(Senior) Clinical Psychologist

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car leasing

Cycle-to-work

On-site facilities

Flexible working

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist (Band 8a), 1.0 WTE, to deliver specialist psychology services to adults and children following major trauma. The post covers Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s University Hospital, including inpatient and outpatient work with the Major Trauma MDT.

The role offers supervision to early career psychologists and supports progression within the department, with a focus on research, service evaluation and professional

Qualifications

• Permanent post, open to Band 8a psychologists and Band 7 with post-qualification experience in physical health.
• Role involves inpatient assessment/intervention and outpatient work following major trauma.
• Part of Major Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery psychology team with potential supervision duties.

Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient psychological assessment and intervention to major trauma patients.
• Support adjustment, rehabilitation and hospital discharge in collaboration with the Major Trauma MDT.
• Conduct psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for outpatients after major trauma.
• Attend team meetings (Wednesdays, monthly) and supervise early career psychologists as appropriate.

Job description

Job Description

For questions about this job, contact:

Louise Johnson

Consultant Psychologist

[e-mail]

0113 206 5897

Shortlisting Date: TBC

Interview Date: TBC

Please Note:

All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Job Summary

We are looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Psychologist (Band 8a), 1.0 WTE, to join us in providing specialist clinical psychology services to adults and children admitted following major trauma at Leeds General Infirmary. The post holder would offer inpatient psychological assessment and intervention, supporting adjustment, rehabilitation and hospital discharge alongside the Major Trauma MDT. The post would cover both MTC patients at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s University Hospital. The role would also include psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for outpatients following major trauma. This is a permanent post, open to existing Band 8a clinical psychologists and Band 7 clinical psychologists with post-qualification experience of working in physical health settings. For applicants appointed at Band 7, support would be provided within the role to progress to Band 8a via an established preceptorship programme.

The post is part of the Major Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery psychology team. The post holder would be expected to attend team meetings, which are held on Wednesdays, at least once a month. At Band 8a level, the post holder would offer supervision to early career psychologists, as appropriate to the role and WTE.

We hope to recruit and retain staff by offering a wide range of clinical experiences and supervision. We support people to develop their clinical and leadership skills.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust provides a range of high profile and expert clinical services which include major trauma, neurorehabilitation and cancer centres. It is an ambitious Trust with core values of empowerment, fairness, collaboration, accountability and patient-centred care. It is in this context that the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology has flourished over the past decade. The Department now has over 60 clinicians organised in consultant-led teams. We are a friendly department with a good team spirit who value balancing our work and home life. We encourage flexible working which can, for example, include compression of working hours. The Trust has a range of excellent staff benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (including car leasing and cycle-to-work schemes) and on-site facilities.

Being part of a large teaching hospitals Trust, the Department of Clinical Health Psychology is academically ambitious with strong links to the regional clinical training programme, and schools of psychology, medicine and healthcare at the University of Leeds. There are opportunities for research, service-evaluation, audit, teaching and delivering supervision.

Supervision, funded CPD and training will be built into your job as our priority is to train and retain your skills and create opportunities for you to progress into more senior roles, without having to look to other employers to progress. We all have annual job plan reviews which align with our own appraisals and ambitions.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

• Responsible
• Open and Honest
• One Team
• Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose:

Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our Priorities

• People
• Improvement and Innovation
• Partnerships
• Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.