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Job summary

Main area
Psychology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-AR226-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Goodmayes Hospital
Town
Ilford
Salary
£62,215 - £72,293 per annum plus HCAS (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Principal Psychologist - Crisis House and ICAH

NHS AfC: Band 8b

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

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic Principal Clinical or Counselling psychologist to join our well respected and exciting Inpatient and Acute Psychology Service. The team are at the forefront of national developments in inpatient and acute working. We are also actively involved in research and keen to recruit people who share that vision of contributing to best practice, national guidelines and an evidence base.

The post holder will join a well-established psychology service for people in crisis and will work as an integral member of our Crisis Provision including the ICAH 24 / 7 hub and the newly commissioned Crisis House. The role will involve creative and thoughtful input including offering consultation, training, clinical leadership, supervision and ensuring a high quality service is provided to people in crisis. The role will involve working with a persons support system and carers. It will also involve working closely with third sector partners at place, workingÌý together to ensure the persons experience of crisis support is of a high quality.ÌýÌý

We are keen to recruit the right people who share our passion for working with people in crisis. We offer excellent development opportunities including high quality and regular supervision, teaching opportunities on local DClinPsy courses and involvement in research.Ìý

We also support the development of leadership opportunities and aim to nurture our staff and support them in their development.Ìý

Main duties of the job

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  • Clinical leadership in crisis settings
  • Supervision of crisis colleaguesÌý
  • reflective practice provisionÌý
  • Consultation and risk formulationÌý
  • Clinical work with complex and high risk cases providing highly skilled and complex psychological therapyÌý

Working for our organisation

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Probationary PeriodÌý

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 £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735) (pro rata for part time staff).

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

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

Experience / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Must have doctoral degree in either Clinical or Counselling Psychology
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working within a clinical health setting

Training / Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of supervising trainee psychologists

Must have experience of working in Crisis and Acute Psychology

Essential criteria
  • Must have experience of working in an acute or crisis mental health setting

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Claire Williams
Job title
Deputy Director of Psychological Professions
Email address
[email protected]