Specialist Clinical Psychologist
4 weeks ago
Job summary
The Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health is looking for an experienced Specialist Clinical Psychologist, qualified to Doctoral level and eligible for registration with the HCPC, to join its leading multi-disciplinary team (MDT) of clinicians and professionals providing healthcare to transgender people.
The Nottingham Centre for Transgender Healthcare (NCTH) is a national service, one of 7 NHS England commissioned clinics that patients can access from across the country.
The post holder will be a member of the MDT, working with Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, General Practitioners, Consultant Nurse, Endocrinologists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Speech and Language Therapists, Service and Business Support.
Main duties of the job
The post will involve completing psychological assessments and intervention for individuals that have a diagnosis of gender incongruence and are seeking support with their mental health.
The post will also involve consultation with the wider MDT re formulations regarding gender and maintaining appropriate structures for discussing cases in a psychologically minded way.
Liaison with a broad range of other disciplines and agencies, other transgender services and providers will be a key aspect of this post.
The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
About us
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you
#TeamNottsHC
Job description
Job responsibilities
See job description for further details.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Dr Meghan Thurston
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Psychology degree or equivalent, conferring GBC status
Desirable
PGCert or PGDip in Gender Identity Medicine
Academic
Essential
Doctoral level qualification in Clinical Psychology (or the equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) conferring HCPC status & as accredited by the BPS
Desirable
Further training in additional psychological therapy models
Training
Desirable
Further training in relevant specific assessment methods and/or therapeutic interventions Experience of providing supervision to others
Experience
Essential
Of working psychologically with gender diverse people and of interventions with individuals and care systems, not specifically in a gender clinic. Service evaluation
Desirable
Publication in peer- reviewed research journals
Knowledge
Essential
Broad understanding of theories and interventions relevant to gender diverse adults and transgender healthcare Understanding of the underlying principles of management and treatment in transgender healthcare, including their international frameworks (WPATH SOC 8) Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology
Desirable
Critical awareness of current themes in transgender healthcare policy and research Knowledge of the principle models of care in transgender healthcare Experience in providing transgender healthcare, including psychological assessment, recommendations for gender affirming treatment and psychological therapies
Equality & Diversity
Essential
Be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to the Trust's Equality and Diversity principles relevant to the post and practice in a gender affirming manner in line with WPATH SOC 8
Skills
Essential
Formulation of sources of psychological distress in gender diverse people; therapeutic interventions and presentation skills. Excellent written English Communication of complex and information to a wide range of audiences Able to engage constructively in sometimes challenging circumstances Good interpersonal skills to facilitate communicate with colleagues and other service providers Skills in providing consultation to other non-psychology colleagues and teaching and training skills Ability to work positively and constructively in a multi- disciplinary team Consultation skills Ability to reflect on practice and on ethics Effective skills in word-processing and other clinically relevant computer software Use of psychometric test equipment
Contractual
Essential
HCPC registration-
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