Senior Clinical Psychologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Havant; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension of up to 14.5%

Staff discounts (Blue Light/NHS)

£8k relocation package

Interest-free season ticket loans

Supervision and CPD opportunities

Flexible working around caring roles

CPD opportunities

Job summary

West Essex Integrated Mental Health Service is seeking a senior clinical psychologist to assess, formulate and treat older adults and people living with dementia with complex needs. The role involves leading projects, shaping practice across inpatient, community and dementia settings and offering training within a multidisciplinary team.

Appointment requires DClinPsy and experience with complex needs in older adults; flexible, collaborative working patterns are supported to meet local service

Qualifications

• Experience working with older adults with complex mental healthcare needs.
• Experience conducting neuropsychological assessments.
• DClinPsy credential required.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments, formulations and interventions for older adults and people living with dementia with complex mental healthcare needs.
• Develop and promote psychologically informed ways of working within the team and partner services.
• Lead projects and new initiatives across the localities.
• Provide training and consultancy to multidisciplinary staff.
• Develop the role in response to local service development needs.

Skills

Experience with older adults

Neuropsychological assessments

Education

DClinPsy

Job description

A senior clinical psychologist post in the older people's psychology team within West Essex's integrated mental health service, working alongside multi-disciplinary colleagues. The core of the work is assessing, formulating and treating older adults and people living with dementia who have complex needs, and building psychologically informed ways of working across the team and partner services. The role spans inpatient, community and dementia settings, offers scope to lead projects and shape the post to local need, and is open to job share. Fit rests on holding a DClinPsy and experience with complex needs in older adults.

What the job involves

• Provide assessments, formulations and interventions for older adults and people living with dementia with complex mental healthcare needs
• Develop and promote psychologically informed ways of working in the multi-disciplinary team and wider partner services
• Lead projects and new initiatives across the three West Essex localities
• Provide training and consultancy to multi-disciplinary staff
• Develop the role in response to local need and service development initiatives

What’s required

Qualifications

• DClinPsy

Experience

• Experience of working with older adults with complex mental healthcare needs
• Experience of neuropsychological assessments

Nice to have

• Further specialist training in neuropsychology
• Experience of dementia care services

What’s offered

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service
• Pension of up to 14.5% of pensionable pay
• Staff discounts including Blue Light Card and NHS discount offers
• £8k relocation package if moving to Essex
• Interest-free season ticket loans for travel by tram, rail or bus
• Supervision and support to help fulfil potential
• Flexible working support around caring roles and other commitments
• Varied CPD opportunities within the Directorate of Psychological Services