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Principal Psychologist - Crisis House and ICAH | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 December 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £62,215 - £72,293 per annum plus HCAS (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 January 2025 |
| Location: | Ilford, IG3 8XJ |
| Company: | North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6872831/395-AR226-24 |
Summary
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, working together to ensure the persons experience of crisis support is of a high quality.
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.
We also support the development of leadership opportunities and aim to nurture our staff and support them in their development.
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• Clinical leadership in crisis settings
• Supervision of crisis colleagues
• reflective practice provision
• Consultation and risk formulation
• Clinical work with complex and high risk cases providing highly skilled and complex psychological therapy
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 £4,551 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.
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 Thursday 2 Jan 2025