[ref. o06421618] Clinical Psychology Assistant Practitioner Higher Level - Leeds
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Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Assistant Psychologist to join our innovative, exciting and highly regarded personality disorder services.
The post-holder will work into Emerge Leeds: Complex Emotional Needs Service.
Emerge Leeds provides care co-ordination, occupational and psychological therapies for service users with difficulties consistent with a diagnosis of personality disorder who present with complexity and risk, often as a result of significant traumatic life experiences.
Please note this vacancy may close early if the maximum number of applicants is reached.
Interviews will take place on 3rd and 5th of June.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will join a multidisciplinary team which can provide a wealth of development opportunities. The main roles will include service audit, evaluation and research, and supporting the team with a range of exciting service developments.The role necessitates managing a number of competing tasks and demands simultaneously. We are therefore looking for a motivated and well-organised psychology graduate with experience of service evaluation or research design, delivery, analysis and presentation within a health setting.
Experience and knowledge of working with service users and complex presentations would be an advantage.
Working for our organisation
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country.As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicants will be required to support and enhance the clinical work and research activities which are carried out by Emerge Leeds for people with difficulties consistent with a diagnosis of personality disorder, under the supervision of the team Clinical Psychologist.They will also be required to assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and /or research projects, teaching, therapeutic group work, and project work. When the opportunity occurs, the post holder will be expected to support project work indirectly related to the work of the service.
All work will be carried out within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
We recruit people based on their values and believe that their lived experience is an advantage. We seek out potential, not perfection, and this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for.
Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected] if you need a form, leaflet or other information in any of the following formats: Braille, large print, other formats such as Word, or coloured paper version.
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology, or a post-graduate qualification e.g. Masters or Doctorate.
Registration
Essential criteria- To be a graduate member of the British Psychological Society and have graduate basis for registration.
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge of research methodology and research design.
Skills
Essential criteria- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Experience
Essential criteria- 5. Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities.
Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.
Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.
The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work.Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.
Please note that from 1st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.
Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response.LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.
LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.
We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.
In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.
If you have not received any communication from us within four weeks you are asked to assume that your application has been unsuccessful. If you should have any queries regarding progress with your application form please contact us.
Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.