Job summary
- Main area
- Highly Specialist Psychologist or Psychological Therapist; Diversity&Inclusion
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (With opportunity to be permanent. Also available as secondment.)
- Hours
- Part time - 0.2 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 363-FOR6166008
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- LPP Premises
- Town
- London Bridge
- Salary
- £66,718 - £76,271 per annum pro rata Inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Psychologist Community Diversity and Inclusion Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8b
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
This post is the 0.2 WTE B8b London Pathways Partnership Community Diversity and Inclusion Lead. The postholder will work across London Community Pathways services to promote the diversity and inclusion of staff and service participants.
The post holder will chair the monthly London Community Pathways Diversity group, overseeing the diversity plan and delivering its priority objectives. The diversity and inclusion lead will coordinate the data and research aims to understand ethnicity trends relating to access, retention and completion of services; improve the quality of interventions by understanding and addressing barriers to access and to improve retention; and will help to increase the confidence and competence of the workforce in culturally aware attitudes and behaviours related to ethnicity and protected characteristics.
The postholder will ensure all diversity and inclusion workstreams incorporate lived experience perspectives.
Main duties of the job
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Key Responsibilities |
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Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical/forensic psychology, including specific models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developments as accredited by the BPS. Registration with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical/Forensic Psychologist.
- Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC
- Completion of further post-doctoral/post-qualification specialist training including training in clinical supervision
- Accredited training in structured professional judgement approaches to risk assessment (including but not limited to the HCR20)
- Trained in an evidence-based treatment for personality disorder
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of inter-agency working with forensic mental health, probation and/or prison services, including consultation to these services
- Experience of developing and delivering training and of clinical supervision
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Understanding of specialist psychological treatment for personality disorder
- Understanding and experience of formulation for complex high risk service users with significant personality difficulties
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Understanding of specialist psychological treatment for personality disorder
- Understanding and experience of formulation for complex high risk service users with significant personality difficulties
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies and two assessment methodologies
- An extensive understanding of Crimina
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Mandy Brar
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07551 676165
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