About this role
Job summary
The post-holder is required to provide assistance to people with gender dysphoria or diversity. This will involve utilising psychological principles and approaches in assessment, diagnosis and management of gender dysphoria or diversity. The postholder will need to work closely with the multidisciplinary team and be familiar with medical as well as psychological models. There is an expectation for the postholder to engage in research and ongoing continuing professional development
Main duties of the job
See Job Description.
To provide specialist psychological assessments of allocated clients. Assessments will be based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members, nursing staff and others involved in the patient's care. Practitioner psychology assessments will, at times, need to be conducted using interpreters. To formulate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of client's presenting issues or mental health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's situation, and to employ methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To exercise responsibility for the treatment of and discharge of clients whose presenting issue is managed through the medium of a psychologically based standard care plan which ensures appropriate assessment, formulation, and interventions. This will involve communicating with the referral agent and others involved with the care on a regular basis.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities. We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme Excellent internal staff network
The post holder will be aligned with our values:
We Are Kind We Are Respectful We Work Together We Keep Things Simple We Empower We Are Proudly Diverse
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
Clinical Qualification Essential
Passed
Desirable
Champion or special interest in QI, EDI and or PPI
Appropriate clincial experience Essential
Relevant gender experience in a clinical role, training role or related role,
Desirable
Understanding the emotional needs of GIC patients.
Understanding and applying Clinical Governance Essential
Having an appropriate level of understanding and awareness of good governance related to record keeping
Desirable
Examples of best practice in clinical governance.
Clinical Applying equalities in clinical practice Essential
Experience of clinical or counselling psychology relevant to work with gender identity Understanding bio-psycho-social practice in assessment of gender Identity Understanding the Psychological needs of people experiencing gender dysphoria
Desirable
Examples of good practice in Quality Improvement from clinical experience experience Examples of good practice in co-production with service users at interview example of innovative practice related to work in a GIC
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Tavistock Centre
120 Belsize Lane
London
NW3 5BA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)