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Job summary

Main area
Psychology
Grade
Band 7 to 8a
Contract
Permanent: Band 7/8a (Development role)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Band 7 is 1 FTE or Band 8a it's 0.93 FTE)
Job ref
395-PP079-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Mellmead House
Town
Redbridge
Salary
£43,742 - £57,349 per annum plus HCAS (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/05/2024 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (Development Role)

Band 7 to 8a

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

We are looking to appoint a Full Time Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to work in the Early Intervention in psychosis service in Redbridge.

The post holder will join a well-established and supportive early intervention in psychosis service for people aged between 14-65 who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis and their families. The team offer NICE concordant care, which includes an emphasis on access to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Family Interventions and Trauma focussed Interventions (e.g. Narrative Exposure Therapy, EMDR).

The team includes a Band 8b Clinical Psychology Pathway lead, two Band 8a clinical/counselling psychologists, a Band 7 Family Interventions worker, and an assistant psychologist who offers a well-being and support package to carers.

 

We would be happy to discuss the possibility of setting up this post as Band 7 position with a development plan to allow progression to an 8a.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide psychological assessment, individual therapy, family interventions and group work. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the multidisciplinary team and offer consultation on psychological approaches to working with psychosis, as well as teaching and supervision of recently qualified, assistant and trainee psychologists.

 

The post will suit enthusiastic psychologists with a passion for developing and implementing evidence-based psychological therapies with this client group and working with multi-disciplinary teams.

 

The post holder will be expected to participate in supervision and CPD focused on evidence based interventions in psychosis. We offer monthly group supervision in Family Intervention in psychosis and Narrative Exposure Therapy. In addition the post holder will receive individual supervision.

 

The Trust has strong links with the UCL, UEL and Royal Holloway clinical psychology courses and several Counselling Psychology courses and the post holder will be expected to supervise trainee psychologists when appropriate. Current members of the department are engaged in teaching and research projects with local clinical training course.

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT 

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.  As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period 

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Post-graduate qualification
  • HCPC
  • Additional training in specialised psychological assessment and interventions for psychosis
  • Clinical supervision course

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Early Intervention in psychosis team experience
  • CBTp
  • FIp
  • Supervising others (Trainee Clinical Psychologists, Assistant psychologists)
  • working with service users from diverse ethnic, economic and cultural backgrounds

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent written communication skills
  • Capacity to cope with frequent exposure to highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances
  • Knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis
  • To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials
  • Highly skilled at collaborative working and providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Miriam Fornells-Ambrojo
Job title
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07710 119425
Additional information

Rhian Farnham (Team lead Redbridge EIP) - [email protected]

Monica Charalambides (Redbridge Psychology Lead)- [email protected]

 

 

 
 
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