Psychologist à Grande-Bretagne

Job summary

This is a fantastic opportunity for an early career Clinical Psychologist to work with an older adult cohort in a post split between an acute ward and the community. The successful individual will work within a well established multi-disciplinary team in the acute setting to provide psychological care and treatment planning to those both informal and detained under the Mental Health Act with either an organic or functional diagnosis.

The post spans the community with some time into both the Recovery and Memory teams along with two Trainee Clinical Associate Psychologists (CAPS) entering their last year of training. Furthermore, the Psychological Therapies team for Older Adults across the acute and community Directorates also includes two Assistant Psychologists and a Consultant Clinical Psychologist based on the ward (supervising this post).

The North Lincolnshire Care Group is a well-connected and supportive team, linking well with our Adult counterparts, the Crisis and Home based Treatment team and Care Home Liaison. There are also some strong links and joint working with Talking Therapies.

There will be good support for your early career and we would welcome applications from those about to qualify.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will eventually lead, with support from the Consultant, a community provision for Clinical Psychology in North Lincolnshire for the assessment, treatment and support pathway for Older Adults with both a functional and organic diagnosis. The postholder will also provide psychological assessment, formulation and therapeutic intervention to inpatients, along with consultation to the inpatient multi-disciplinary team.

In terms of leadership, the postholder will assume, after completing appropriate training, the supervisory responsibilities for junior Clinical Psychology staff.

There will be an expectation to engage with keeping up to date with mandatory training and their own clinical and line supervision.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Continued professional development through structured self-study, specialist clinical supervision, and/or relevant combination of short courses
• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings.
• Experience of working in multiagency teams and with a wide variety of client groups which reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and the threat of physical abuse
• Demonstrate further specialist training/ experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a clinical psychologist and appropriate experience or an alternative agreed by the Head of Psychology

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Continued professional development through structured self-study, specialist clinical supervision, and/or relevant combination of short courses
• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings.
• Experience of working in multiagency teams and with a wide variety of client groups which reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and the threat of physical abuse
• Demonstrate further specialist training/ experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a clinical psychologist and appropriate experience or an alternative agreed by the Head of Psychology

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
Address

Great Oaks

Great Oaks,

Scunthorpe

DN16 2JX

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