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- Psychology
- Gradd
- Band 8a
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- Cyfnod Penodol: 26 mis (0.5WTE (reducing to 0.4WTE for the final 3 months))
- Oriau
- Rhan-amser - 18.75 awr yr wythnos (Typically we work monday to friday 9 to 5, so hours and days of week negotiable)
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- 263-SS24-039-AB
- Cyflogwr
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- St Nicholas Hospital
- Tref
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Cyflog
- £50,952 - £57,349 pro rata per annum
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- 23/05/2024 23:59
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 05/06/2024
Teitl cyflogwr
Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Band 8a
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?
Trosolwg o'r swydd
We are recruiting to a 0.5 wte Clinical/Counselling Psychologist and trial coordinator post for a period of 26 months. (note the last three months will be at 0.4wte)
This is an exciting opportunity to join the research team that is evaluating Feeling Safer. A multi-centre randomised controlled trial treating NHS patients diagnosed with psychosis and with a current persecutory delusion will be undertaken to test the Feeling Safer treatment. Patients will be randomised to one of four conditions; (1) Feeling Safer in addition to treatment as usual, supported by peer support workers, (2) Feeling Safer in addition to treatment as usual, supported by assistant psychologists/graduate mental health workers, (3) Feeling Safer in addition to treatment as usual, supported by a clinical psychologist providing CBT therapy, (4) treatment as usual. Patients, Feeling Safer deliverers, and other mental health staff will also be interviewed to learn more about the therapy and how it may be used in the NHS.
The Feeling Safer trial will now test the intervention in NHS mental health services at six sites across England. Around 484 patients will participate. Each site, which will closely work together, will comprise established site leads, a clinical/counselling psychologist delivering CBT therapy, research assistants, a peer support worker, and a graduate mental health worker. The whole team will comprise over 40 people.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
The post-holder will have a central role in the trial, being responsible for the day-to-day delivery of the Feeling Safer trial within the CNTW NHS trust. This will include delivering psychological therapy, supervising research assistants in the recruitment and assessment of trial participants, and supervising other clinicians in the delivery of the intervention. They will be accountable to the site principal investigator Robert Dudley and they will receive supervision from Prof Daniel Freeman (Chief Investigator) and Dr Felicity Waite from the lead site: Oxford. The position would suit a clinician (for example, a clinical psychologist or CBT therapist) with strong interests in cognitive therapy, treatment innovation, and clinical trials.
The psychologist will work in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust . The trust covers large geographical distances, and travel will be required
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
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.
The post will provide experience in engaging individuals with psychosis; clinical assessment; undertaking research in NHS services; and clinical trials methodology. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the delivery and evaluation of innovative treatments as part of a large and diverse clinical research project. The position would suit a clinical psychologist with strong interests in cognitive therapy, treatment innovation, and clinical trials. The post holder will work in CNTW NHS Trust. You will be given full training in assessment, good clinical practice, and trust procedures.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
The ideal candidate will have experience in research and or working in clinical settings with people with psychosis. They should have the ability to organize and manage multiple interlinked components of the project and their work. They will need to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills and be able to conduct interviews, assessment and treatment with potentially vulnerable individuals. Most importantly, they will need to be enthusiastic about the research area and have a high level of motivation and commitment.
main responsibilities include
- To deliver and supervise highly specialist cognitive-behavioural interventions for people diagnosed with psychosis, with a current persecutory delusion. Training in the intervention will be provided.
- With training and expert supervision, to develop and use specialist skills at assessing and formulating persecutory delusions in the context of psychosis.
- To form excellent relationships with clinical teams in order to support recruitment of patients into the trial and provide co-ordinated care for patients receiving the intervention.
- Responsibility for the organisation, day-to-day management, and running of one site of a large randomised controlled trial with patients with psychosis and persecutory delusions. It will be particularly important to meet recruitment targets, ensure a high retention rate in the trial, and a high uptake of the Feeling Safer treatment.
- To supervise other staff in the delivery of the treatment, ensuring high rates of engagement and fidelity to the protocol.
- To supervise the research assistants working on the trial, ensuring recruitment targets are achieved, assessments are completed, and blinding of research assessors is maintained.
- To provide regular reports on the progress of the study. This will include providing information required by the funder.
- Recruitment and provision of the intervention will occur in CNTW NHS trust. This means there will be extensive travel across the large geographical area both to clinical teams and patient homes, which would be facilitated by having valid driving licence, and access to own or other independent means of transport.
- Good record-keeping and report writing will be needed, in line with trial and Trust protocols.
- Working to standard operational procedures for the trial will be expected.
- Attendance at supervision will be expected, and at appropriate research team meetings, including at the lead site, Oxford.
- You will need to work some irregular hours occasionally to fit with patient availability.
- Administrative duties related to the project.
- Other duties appropriate to the grade as directed.
- Work within the guidelines set out by the Data Protection Act, the Code of Ethics, and with full understanding of confidentiality issues.
- To comply with the Trust policies and procedures.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 9th May 2024
Closing date : 23rd May 2024
We welcome your application.
Manyleb y person
supervision
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the HCPC and British Psychological Society.
- Doctorate training in Counselling psychology (or accredited equivalent) conferring eligibility for HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist, including specifically models of psychopathology and risk, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more evidence based psychological interventions and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society and/or the HCPC.
supervision
Meini prawf hanfodol
- experience of supervising others
experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of working with people with psychosis/mental health issues
Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Robert Dudley
- Teitl y swydd
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07468 700320
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Please email to arrange a time to speak
Please note that TEWV (which is the adjacent trust) is also offering a similar role and so a full time role working on Feeling safer could be a possibility. Please raise this if interested, but note that both roles are subject to their own recruitment processes.
Rhestr swyddi gyda Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust yn Proffesiynau perthynol i iechyd neu bob sector