About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist, either newly qualified or with post qualification experience. The post will be full time and will be based with the East and North Specialist Learning Disability Team.
The post holder will be professionally supervised by a senior clinical psychologist and will have the opportunity to be part of an innovative, integrated and active group of qualified Psychologists across 4 counties. The service has strong links with the clinical psychology doctoral training program at the University of Hertfordshire and a strong commitment to supporting on-going continuing professional development.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a psychological service to people living in the community with a learning disability, as well as a range of presenting problems, such as challenging behaviour and autism spectrum conditions.
This is a Band 7/8a development post. The post holder will be able to progress from Band 7 to band 8a once they demonstrate that they meet the competencies specified for Band 8a.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job description Job responsibilities
To provide a qualified clinical psychology service to adults with learning disabilities and service providers and carers within the Community. To provide specialist assessment and interventions, as well as offering advice and consultation on psychological care to non-psychological services colleagues and other non-professional carers. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To use research skills for audit, service development and research. Contribute to identifying key areas and priorities for psychological services. To hold a clinical workload as member of Psychological Services and the Specialist Learning Disability Services (SLDS). To be responsible for formulation and implementation of therapy or treatments based on an appropriate conceptual framework of the problems and employing methods of evidence based efficacy across the full range of care settings. To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate. To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate supervision and to provide supervision to assistant psychologists and other MDT staffs psychological or psychotherapeutic work, as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Doctoral level qualification in either clinical or Forensic psychology or approved equivalent. Registered as a clinical psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Desirable
Additional post graduate training or qualification in specific psychological therapy, such as positive behaviour support, psychotherapy or systemic therapy.
Experience Essential
Experience of specialist assessment and therapy with service users across a range of care settings. Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity.
Desirable
Direct experience of using therapy with people with disabilities.
Skills Essential
Skills in the use of complex assessment, therapy or intervention and management. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in the specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address Saffron Ground
Ditchmore Lane
Stevenage
SG1 3LJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)