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Job summary

Main area
Psychology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
30 hours per week (minimum 3 days considered)
Job ref
383-SPE-4276-24-A
Employer
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Old Vicarage
Town
Bolsover, Chesterfield
Salary
£58,972 - £68,525 per annum, pro-rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/07/2024 23:59

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Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Principal 8B Clinical Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career?  Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.

We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services.  The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.

We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.

 

Job overview

Are you looking to implement and develop your clinical and leadership skills? Are you good at building relationships, working with teams, and promoting new ways of doing things? Do you want to make a difference in the provision and development of excellent clinical services for colleagues and adult service users in the community?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Clinical Psychologist working up to 4 days per week who will provide a high-quality clinical service across the CMHTs in North East Derbyshire & Bolsover including advice, consultation and supervision to Psychologists and multidisciplinary colleagues as well as having direct clinical inputs. This post is linked to an equivalent 8b vacancy in the south of the county with links to other Divisional 8b roles for peer support, supervision and development.

In the Division of Psychology & Psychological Therapies services (DPPT) you will support key service developments across Working Age Adult community services. 

 

Main duties of the job

We are excited to offer this 8b role which provides an excellent opportunity for an experienced Psychologist to further develop and consolidate their skills working within the specialist area of Adult Mental Health.

You will be a senior Clinical Psychologist within the service and will provide an expert clinical service through individual and group clinical work as well as indirect work to support DPPT staff and multidisciplinary colleagues working within the service. You will also take a key role in service developments across the Adults of working age community services. You will have excellent relationship-building skills and abilities to manage varied work demands, including research and audit.

Managed within the profession, you will be joining a committed team of highly skilled Psychologists and Psychological Therapists within Working Age Adult community services, and a wide network of Psychologists working in other specialties across DPPT in Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

Working for our organisation

Join Derbyshire Healthcare and our friendly team to become part of a compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to making a positive difference.

Our CQC rating was good overall with some outstanding services, and staff rated the Trust highly on health and wellbeing, morale and management.

We have excellent opportunities to further develop specialist skills. We have clinicians with training and experience in a range of therapeutic models including ISTDP, MBT, ACT, CFT, Systemic therapy, CAT, EMDR. There are multiple opportunities for peer support, specialist supervision groups (eg therapy models, dissociation, EMDR, neuropsychology) and regular CPD events. We have excellent links with local Clinical Psychology Training Courses and provide regular placements and teaching.

We are transforming all our Trust’s CMHTs by providing personalised, trauma-informed care and you will join the Division of Psychology & Psychological Therapies services who have a pivotal role in this.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will need to be registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), eligible for BPS Chartership and able to meet the travel requirements of the post.

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Person specification

Other

Essential criteria
  • Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
  • Good written communication skills with the ability to make complex information accessible with service users, staff and also the wider peer/academic community.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of publications and the processes involved.

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Post–graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the B.P.S., and giving eligibility for Chartered including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan development psychology
  • Eligible for Chartered status with the BPS
  • Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council
  • Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
  • Specialist training across a range of relevant adult mental health presentations e.g. complex trauma
Desirable criteria
  • Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
  • Chartered Status with the BPS
  • Leadership training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Mental Health experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist including at a highly specialist level (usually for a minimum of four years, including two years at a highly specialised level)
  • Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across a broad range of settings
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with clients with dual diagnosis (including substance misuse). Experience of working with people with neurodevelopmental issues

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Paul Croucher
Job title
Consultant Clinical Psychologist & North CMHT Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07810 552836
Additional information

Dr David Woods

Consultant Clinical Psychologist & ERP Lead

[email protected]

07876 590647

 

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Recruitment Team
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
1st Floor Kingsway House (Entrance D)
Kingsway
Derby
DE22 3LZ
Telephone
07900 135638
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