Job summary
- Main area
- Psychological Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 18 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Job ref
- 363-BED6139325
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Luton & Bedfordshire Psychology Services
- Town
- Luton
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
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
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and flexible HCPC-registered Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to work in a ‘floating’ role across Luton and Bedfordshire Adult Secondary Care Psychology Services.
This represents an exciting opportunity to experience working in a range of settings, including inpatient, CMHT, Learning Disabilities, Older Adults, Eating Disorders, Complex Emotional Needs, Early Intervention, the Crisis Pathway and Clinical Health Psychology.
Date : 20/05/2024
Time : 09:00am – 1:00pm* (Registration is required to be interviewed on the day)
*Registration for interviews is 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Failure to register during this time will make you unable to partake in same day interview held from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Address : Charter House, Alma St, Luton, LU1 2PJ
Role : Floating Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist
As a Trust, we value our staff and offer a wide range of benefits;
- NHS Discounts (show your ID at various Food, Drink, Health & Beaut & Shopping outlets)
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Car Lease Schemes
- 2 days Additional Leave (if no sickness absence)
- Learning and Development opportunities – CPD
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will provide cover when a vacancy arises in one of the above services, due, for example, to the postholder moving on from their role, sickness absence or maternity leave. It is envisaged that the successful applicant would work into a maximum of two of these services at any one time, for a minimum period of six months (even if the substantive postholder returns within that time), in order to have the opportunity to complete meaningful interventions with clients. This is a substantive role with the guarantee of ongoing employment, even in the unlikely event that there are no gaps in provision. While deployment into a particular area will be driven primarily by the need to cover gaps in the service, it is anticipated that there will be some opportunity to accommodate requests to work into specific areas of interest to the post-holder. It is not expected that applicants will bring expertise and experience in all of the possible areas of specialty, but that they should bring transferable skills in working psychologically with a range of clients, and in adapting psychological approaches to different presentations. It is recognised that this is demanding role, and access to high-quality specialist supervision, training opportunities and ongoing support will be provided.
Working for our organisation
The post would be particularly suitable for a newly-qualified psychologist or psychological therapist who is looking for variety. The role offers an excellent opportunity to work with a very wide range of service users with complex mental health difficulties from a range of religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, as well as working in partnership with a variety of teams and community organisations which deliver psychologically informed care. As such, it also offers the chance to gain access to specialist supervision and training, and is a good opportunity to gain confidence in working with a whole range of clinical presentations. Adaptability and the ability to quickly form positive working relationships are key requirements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate may be asked to supervise trainee psychologists (after the required period of post-qualification experience), as well as clinical associates in psychology and assistant psychologists.
We welcome applications from trainees who are currently in their final year of training. The role would be particularly suitable for someone who is not yet committed to working in a particular specialty and wants to experience working in arrange of settings.
The post holder will be part of a wider team of friendly psychologists and psychological therapists, who meet regularly and provide peer support. You will have access to a range of training and education opportunities, such as Trauma Informed Care, EMDR and Quality Improvement, as well as the chance to get involved in research. This post represents an innovation for the service and as such there is the opportunity to co-develop the role with us, as we are committed to working in genuine collaboration with the post-holder to ensure the role meets the needs of both the service and the post-holder.
We welcome informal pre-application conversations with interested candidates; to discuss this post please contact Steven Livingstone, Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Associate Director for Psychology, [email protected].
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Accredited Doctorate level training in Applied Psychology i.e. Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology, or ability to demonstrate eligibility for BPS CPsychol (Chartered Psychologist status), or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996, or BPS statement of Equivalence Or Accredited Masters Degree level training as a Psychological Therapist i.e. CBT Therapist, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Adult Psychotherapist, Family and Systemic Psychotherapist, or Arts Psychotherapist And full registration with either: 1. UKCP 2. BPC 3. HCPC (Psychologists and Arts Therapists) 4. BACP 5. BABCP And Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Health and Social Care, including the NHS values, structures and referral pathways, and an understanding and willingness to work in an integrated system which includes the NHS, local authorities and VCSO partners. Evidence of continued professional developmentor Counselling Psychology, or ability to demonstrate eligibility for BPS CPsychol (Chartered Psychologist status), or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996, or BPS statement of Equivalence
- Experience of providing specialist psychological assessments (brief screening and in-depth) interventions to patients with complex problems, including treatment within a CBT modality. Experience of developing and delivering both longer term and time-limited group interventions. Experience of ensuring equality of access and acceptable intervention to diverse populations. Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity. Experience of planning and exercising clinical responsibility for patients’ psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan. Experience of work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters. Experience of developing and delivering culturally acceptable interventions. Experience of co-production with service users in the development and delivery of services. Experience of continuous improvement in service deliver and development. Experience of supervision, management and leadership.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment. Knowledge of the theory and practice of group interventions. Understanding of the basic principles underlying at least two main models of psychological therapy and knowledge of clinical applications of the models. Knowledge of and skills in people participation, understanding big and little I in service user involvement. Knowledge and skills in coproduction of service development and delivery. Skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive, sensitive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation, and to overcome barriers to understanding and acceptance. Skills in working in multidisciplinary settings. Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Working knowledge of the practices and approaches of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care and management network, including medical, employment, social, educational and criminal justice systems. Evidence of CPD consistent with the requirements of the post. Competence in advanced IT packages including keyboard skills. Ability to provide a culturally appropriate and non-stigmatising service including an awareness of the potential impact of discrimination and disadvantage on mental health. Ability to co-ordinate the recording and reporting of clinical information as required. Ability to support and co-ordinate the work of psychotherapy/psychology colleagues within the team/service.
- Ability to identify and advise, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviours. Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours. Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings. Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and able to contain the stress of others. Ability to remain in constrained positions for a substantial proportion of working time. Ability to concentrate intensively for substantial periods of time during patient contact, teaching/supervision sessions, team meetings, preparing written work etc. Ability to produce high quality professional results to specified deadlines and other time constraints. Ability to manage effectively frequent exposure to highly distressing/emotional circumstances. Ability to manage effectively verbal aggression and abuse from patients, carers etc, and the risk of physical aggression. Ability to work flexibly, creatively, co-operatively, reliably and consistently as an independent practitioner, as a mentor and supervisor, and in multi-disciplinary and team settings.
Desirable criteria
- Training in more than one model of group and/or individual therapy. Training in quality improvement.
- Experience of providing other specialist therapies to patients with diverse clinical presentations. Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision. Experience of representing psychotherapy/psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of more than one psychological approach to therapy and assessment in specific difficult-to-treat groups (e.g. complex needs, self-harm, personality disorder, psychosis, dual diagnosis, substance misuse, persons with additional disabilities etc). At least Masters level knowledge of research design and methodology. Knowledge of legislation in relation to mental health.
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
- Steven Livingstone
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07833435874
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