Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 270-TF028-MH
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Danetre Hospital
- Town
- Daventry
- Salary
- £70,417 - £81,138 pa, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/05/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Band 8c
Job overview
The Northamptonshire Gender Identity Service is one part of a national service of 7 NHS England commissioned clinics that service users can access from across the country.
This post is for a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to provide overall clinical leadership for Clinical Psychology and therapy services within Northamptonshire Gender Identity Services. They will have responsibility for delivery of Clinical Psychology and Therapy care within the gender service, strategically supporting the managerial and clinical leadership in developing the service, specifically the Clinical Psychology and Therapy streams.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide expertise in relation to neurodiversity, undertaking clinical assessments, diagnosing of Gender Incongruence/Dysphoria , assessing complex capacity and consent issues and supporting the surgical assessment process
They will be a senior leader and member of the multi-disciplinary service, working with Assistant Psychologist, Consultant Psychiatrists, Consultant Endocrinologist, General Practitioners, , Clinical Nurse Specialists and Speech and Language Therapy.. The role will be involved in the development of future strategic directions of Clinical Psychology and Therapy streams and be a senior leader within the Specialist and Secured Services Senior Management Team.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Experience as qualified psychologist
Desirable criteria
- Gender experience
Specialist training
Essential criteria
- Specialist therapy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Sunil Lad
- Job title
- Consultant Counselling Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07768803884
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