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- Prif leoliad
- OPMH Services Slough
- Gradd
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 371-MHS703
- Cyflogwr
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- Upton Hospital
- Tref
- Slough
- Cyflog
- 拢64,337 - 拢74,415 per annum (inc. of HCAS)
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 13/03/2025 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr
Principle Clinical Psychologist
Band 8b
Trosolwg o'r swydd
This is an excellent opportunity to work in a varied role across a well-established Older P别辞辫濒别鈥檚 Mental Health service which includes a Community Mental Health Team, a Home Treatment Team and a Memory Clinic which has been accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatry. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated Clinical Psychologist dedicated to ensuring the delivery of high quality, safe and effective psychological assessments and interventions for older people with complex mental health needs and people with dementia.
The postholder will be able to work from both the team鈥檚 base听in Upton Hospital, Slough and from home, with visits to clients鈥 homes in the Slough area. Travel across Berkshire for meetings and training will occasionally be required.听听
Experience/knowledge of working with diverse and disadvantaged populations would be helpful as would fluency in a language spoken by the local population eg听 Punjabi, Urdu or Hindi. The post holder will be expected to take a lead role in the psychological assessment and treatment of patients referred to the service; providing a range of psychological therapies and conducting neuropsychological assessments as part of the Memory Clinic pathway.听
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
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To oversee and undertake specialist clinical assessments and neuropsychological assessments听听
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To oversee, develop and implement a range of evidence based psychological and/or psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups.听听
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To provide clinical and professional leadership and supervision to psychological professionals and other staff in the service to ensure a high quality, responsive and accessible psychological provision for service users, their carers and families.听听听
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To manage, supervise, and support junior psychological professionals and trainees and other members of the clinical team within their area of responsibility as delegated by the Consultant Psychologist or Service Manager.听
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To provide clinical and professional supervision, mentoring and coaching to other professionals as appropriate, and across the Trust where required.听听 To maintain up-to-date knowledge听 with regards to legislative, national and local policies and issues in relation to older adults鈥 mental health, dementia and the psychological professions.听
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To ensure that all members of the clinical team have access to a psychologically based framework through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological knowledge, research and theory.听 听
Normal rota hours are 9-5pm, total 37.5 hours a week, and we offer a hybrid, flexible working pattern, within the needs of the service.听
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 鈥榦utstanding鈥 by the CQC, we鈥檙e committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we鈥檙e committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days鈥 annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 鈥楥ycle to Work鈥 and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
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Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
The 鈥渕ust haves鈥 for you to be considered for this role:听
- Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, with current HCPC registration听
- Significant experience in working in an evidence-based manner with complex caseloads and with older people and their families/carers who present with a high degree of complexity.听
- Significant experience in working as a qualified clinical psychologist in an older p别辞辫濒别鈥檚 mental health setting. 听听
- Ability to work with people with complex and comorbid presentations, including cognitive impairment and/or physical health conditions.听
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.听
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.听
We鈥檙e committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed. 听
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We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don鈥檛 hesitate to call:听Rashieda Ebrahim, Service Manager on 03002473001 or [email protected] or Dr Katy Lee, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 0118 904 7200 飞丑辞鈥檒濒 be delighted to help.听
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Manyleb y person
Education/Qualifications/Training
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical psychology (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996 or for those who completed their training overseas) which provides eligibility for Chartered Membership of the BPS (British Psychological Society).
- Registered and accredited with Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Additional accreditations (or working towards these) to reflect to post qualification specialist training (e.g., BABCP, UKCP, ACAT, BPS).
- Proven ability in teaching and formal training in professional/clinical supervision.
Continuous Professional Development
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Evidence of substantial post-doctoral training, experience and expert knowledge in psychological models and therapeutic approaches with an evidence base within older p别辞辫濒别鈥檚 mental health or dementia services.
- OR: Evidence of post qualification or specialist training to accreditable level in at least two areas of psychological/psychotherapy practice directly related to the clinical requirements of this post.
- Evidence of completing clinical supervision training for psychological therapy trainees (specifically Trainee Clinical Psychologists
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Significant experience working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist including demonstrable post-qualification experience at a highly specialist level in the field of older p别辞辫濒别鈥檚 mental health or dementia.
- Significant experience of working in evidence-based ways with service users (and their carers/ families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the range of care settings; maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of dealing with highly distressing or emotional circumstances, such as serious mental illness, child and sexual abuse, exploitation and complex family dynamics.
- Experience of teaching and professional/clinical supervision, as well as experience of developing and leading the delivery of training programmes and supervision.
- Experience of service evaluation and implementing change from a national and local health or social care change agenda that impacts across services and professions.
- Experience of working with, and addressing, issues of diversity and equality, including experience of working with diversity, multiculturalism and equality of access to services
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Able to manage a demanding and complex caseload while supporting junior colleagues.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS.
- Detailed and advanced knowledge of a range of evidence-based assessments and therapeutic interventions within the specialism of older p别辞辫濒别鈥檚 mental health.
- Exceptional interpersonal and highly effective communication skills with the ability to support, engage and lead patients, clinicians and other stakeholder groups in change, development and improvement.
- Advanced IT skills and the ability to navigate various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS office/Teams and the Internet).
Additional requirements
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Demonstrates the ability to sensitively respond to p别辞辫濒别鈥檚 needs, particularly with reference to all aspects of diversity.
- Able to work flexibly as required and to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements and duties of this position.
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.
Application numbers
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Rashieda Ebrahim
- Teitl y swydd
- Service Manager
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ff么n
- 03002473001
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