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Job summary

Main area
Psychology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
30 hours per week
Job ref
395-PP076-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Barking Community Hospital
Town
Essex
Salary
£43,742 - £57,349 per annum plus HCAS (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/05/2024 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Psychologist (Clinical / Counselling Psychologist)

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

Community Psychologist (Clinical / Counselling Psychologist) based in Mental Health and Wellness Team – Band 8a – Preceptorship post

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative psychologist to join our small but expanding group of psychologists working in Mental Health and Wellness Teams (MHWT) across the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. Please note that the post is also open to B7 and those preparing to qualify in 2024. The post holder will sit within a MHWT but focus on outward facing work with communities to develop projects with grassroots organisations using community psychology principles and frameworks. Within MHWT they will be expected to lead on championing psychologically minded work with their MDT colleagues and trauma informed care.

The community work focus will be informed by local demographics and is part of the Trusts commitment to address health inequalities experienced by our communities. This is a really exciting and novel post within the NHS so we are inviting a clinician who is very passionate about systems and social activism to apply.

The post holder will join a collaborative of Psychological professionals across East London working within a community psychology framework. The purpose of the collaborative is to build connections across east London and provide support to clinicians working in this way in an NHS context.

Main duties of the job

The main duties will be working closely alongside other community psychologists and the leadership to identify and build relationships with third sector organisations. They will work mainly amplifying the voices of those who are well less served in mainstream, statutory services. They will do this using community engagement models and working alongside grassroot projects. We are keen to move people through services and back into communities and believe these posts to be pivotal in this work.

The successful candidate will work closely with secondary psychology colleagues to add to an already passionate and dynamic psychology provision in Barking and Dagenham. This group of psychologists are forward-thinking and value diversity. We encourage critical thinking and promote difference. The team has a range of specialist interests i.e., members who are BABCP accredited, trained in Open Dialogue, CBTp and FIp trained, and experience in delivering a range of trauma specific therapies i.e., EMDR and NET.

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT 

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.  As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period 

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

 

Person specification

Academic

Essential criteria
  • Undergrad Psychology degree
  • Doctorate - clinical / counselling
Desirable criteria
  • Post graduate qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Working with SMI
  • Having worked in an MDT
Desirable criteria
  • Having provided supervision

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge and application of psychological theory applying to people with SMI
  • Work with family and carers
  • Of community psychology principles

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Eleanor Shoultz
Job title
Community Psychology and TIC lead for B&D
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03005551201
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