Job overview

This is a very exciting 12 Month Secondment opportunity to join an exceptional Psychological Service in the Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) of Hertfordshire Partnership University Foundation NHS Trust.  MHSOP provides comprehensive mental health and community services for the whole of Hertfordshire for people with suspected dementia and mental health conditions over the age of 65.  This 12 month position is designed to provide expert psychological and neuropsychological assessment, intervention and consultation to specialist MHSOP community services covering the North of Hertfordshire in association with the current postholder. You will have the chance to develop the psychological offer in this service and to collaborate with colleagues on further expanding an innovative therapeutic culture and interventions in the older adult service.  A wide variety of psychological interventions and models, ranging from specialist neuropsychological assessment and interventions to psychological work with older people with dementia and highly complex mental health needs are used in the service, with an increasing focus on service user and carer co-production and continuous quality improvement.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder is responsible for the systematic provision of high quality mental health services to clients of the MHSOP service. This will include:

Provision of clinical psychological assessment, including neuropsychological assessment and specialist psychological interventions to service users in the memory clinics and other older person’s services.

Primary responsibility for support and supervision to qualified and unqualified team members delivering psychological assessment and interventions.

Supervision of assistant psychologist in memory clinics (EMDASS).

Monitoring referrals and management of the waiting list in conjunction with clinical psychology colleagues.

Monitoring the capacity of the service and in conjunction with the professional lead for MHSOP psychological therapies, identifying new initiatives to provide optimum service delivery.

Deputising for Head of MHSOP Psychology as appropriate.

Contributing to and supporting the delivery of high quality psychological therapies throughout East and North Hertfordshire.

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.

 Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

 Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.