Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Wallsend; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Clinical Psychologist to join their Community Learning Disability team. This role offers the opportunity to provide specialist assessments and therapeutic services to individuals with learning disabilities and their families. You will be part of a team that values innovation and quality, contributing to the well-being of the community. With a strong emphasis on professional development and a supportive work environment, this position is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in healthcare. If you are passionate about improving lives and have the necessary qualifications, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity.

Benefits

Extensive health and well-being programme

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave and pension scheme

Access to lease car and home electronics scheme

Professional development training programmes

On-site nursery places

Savings scheme via salary sacrifice

Qualifications

• Doctoral training in clinical psychology and experience in learning disabilities.
• Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and treatment.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist clinical psychology assessment and consultation.
• Manage day-to-day workloads within the Community Learning Disabilities Team.
• Conduct research and audit for policy and service development.

Skills

Clinical Psychology

Psychological Assessment

Therapeutic Modalities (e.g., CBT)

Research and Audit

Supervision and Consultation

Education

Doctoral Level Training in Clinical Psychology

Post-Qualification Training

Job description

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you :

• Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
• Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
• A range of flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
• Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
• On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
• Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.

If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

Job overview

The post holder will be welcomed as a member of the friendly Community Learning Disability team in North Tyneside. CLDT provides a multi-disciplinary/agency service to both adults and children with learning disabilities living in North Tyneside. The Psychology Service functions as a secondary care service within the broader team and delivers a full range of assessment and treatment services to clients, families and carers in a wide range of community settings.

Main duties of the job

To provide a highly specialist clinical psychology assessment and consultation therapy service to people with a learning disability and their families and carers in the area serviced by North Tyneside Community Learning Disability Team. This post will focus on the needs of both adults and children with additional mental health/challenging behaviour issues.

To undertake research and audit for policy and service development within the area served by the team.

To manage the provision of own and other psychologists’ day to day workloads within Community Learning Disabilities Team.

To offer expertise to Learning disability services, by providing psychological advice, consultation, train and consultation to members of the multidisciplinary team.

Person specification

Qualifications/Experience

• Doctoral Level Training in clinical psychology of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge, through further post-qualification training/continuing professional development relevant to this post, such as completion of approved courses in specific therapeutic modalities (e.g. CBT), clinical supervision, further training and experience in supervision/consultation/training/research and/or management skills.
• Registration with HCPC
• Previous post qualification experience of highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients through supervised clinical practice in learning disabilities.

Other Requirements

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Clare Conway Job title Professional Lead/Service Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0191 2952764