Principal Applied Psychologist

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

We have an opportunity for a Principal Applied Psychologist working in the Scarborough, Whitby & Ryedale Older Adults Service. The role involves working both within the Memory Assessment Team and the Scarborough Older Person's Community Mental Health Team. The successful candidate will have additional post qualification competencies in neuropsychology and/or governed psychological therapy.

The post is a fulltime (37.5 hours) permanent post however we will consider part time hours (a minimum of 34 hours may be considered) and flexible working arrangements are available. Scarborough & the surrounding area is a stunningly beautiful with countryside & coast with direct trains to York & Leeds.

Main duties of the job

The role will work across two clinical services:

CMHT

The post holder would be working integrally with the CMHT in Scarborough, enhancing the team's MDT committed approach, working closely with a team who are passionate about their work with older people & eager to collaborate & learn from the team psychologist. This role would involve offering formulation & psychological intervention for those clients & their families on the functional & organic pathways, contributing to complex risk assessment, supporting the team in complex risk assessment. Upskilling & supporting application of non governed psychological therapies and TIC would also be integral to role

Memory Assessment Service

The post holder will be offering training & consultation to team members, in relation to assessment of memory difficulties & interpretation of screening. They themselves would of course be carrying out, interpreting & communicating results of specialised and complex neuropsychological assessment with a wide range of referrals. Diagnostic feedback & post diagnostic support to clients and families alongside support & supervision to other team members & assistant psychologist would also be an important part of this role.

Additionally, the role would include elements of professional leadership supporting the Psychological Professions Lead and contributing to a collective leadership approach with the service operational and clinical leadership in the locality.

About us

The successful candidate will benefit from being part of a larger group of Psychologists across other TEWV Trust services

We encourage opportunities to undertake service development activities.

We have strong links to the local Doctoral Programmes in Clinical Psychology at Teesside and Hull Universities and the Doctoral Programme in Counselling Psychology at York St John University. There are excellent opportunities for peer support/ supervision, CPD, teaching/ training, research, and audit.

We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with a workforce of over 5,700 staff operating from over one hundred sites in Durham, Teesside and across York and North Yorkshire. Locally, we have close links with psychological professionals working across Mental Health Services across the Care Group, as well as across other areas and specialties. We have strong links with local training courses and there are excellent opportunities for peer support/supervision, CPD, teaching/ training, research and audit, in line with strategic developments across the Trust. Due to the nature of the work applicants must be able to transport themselves independently between sites and to visits.

Job responsibilities

The Scarborough MHSOP Community & Memory Team is based at Cross Lane Hospital, Scarborough.

Psychologists provide key leadership roles within the Trust. To support this we have developed leadership profiles for each psychology band and the profile card associated with this post is attached on NHS Jobs. You can find more information about the NHS Leadership Academys Healthcare Leadership Model and the profiles at their website. We encourage you to look at these resources as they will play a part in the interview process.

As a senior member of the team, the post holder will work within a compassionate, collective leadership approach & will be a key member of the leadership set .

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

We encourage any interested candidates to contact us about this post and to arrange to meet with us and, wherever possible, the Scarborough Team.

For more information about this post, please contact:

Dr Joanne Challis -Smith

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

PP lead for NY MHSOP

j.challissmith@nhs.net

Person Specification Qualifications

• Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Trained in care co-ordination
• Registration with BPS

Experience

• Must have substantial experience of:Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a full range of clinical severity
• Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care within a multidisciplinary team.
• Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
• Teaching, training, clinical supervision for postgraduate psychology qualifications
• Research and development experience
• High level involvement in quality and service improvement initiatives.
• Must have experience of providing clinical and professional leadership to other qualified and non-qualified members of the profession
• Working within mutli agency service delivery models

Knowledge

• Doctoral level knowledge of evidence- based practice relevant to the role
• Risk assessment and risk management
• Clinical governance
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group
• Knowledge of the current practice in psychological interventions in AMH

Skills

• Must be able to provide effective clinical leadership
• Communicate highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information effectively, to a wide range of people
• Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions in mental health for clients with communication difficulties / learning disabilities.
• Provide consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups
• Articulate the value added by applied psychology within the context of multidisciplinary team.
• Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems
• Utilise psychometric tests competently
• Provide effective teaching, training and clinical supervision for the multidisciplinary team.
• Identify, provide and promote appropriate interventions / means of support for carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
• Utilise appropriate clinical governance mechanisms within own work.
• Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional, academic and public settings.

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

£58,972 to £68,525 a yearpro rata, per annum

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