Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist - IST - South Staffs

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist, where you'll provide expert psychological assessments and therapy to enhance the lives of individuals with learning disabilities. This role offers a unique opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to innovative service development while receiving extensive support for your professional growth. With flexible working options and a commitment to health and wellbeing, this position is perfect for those passionate about making a difference in their community. Don't miss the chance to be part of a dedicated team focused on improving mental health outcomes.

Benefits

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support

Free car parking at all trust sites

Free flu vaccinations every year

Salary sacrifice car options

Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k

Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology.
• Registered as Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments and therapy for service users.
• Contribute to service development and provide clinical supervision.

Skills

Psychological Assessment

Clinical Formulation

Therapeutic Interventions

Multi-disciplinary Teamwork

Risk Assessment

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology

Job description

Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist - IST - South Staffs

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37.5 hours per week

The role can be offered at band 8a for suitably qualified and experienced candidates or as a band 7/8a Preceptorship for newly qualified psychologists. Current 3rd year Doctoral Trainees graduating in 2025 are welcome to apply.

Now is the time for you to join our Intensive Support Team in South Staffordshire.

To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation to non-psychology colleagues and other non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.

Job Overview

JOB TITLE: Clinical Psychologist

BAND: 8a

37.5 hours per week

The role can be offered at band 8a for suitably qualified and experienced candidates or as a band 7/8a Preceptorship for newly qualified psychologists. Current 3rd year Doctoral Trainees graduating in 2025 are welcome to apply.

Now is the time for you to join our Intensive Support Team in South Staffordshire.

To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation to non-psychology colleagues and other non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.

To use research skills in audit and policy development within the area covered by the service.

To further contribute to the service by teaching, publishing research and providing clinical supervision to Psychologists undertaking doctoral clinical and/or counselling psychology training, assistant psychologists, community nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary team as required.

Main duties of the job

To provide highly specialist clinical psychology input to South Staffordshire’s Intensive Support Team (IST). Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to offer effective and evidence based interventions with the aim of improving quality of life, autonomy and psychological wellbeing; and reducing the risk of placement breakdowns, inappropriate admissions to specialist hospital and the use of restrictive practices.

To provide specialist psychological assessments of service users referred to the IST, based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources. Psychological formulations will then contribute significantly to the development of detailed PBS plans and risk assessments etc. Clinical work will take place across all settings and agencies.

To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and management of people with learning disabilities who may have mental health problems and/or complex behavioural needs and/or Autistic Spectrum Diagnoses. There will be a need to; adjust and refine psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
  
  

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

To be responsible for psychological input to South Staffordshire’s Intensive Support Team (IST) as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

The post holder will take the lead in developing psychology inputs within the IST, linking in with IST clinicians and the wider Community Learning Disability Team. Propose and contribute to service development specifically within the IST but also the wider Learning Disabilities Service under the guidance of the Professional Lead and Local Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

Providing specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to service user’s care; and to contribute to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care, to the benefit of all users of the service.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the advert for further detail.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psycho-pathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Trained in clinical supervision of doctoral trainees (completed all required STAR Training).
• Currently registered as Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, seeing service users presenting with a wide variety of mental health and behavioural needs in a range of settings. Offering evidence-based psychological interventions and adhering to appropriate best practice and professional guidance as a qualified clinician.
• Experience of working therapeutically with services users with a learning disability and with people on the autistic continuum; including those presenting with behavioural needs which challenges services.
• Undertaking multi-dimensional risk assessment, developing and implementing risk mitigation strategies.
• Experience of clinical supervision of others.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Advanced skills in the assessment, formulation, and treatment of people with learning disabilities.
  
  

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary and Psychology team and form good working relationships with other professionals.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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