[ref. f51773318] Clinical Psychologist - Little Plumstead
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below.When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and well-motivated Clinical Psychologist, with post qualification experience in learning disability services. The post is part time and will be based in Astley Court inpatient assessment and treatment service.As part of the inter-disciplinary team, the post holder will provide a psychological service to people admitted to Astley Court.
The post holder will be professionally supervised by a senior clinical psychologist and will have the opportunity to be part of a large active group of qualified Psychologists working across four counties. The service has strong links with the clinical psychology doctoral training programs in each county and a strong commitment to supporting on-going continuing professional development.
Main duties of the job
To provide a specialist clinical psychology service to adults with learning disabilities that are admitted to Astley Court and coordinate the psychological service within the inpatient unit.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Essex, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings.We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide highly specialised specialist psychological assessment and interventions, as well as offering advice and consultation on service user psychological care to non psychologist colleagues and other non-professional carers. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.To use research skills for audit, service development and research. Contribute to identifying key areas and priorities for psychology service provision.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria- Doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology or approved equivalent with BPS or HCPC.
- Registered as a clinical psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Post qualification training or registration in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at a highly specialist level with people with a learning disability and/or autism spectrum condition.
- Experience of working in an inter-disciplinary team.
- Experience of facilitating service development Initiatives.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge and Skills of theory and practice of two specialised psychological therapies.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in supervision and staff performance management.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were “blown away” by our people’s achievements and that everything they saw “sings and hums”.This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority.
Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles
Visa and Immigration
Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We would encourage all applicants to review the criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.Those who are on a visa will be issued with Fixed Term Contract in line with your visa end date.