Clinical Psychologist

This is an exciting opportunity to join our multi-professional community memory team in a specialist NHS Foundation Trust as a Clinical Psychologist at a senior level. The team specializes in providing assessment and interventions to those who are experiencing memory difficulties associated with dementia.

• Provide comprehensive neuropsychological assessments to support dementia diagnosis, post-diagnostic support, and interventions.
• Offer psychologically informed guidance for family members and paid carers of people with dementia.
• Work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and alongside existing Clinical Psychologists in the team.

This varied role gives opportunity for working across the whole span of dementia experiences, including assessment, post-diagnostic support, and systemic interventions for behavior that challenges.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health, and learning disability services for the people of our region. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the regional secure provider collaborative.

To help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time.

• Training:
  • Essential: Completion of formal training to meet eligibility as clinical supervisor of Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
• Physical Attributes:
  • Essential: Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
• Personal Attributes:
  • Essential: Caring, Team Player, Commitment to supervision and support.
  • Desirable: A Current driving license and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
• Qualifications:
  • Essential: Hons. Degree in Psychology, Doctoral qualification clinical psychology, Appropriate safeguarding training, Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
  • Desirable: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Significant Post qualification experience in a Setting relevant to the post, HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist.
• Experience:
  • Essential: Completion of supervised clinical practice in the NHS, Ability to work within two models of psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention.
  • Desirable: Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.
• Special Knowledge and Skills:
  • Essential: Communication skills, A Current driving license and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability), IT Literate.
  • Desirable: Good Psychometric Assessment skills, Experience of assisting in training of Post Graduate Clinical Psychology Trainees, Exceptional communication skills in verbal, non-verbal, and written modes.