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Job summary

Main area
Psychology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Job share
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-PP065-24-A
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
King George Hospital and Queen's Hospital
Town
Ilford
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 Per annum plus HCAS (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Psychiatric Liaison Service within the Acute and Rehabilitation Directorate of NELFT.  We are looking for a dynamic Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to take up an innovative and exciting post based within the Psychiatric Liaison Service based within King George Hospital and Queen's Hospital and will involve working with inpatients across the medical wards, ICU and A&E among other areas.

Applicants should have:

  • Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
  • Experience of working in a trauma-informed evidence-based way with clients presenting with severe mental health difficulties, people in crisis and carers, with significant levels of risk.
  • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary service context.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will offer trauma-informed evidence-based psychological assessment, formulation and treatment with adults and older adults presenting in crisis with a range of mental health difficulties within the context of a physical health environment.  The successful applicant will need to be comfortable working across the acute pathway, including working with carers and specialist services, consulting with multidisciplinary teams both within the medical wards and A&E as well as mental health teams, liaising with services post-discharge. The candidate will use psychological interventions to help reduce levels of risk in service users presenting to the psychiatric liaison service to assist with successful discharge home or to an inpatient unit for ongoing treatment, including frequent attenders to A&E in crisis. 

This post would suit someone with a strong interest in multidisciplinary working with service-users who present with complexity and significant levels of risk. Experience of working with service users in mental health crisis such as psychiatric liaison, home treatment teams or inpatient units would be essential. Knowledge and experience in the field of medically unexplained symptoms, functional neurological disorder, dementia and delirium is desirable. 

 

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT 

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.  As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period 

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person specification

Working in Clinical Health setting

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working within clinical health psychology
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with medically unexplained symptoms

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in crisis and acute psychology setting for 1 to 2 years minimum

Experience in A&E and Crisis

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with frequent attenders to A&E and mental health services
  • Experience of working with service users with complex or risky presentations

Older Adult Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with dementia and delirium

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Alice Green
Job title
Principal Counselling Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0771 308 9304
Additional information

Working Days Monday to Thursday 9am – 5pm

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