Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 263-CCG24-095-EW
- Employer
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lillyhall Business park
- Town
- Workington
- Salary
- £70,417 - £81,138 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Psychological Therapist
Band 8c
Hello!
We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Opportunities for you
Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we’ve got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.
We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there’s lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.
- Cultural diversity staff network
- Disabled staff network
- LGBT+ staff network
We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:
- Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Association
- Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
- Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.
Always improving
CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We’re always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Psychological Therapist for the community adult non-psychosis pathway. This is an exciting time in community teams as the Transformation agenda progresses, the post holder will be part of shaping the teams and what interventions they deliver in years to come.
The post is the professional lead for a team of psychological therapists and will be part of a collective leadership team. There are a broad range of psychological models deliver in the teams, including (but not exclusive to) CBT, CBT-p, MBT, SCM, Family Interventions, EMDR and CAT. The services have been proactive in developing treatment pathways and in providing training and scaffolding for colleagues around psychological interventions.
Main duties of the job
In addition to a skilled clinician, trained in a relevant evidence based therapy, we are also looking for a supervisor and leader who can help the team continue to develop their psychology service and offer. The post holder is a welcome and integral part of the wider leadership team, whilst changes in-line with Community Transformation are currently progressing in Central teams, building on existing provision and NHSE funded training courses.
Additional contact information
Please contact David Rawlinson on:
Working for our organisation
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder is responsible for developing and providing a qualified specialist psychological therapy service for clients within North Cumbria locality and is responsible for professional governance and assurance for that service. The post holder ensures that psychological services resources are integrated into the designated pathway, and that high quality individualised care is delivered.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 20th June 2024
Closing date : 4th July 2024
We welcome your application.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychological therapies, at least one distinct psychological therapy as accredited by the HCPC and British Psychological Society.
- HCPC registered practitioner psychologist
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across a range of care settings.
- Substantial further specialist training and experience, equivalent to at least 6 years’ experience, including being able to demonstrate further specialist training and experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months or an alternative agreed by the Psychological Services Professional Lead
- Substantial experience of providing clinical supervision.
- Experience of contributing to strategic clinical or organisational development and/or service development or service redesign
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariable data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Specialist skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Specialist teaching & training skills.
- Specialist skills in providing clinical supervision and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in strategic/organisational work and service development / redesign.
- Substantial skills in research and/or clinical audit.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC
- Formal training in clinical supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and other staff
- Skills in managing emotional impact of dealing with highly emotive and distressing situations through self management and use of the clinical supervision process
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
- David Rawlinson
- Job title
- Associate Psychological therapies Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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