Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 Per annum plus HCAS (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 July 2024 |
| Location: | Ilford, IG8 6XJ |
| Company: | North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6409769/395-PP065-24-B |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Psychiatric Liaison Service within the Acute and Rehabilitation Directorate of NELFT. We are looking for a dynamic Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to take up an innovative and exciting post based within the Psychiatric Liaison Service based within King George Hospital and Queen's Hospital and will involve working with inpatients across the medical wards, ICU and A&E among other areas.
Applicants should have:
• Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Experience of working in a trauma-informed evidence-based way with clients presenting with severe mental health difficulties, people in crisis and carers, with significant levels of risk.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary service context.
The post holder will offer trauma-informed evidence-based psychological assessment, formulation and treatment with adults and older adults presenting in crisis with a range of mental health difficulties within the context of a physical health environment. The successful applicant will need to be comfortable working across the acute pathway, including working with carers and specialist services, consulting with multidisciplinary teams both within the medical wards and A&E as well as mental health teams, liaising with services post-discharge. The candidate will use psychological interventions to help reduce levels of risk in service users presenting to the psychiatric liaison service to assist with successful discharge home or to an inpatient unit for ongoing treatment, including frequent attenders to A&E in crisis.
This post would suit someone with a strong interest in multidisciplinary working with service-users who present with complexity and significant levels of risk. Experience of working with service users in mental health crisis such as psychiatric liaison, home treatment teams or inpatient units would be essential. Knowledge and experience in the field of medically unexplained symptoms, functional neurological disorder, dementia and delirium is desirable.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
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 £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).
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.
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Jul 2024