Clinical Psychologist

Job title:

Clinical Psychologist

Company

NHS

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join the Hillingdon Psychological Therapies Service .We are looking for enthusiastic qualified Clinical Psychologists with experience across the range of work within the Adult Mental Health Specialty. We have two posts, one based in the community the other split between the community and the acute wards.We have an interest in psychoanalytic thinking which will be of interest to those who want to deepen their understanding of the factors underlying the complex presentations we see.You will benefit from weekly participation in our clinical meeting for all psychological therapy staff, in both step 2 and step 3 provision.You may be interested in supervision of MHWPs and APs who form the back bone of our step 2 psychosocial interventions.You should demonstrate an interest inproviding a high level of service for service users and carers, excellent multidisciplinary team working skills and good knowledge of working with diverse populations within one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in London.You should have experience of setting up and running groups and believe groups to be a rich therapeutic experience for our often socially isolated clients.You will be an active member of the CMHH, including the Complex Emotional Needs pathway.The Psychological Therapy service is well regarded and respected and has a strong voice in the wider mental health service in Hillingdon.Main duties of the jobThe post holder will have strong team working skills and the ability to provide consultation advice on clients’ psychological care to other team members and carers. They will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, including psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychology, nursing, social work, occupational therapy, employment specialists and peer support workers.You will be expected to see new cases regularly, and have an opportunity to discuss these assessment consultations with your supervisor and in our weekly clinical meeting.The post holders will join a team providing highly specialised psychological assessments and treatment for the clients of the Psychological Therapies Service.The successful applicants will join the well-established and respected Hillingdon Psychological Therapies Service and receive regular supervision from one of our three experienced CMHH Consultant Clinical Psychologists.These are excellent posts for those starting out on their careers as clinicians in the NHS. You will be supported in the development of your identity as independent professional psychologists.The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.About usThe Psychological Therapies Service offers a range of evidence based approaches and a wide programme of group , individual , family and couples interventions. In particular we believe that as full a range of therapeutic approaches as possible should be available, following on from a careful assessment. We use psychoanalytic thinking to inform our assessment and formulations, and meet weekly as a group to inform our work.There are great opportunities to consolidate your identity as a clinical / counselling psychologist /psychotherapist, and deepen and widen your skills, to gain further experience of and receive high level training in CBT, EMDR, systemic family and couples therapy, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, CAT, MBT and DBT and CFT.We encourage our staff to develop a specialist interest. This can be in any of the approaches practiced in the department, or an approach we don’t currently have available.If you areinterested in seeing long term psychotherapy cases this is supported in the service by attendance at a weekly psychoanalytic psychotherapy supervision group.As our referrals all come through the CMHHs they tend to be complex and present with risks of self -harm, so it is important that you enjoy this kind of challenge.Date posted16 August 2024Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 7Salary£51,883 to £58,544 a year per annum inc HCAS pro rataContractPermanentWorking patternFull-time, Part-timeReference number333-G-HC-1367-AJob locationsMill House,38 Riverside wayUxbridgeUB8 2YFJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached job description and person spec for more detail.We have two posts available, one wholly in the CMHH and one split between the CMHH and the acute wards, supervised by Dr Paul Osler.We are pleased to discuss possible part time working with the right candidates. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached job description and person spec for more detail.We have two posts available, one wholly in the CMHH and one split between the CMHH and the acute wards, supervised by Dr Paul Osler.We are pleased to discuss possible part time working with the right candidates.Person SpecificationTRAINING & QUALIFICATIONSEssential

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

EXPERIENCEEssential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of offering therapy to people with psychosis

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLSEssential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health

OTHEREssential

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.

Person SpecificationTRAINING & QUALIFICATIONSEssential

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

EXPERIENCEEssential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of offering therapy to people with psychosis

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLSEssential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health

OTHEREssential

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.

Expected salary

£51883 – 58544 per year

Location

Uxbridge, Greater London

Job date

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 07:42:31 GMT

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