dementia. Core work is specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment, formulating treatment plans, and supporting team formulation and interventions. The team hosts trainee clinical psychologists and UEA placements, and the post holder supervises trainees. A qualified clinical psychologist with HCPC registration is required.

What the job involves

• Provide specialist clinical psychological assessments of individuals, carers and families, interpreting complex psychological data from varied sources
• Carry out neuropsychological assessment and formulation
• Formulate and implement formal psychological treatment and/or management plans
• Make highly skilled evaluations and decisions on treatment options, drawing on theoretical and therapeutic models
• Support and develop team formulation
• Implement a range of psychological interventions for service users and, where appropriate, carers and families
• Provide specialist clinical psychology expertise, advice and guidance to support effective psychological care
• Deliver direct clinical work, groups, consultation, supervision, training and evaluation/research
• Supervise trainee clinical psychologists
• Continue to provide clinical placements for University of East Anglia (UEA) trainees
• Help develop psychological interventions for older adults across the service

Qualifications

• Post-graduate degree in clinical psychology accredited by BPS (or equivalent if trained before 1996)

Registration & licences

• Registration as a practitioner psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Experience

• Experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist at Band 7
• Evidenced knowledge and experience in practice to clinically supervise trainee clinical psychologists
• Experience of working with complex and challenging behaviours
• Experience exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment

Skills & knowledge

• Skilled in complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
• Communicating technical and clinically sensitive information to service users, families, carers and professionals within and outside the NHS

Checks & eligibility

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for independent travel

Other

• Identifying, providing and promoting support strategies for carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and challenging behaviours