Clinical Psychologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

The Limes Healthcare Trust in Sunderland seeks a clinical psychologist to join the Older People’s Mental Health inpatient unit and Hospital at Home Team. The role delivers specialist assessment, formulation and psychological interventions across care settings, including dementia care, with a potential future community role.

Applicants require Doctoral clinical psychology training or DCounsPsy (BPS-accredited) and HCPC registration, with experience across inpatient, outpatient and community

Qualifications

• Doctoral clinical psychology training or DCounsPsy (BPS-accredited) covering psychopathology, psychometrics and lifespan development.
• HCPC registration is required.

Responsibilities

• Specialist psychological assessment across care settings using tests, rating scales, observations and interviews.
• Formulating and implementing plans for formal psychological treatment.
• Assessing and treating behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and other mental health conditions.
• Delivering psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
• Advising non-psychologist staff on patients' psychological care.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Formulation skills

Interventions CBT (individuals/groups)

Consultation with staff and carers

Education

Doctoral clinical psychology training or DCounsPsy

Job description

This post sits within the Older People's Mental Health inpatient unit and the Hospital at Home Team at The Limes, both run by the trust. The clinical psychologist provides specialist assessment and therapy, and advises colleagues and carers on patients' psychological care, including people with dementia. The work covers functional and organic conditions across all care settings, with a possible future community role, and involves audit and research. Doctoral clinical psychology training and HCPC registration are required.

What the job involves

• Specialist psychological assessment using psychological and neuropsychological tests, rating scales, observations and interviews
• Formulating and implementing plans for formal psychological treatment across all care settings
• Assessing, formulating and treating behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and other mental health conditions
• Delivering psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups
• Evaluating treatment options using theoretical models and complex historical and developmental factors
• Advising and consulting non-psychologist staff and non-professional carers on patients' psychological care
• Working autonomously within professional guidelines and team policies and procedures
• Using research skills for audit, service evaluation, policy and service development
• Undertaking a personal research and development programme
• Developing and encouraging a research culture within the clinical team
• Demonstrating respect for patients and carers in line with the trust's CARE values

What’s required

Qualifications

• Doctoral clinical psychology training or DCounsPsy, BPS-accredited, covering psychopathology, psychometrics, neuropsychology, two or more therapies and lifespan development

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• Specialist psychological assessment and treatment across all care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient
• Using CBT with individuals and/or groups
• Working with a wide range of client groups across the lifespan and the full range of clinical severity
• Maintaining professionalism with emotive, distressing presentations, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse

Nice to have

• Pre-qualification training or qualifications in research methodology, staff training or other fields of applied psychology

What’s offered

• Flexible working requests can be discussed as part of the interview process