About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in North Tyneside Specialist Community Psychology Service for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, to provide excellent, high quality and time limited psychological interventions in accordance with NICE guidelines to patients presenting with a range of mental health problems.
The successful candidate will be joining a well-established, Psychology team that continues to offer high quality, evidence based psychological interventions for the North Tyneside population.
We have a part time vacancy and are accepting applications via this job description and from Specialist Psychological Therapists (alternative advert).
The service delivers high quality clinical supervision and CPD programmes in house, and strongly supports staffs' continued learning and development; and established links with Newcastle Uni, DCLIN Psych Course.
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates should be keen to work therapeutically with a wide range of psychological difficulties, however a significant proportion of the work is with people presenting with complex psychological difficulties, predominantly linked to developmental trauma. The Psychology team includes therapists trained in a range of therapeutic models including Psychology, EMDR, CAT, CBT and IFS.
The role will require you to work in conjunction with colleagues to deliver services within a flexible model of care. As the service is designed to promote greater access you will be required to work flexible hours to enable this improved service delivery. This is a great opportunity to be a part of an experienced and committed service in a forward-thinking organisation and make a tangible difference to those struggling with a range of mental health problems.
Successful candidates will be registered with their relevant professional body (for psychologists this includes eligible for Chartered Status with the BPS). The successful candidates would ideally have experience working in primary care and have skills and expertise in working therapeutically with complex patients.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.
We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within North Tyneside Specialist Community Psychology Service. The service is a specialist NHS primary care psychology service providing a range of psychological interventions for people living in North Tyneside who are experiencing mental health difficulties.
The post holder will provide therapy interventions to patients with a range of complex mental health disorders and provide clinical supervision to other Clinical/Counselling Psychologists and Psychological Therapists.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape thecreation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered with health Professions Council (HCPC) as a qualified Practitioner Psychologist Honours degree in psychology, giving eligibility for Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Doctoral degree or equivalent qualification as accredited by the British Psychological Society as qualification for the independent practice of applied psychology in the Health Service. Educated to a minimum requirement of Bachelors degree in psychology minimum 3 years full-time and a Doctorate in clinical or counseling psychology minimum of a further 3 years full-time or equivalent. There is an additional expectation of previous clinical experience prior to undertaking postgraduate qualifications.
Experience and Knowledge Essential
Evidence of CPD as recognised by the BPS Experience in clinical psychology as applied to primary care. Sufficient post qualification clinical experience Experience of individual direct clinical work with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts. Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care Demonstrate further specialist training/experience though having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision over a minimum of 18 months whilst working as a specialist clinical psychologist or alternative as agreed by Head of Service Experience of working with clients with common mental health disorders within Primary Care or Health Psychology setting To maintain their practicing certificates, clinical/counselling psychologists are expected to undertake activities consistent with continuing professional development. This can include clinical supervision of practice, attendance at specialist workshops, seminars and short courses.
Desirable
Planning, organising and running groups Experience in consultation, supervision and/or research activities within Adult mental health/primary care.
Other Requirements Essential
It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
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 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Hadrian Health Centre
Elton Street East
Wallsend
NE28 8QU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)