Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Job summary

Band 7 Clinical Psychologist (0.8 WTE, Fixed Term for 6 Months)

We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to join our Adult Mental Health Crisis and Inpatient Teams on a 6-month fixed-term contract (0.8 WTE).

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a psychologically led service, supporting adults with trauma, severe mental health difficulties, and complex needs. The role involves providing specialist psychological assessment and intervention across inpatient wards and the crisis pathway, alongside delivering stabilisation work, group interventions, reflective practice, and team formulations.

You will work closely with Practitioner and Assistant Psychologists, with support and supervision from senior psychology colleagues. The post also offers opportunities to contribute to service development, quality improvement, teaching, and evaluation projects.

We are ideally looking for someone who is able to commence the role as soon as possible.

Secondment Opportunity: Applicants must obtain approval from their substantive line manager before applying and provide evidence of this as part of the application process.

Please note: This vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa. Therefore, Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is unable to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Main duties of the job

Delivering systematic provision of specialist psychological assessments, joint assessments, formulation, care planning and individual/ group interventions within the inpatient setting, by providing strong, effective professional direction, ensuring the delivery of evidence based psychological interventions and practice.

Working autonomously and within a supportive team, you will provide clinical guidance and advice with evidence based and bespoke psychological care to the service users.

To contribute to the planning and organisation of inpatient services.

To provide clinical supervision and to offer advice and consultation on service users' psychological care and risk management to non-psychologist colleagues and to other non-professional carers.

To provide support for staff development including training, group supervision, team formulation sessions, reflective practice and to play an active role within the MDT meetings.

Staying connected to your colleagues professionally and ensuring you are supported through regular attendance at Inpatient Psychology Hub meetings, AMH Specialty meetings, Trustwide Psychology CPD days, CPD, SIGs, group supervision, your clinical, managerial and professional supervision.

Being active in your own clinical and professional development which we will actively support you with.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

Find out more and search live jobs.

Job description

Job responsibilities

With regards to this vacancy, please refer to the job description and person specification for further information.

Please see additional document for further information on the post, the specialty and the wider service.

We would very much welcome a discussion with you about the post and contact details are within the additional document attached to the advert.

Job description
Job responsibilities

With regards to this vacancy, please refer to the job description and person specification for further information.

Please see additional document for further information on the post, the specialty and the wider service.

We would very much welcome a discussion with you about the post and contact details are within the additional document attached to the advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level of training in clinical psychology or equivalent as accredited by the BPS

Desirable

• Advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and audits within identified clinical area.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of Mental Health Care Setting

Skills and Compewtencies

Essential

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and Diversity

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level of training in clinical psychology or equivalent as accredited by the BPS

Desirable

• Advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and audits within identified clinical area.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of Mental Health Care Setting

Skills and Compewtencies

Essential

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and Diversity

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Avondale Assessment Ward

Hull

HU3 2RT

United Kingdom

Employer's website