Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week
- Job ref
- 270-TF689-BANK
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northampton
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Principal Practitioner Psychologist
Band 8b
Job overview
We are looking for aÌý psychologist to work inÌý the county with our team of psychology staff who work into the CMHTs. The location can be flexible.Ìý
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We are keen to recruit someone with experience of supervision, specialist knowledge and skills of working with severe and enduring mental health difficulties such as complex trauma, psychosis and personality difficulties. Equally important are leadership skills. We are looking for someone who can contribute at a senior level but we would also welcome interest from someone who may be looking for experience in a principal role as part of their career development.
Main duties of the job
Supervision and line management of a small number of psychology staff. This could be psychologists, psychological therapists, trainee clinical psychologists or assistant psychologists
A small caseload that would consist of assessments/ intervention cases. There is already an existing waiting list of intervention cases therefore the proposal would be that the postholder could take on a number of cases where a clear and discreet piece of work has been identified.
Other activities to be agreed as and when they may come up if of potential interest to the individual taking on this role and within capacity.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.ÌýWe also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist for a minimum of 4 years with 2 years as a senior psychologist.
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and experience / practice of neuro-developmental diagnostic assessments and interventions
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
- Nadia Karim
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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