Job summary
- Main area
- Older Adult Community Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 33.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 325-6186132-COMM
- Employer
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Aldershot Centre for Health
- Town
- Aldershot
- Salary
- £52,963 - £59,360 includes fringe HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
Come and join our Psychology team and be part of shaping psychological provision across the older people’s community service. We are a supportive team that values innovation, development and is passionate about the care of older people and their families.
We are looking for a qualified Clinical Psychologist to join our team providing high quality community services to older people within North East Hampshire and Farnham. The Community Mental Health Team is part of SABP, with the clinical base at Aldershot Centre for Health, Aldershot. We work with those over 65-years who are faced with mental health and/or memory problems.
Our Psychology department recognise the importance of support for team members, have regular CPD sessions, externally provided skills workshops and access to specialist neuropsychology supervision monthly, in addition to regular clinical and management supervision. Our Trust is a pilot site for the Transformation agenda opening up opportunities to train and develop skills allied to expanding and developing services and specialisms. Our department has expanded rapidly allowing for further opportunities to take forward clinician interests, with strong links to local training courses.
We offer a comprehensive induction programme, with regular supervision, and a good peer support network. We value the contribution of our team and are able to offer some flexibility of working around service needs.
Main duties of the job
This exciting role will involve working autonomously in conducting detailed assessment and formulation, therapeutic intervention, and neuropsychological assessments, covering both functional and organic problems for people living in the local community.
A key part of this role will be using clinical leadership skills to influence teams in embedding psychosocial approaches within everyday practice. You will also be supporting and supervising unqualified and qualified psychology staff.
There will be opportunities to lead on quality improvement projects and to contribute to the development of psychology provision across older people’s services. We support the undertaking of leadership and supervisor training to enable you to develop your skills and progress in your role.
You will be working collaboratively with members of a well-established multi-disciplinary team, where psychology is highly valued in the team.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
My job makes better lives: by promoting health and independence for people who use our services and their carers; support staff by delivering high quality psychology assessments, formulation and interventions; providing consultation, supervision and guidance to band 7 trainees, assistant psychologists and others as required.
Job Overview: To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the psychological needs of people using our services.
• To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students
• Promoting a psychological perspective both within teams and sharing with other colleagues
• Work collaboratively with team managers/ Clinical leads in the development and delivering of effective services
• The postholder will be expected to work flexibly within the service
• To lead on complex and challenging cases and develop expertise within area of specialism
• Participating in the recruitment and selection of staff
• Leading on a specific service development projects
Suitable for someone who is: interested in and passionate about providing high quality leadership and psychological support to people using our service and their carers.
Key Responsibilities:
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care. To maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures. To act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005). To be aware of and implement Safeguarding Adult and Child Protection Policies, Procedures and legislation.
• To carry out comprehensive psychological and cognitive assessments and formulation, plan implement and evaluate delivery of psychology interventions and consultations to support people with specific and complex needs.
• To actively involve people in developing and agreeing their own care plan, to act as an advocate and ensure that there is proper regard for their dignity, choice, self-esteem, racial, cultural, sexual and religious needs and preferences.
• To work creatively to adapt verbal and written communication to meet the needs of people who use our services
• To undertake comprehensive risk assessments and develop effective risk management plans for people with complex needs.
• To establish and maintain effective partnerships and relationships with colleagues, other agencies, people who use services and their carers and support staff.
• To conduct and lead on clinical audit, quality assurance and research, maintaining current knowledge of research findings and development within specific care group
• To develop and provide a range of specialist teaching/training packages which can be delivered to a range of multi-disciplinary audiences.
• To positively contribute to divisional and team developments in relation to all aspects of psychology practice.
• To lead on the supervision and Individual Performance Review/Appraisal of assistant psychologists as required.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways.
• To contribute to initiatives to ensure that the diverse needs of people within the care group are addressed within local services and future developments.
• To act as practice assessor/supervisor/teacher in teaching, facilitating and supporting pre registration students and junior personnel and to participate in the audit of educational placements.
• To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards - in partnership with people who use our services and their carers.
• Assist in appropriate staff recruitment and induction and contribute to the wider strategic plans regarding psychology recruitment.
• To practice within a Positive Behaviour Support and trauma informed care framework
Person specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 12 months of commencement in post).
- Additional training in neuropsychological assessment.
- Up-to-date knowledge of key policies and guidelines for older people & dementia care.
Registration
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles.
- Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic.
- 6 months experience of working with older people with mental health difficulties and/or dementia (can be pre-qualification).
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists.
- Interest in working with long-term health conditions.
- Experience of practicing within a Positive Behaviour Support and trauma informed care framework.
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 Sarah Barrett
- Job title
- Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01932 587033
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