Clinical Psychologist

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Main area: Clinical Psychologist Grade Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 18.75 hours per week (Part time)

Job ref: 222-LS-OPMHS-209

Site: SOAMHS H&F

Town: London

Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum pro rata inclusive of 20% HCAS

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 24/03/:59

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.

Job overview

We are looking for a caring and innovative clinical psychologist to join us in our Specialist Older Adult Mental Health Service (SOAMHS) for people over 70. You will play a key part in enabling the more therapeutic nature of support throughout the service as well as providing and supervising clinical interventions. The teams are small, so you will be working with the whole range of mental health problems. You will provide groups and individual therapy for people within the service as well as for their carers/families where indicated alongside other team members.

The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham is culturally diverse, and there is a commitment to meet the needs of the communities we serve. You will therefore be involved in ensuring psychology provision is appropriate and accessible for this diverse community, and outreach activities are encouraged.

Main duties of the job

The service supports people with a wide range of difficulties and works within a Trauma Informed model. The psychology team works with psychological therapies with a proven evidence base, but flexibility of approach is essential. As the service is relatively new, it is likely that it will change in response to the needs identified within the community, so you will need to be flexible in your thinking and approach to patient care. Our service users come from a variety of cultures and experiences, so there is a need to adapt any therapy to the needs of the client, and creativity is valued. There is also an emphasis on working with staff through supervision, consultation, training, and joint working to increase psychological thinking within the team and to maximize the potential for improving the psychological well-being of all patients and carers.

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.

Person specification Qualifications and Training

• Good honors degree (2:1 minimum) in Psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership of BPS.
• Post-graduate doctorate in clinical 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.
• Evidence of additional training in psychological therapy techniques.

Experience

• Experience of working with older people.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of facilitating/co-facilitating psychological therapy groups.
• Experience of applying clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.

Personal Qualities

• Able to adapt to rapidly changing service demands.
• Able to maintain intense concentration frequently and for prolonged periods with unpredictable patients.
• Able to function in potentially traumatic circumstances and in highly emotionally distressing circumstances.

Knowledge

• Specialist knowledge of psychology applied to clinical practice.
• Specialist knowledge of the assessment and treatment of a range of mental health conditions.
• Able to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
• Able to plan, prioritize and organize own service user caseload, treatment programmes.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
• Able to use database, word processing and test administration/scoring software.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Able to speak other languages present in local communities.

As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.

By applying for this post, you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system.

West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name: Helen Stirk

Job title: Lead Clinical Psychologist

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For more information and an informal chat please contact:

Dr Helen Stirk
Lead Clinical Psychologist, Older People's Mental Health Services
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