About this role
Job summary
The Learning Disability Service is a highly regarded and exciting place to work. We're always striving for excellence and seeking new ways of achieving the very best outcomes for the clients we serve. We have a well-established and friendly Psychological Therapies Team who are embedded in the multi-disciplinary teams across the service.
We're currently seeking an experienced Psychologist to join the multi-disciplinary team working with the Intensive Support Team and Inpatient Service. The post holder will work alongside another Psychologist and Assistant Psychologist to provide assessment, formulation and interventions to service users, their families and their support systems.
Main duties of the job
- To work as part of an MDT providing assessment and formulation of those accessing the service
- To provide highly specialist psychological interventions, including direct work with individuals and their families, as well as significant amounts of indirect work with other professionals and support systems (through consultation, teaching and complex case management)
- To work closely with other agencies to understand and manage risk
- To play a key role in implementing a trauma-informed approach
- To run regular reflective practice groups and after-incident support for staff as needed
- To work as part of the wider Psychological Therapies Team in the Learning Disability Service, contributing to work in the Community Team for Learning Disabilities as and when clinical priorities require and where the sharing of clinical expertise is needed
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Education and Training
Essential
- Completed post-graduate doctoral level of training in clinical, forensic or counselling psychology as accredited by the BPS (or equivalent if qualified before 1996)
- To hold and maintain current professional registration in line with HCPC
- Knowledge of and experience in the use of a wide range of psychometric and other objective assessment tools as applied in mental health work
Desirable
- Broadly based knowledge of the theory and practice of advanced psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. complex PTSD, personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with disabilities etc)
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working as a clinical/forensic psychologist, to include a significant period of working at a senior level in the specific field where the post is held
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups , across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
Desirable
- Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing
- Ability to work across team/organisational boundaries developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
Skills and competencies
Essential
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
- Be able to demonstrate leadership/ management skills at an advanced level
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
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Townend Court
Cottingham Road
Hull
HU6 8QG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.humber.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)