Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-LS-ICS-309
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ealing Adult Learning Disability Services
- Town
- Hanwell
- Salary
- £56,388 - £62,785 Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/07/2024
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 8a
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
We are seeking a passionate and committed Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to join our dynamic psychological services team within the Ealing community team for people with learning disabilities.
At West London NHS Trust we want to employ talented, passionate and skilled psychological professionals, so that we can provide the best service possible to those who use our services.
In return, we are committed to investing in and supporting our staff. In this role, we offer:
· Hybrid office based/ home based working week. Please contact us for more details.
· Flexible working
· Supportive work environment
· A relocation allowance of up £8,000, if moving more than 40 miles. Please contact us for more details.
· A comprehensive CPD and reflective practice program.
· Opportunities to link and collaborate with the North Thames Doctorate courses through supervision, teaching and research.
· We are a values driven organisation and Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence and Caring underpin how we treat each other and those who use our services.
Main duties of the job
Ealing CTPLD is an integrated multidisciplinary community team with a focus on family centred outcomes and wider systemic change. We have a strong interest in helping to influence the lives of people with learning disabilities through systemic ways of working.
Your responsibilities will include delivering psychological assessment and intervention, both to individuals, families and groups; contributing to staff training and providing psychological advice and consultation to professional and non-professional carers. You will also work alongside colleagues to develop partnerships with self-advocacy and voluntary organisations locally.
We would be keen to receive applications from qualified psychologists or final year trainees with a passion for learning about people with learning disabilities and their families. This is a fixed term position until June 2025. It would be a good opportunity to explore if you enjoy this field of work!
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good honours degree (2:1 minimum) in Psychology
- Eligibility for graduate membership of BPS
- Post-graduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the BPS.
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of training in Positive Behaviour Support principles/ systemic therapy/ CBT
- Training in clinical supervision for doctoral, and equivalent, trainees
- Other related academic and postgraduate qualifications
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working across the whole life span, with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of administration, scoring and written interpretation of psychometric / neuropsychological tests
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with people with Autistic Spectrum conditions
- Experience of working in a multiagency setting
- Knowledge of relevant learning disability legislation and its application in this setting.
- Experience of having facilitated/co-facilitated psychological therapy groups
- Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of the assessment and treatment of complex behaviour problems
Skills
Essential criteria
- The ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Able to plan, prioritise and organise own service user caseload, treatment programmes (individual or group) involving other staff, and other aspects of the work such as research activity
- Able to use database, word processing and test administration/scoring software
- Working knowledge of SPSS
- Able to concentrate for lengthy periods of time while demonstrating active listening skills
- Able to function in emotionally distressing circumstances on a frequent basis (e.g. in supporting service users with behaviours that challenge, have mental illness, self - harm, sexual abuse)
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable experience in co-production with people with learning disabilities.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the professional code of conduct of the BPS
- Able to reflect on own professional practice
- Willing to participate actively in CPD in line with HCPC/ BPS guidelines
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rhea Dodhia
- Job title
- Lead Counselling Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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