We are looking for an HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist to join our Psychology and Psychological Therapies team within the Cornwall Dementia and Older Peoples' Mental Health Service. This post has become available due to the career progression of the previous post holder, who moved into one of the lead psychologist roles within our team.

This role is interesting and varied, working with both older people with mental health needs, and people with dementia. There will be opportunities for the successful candidate to work across our three main psychological pathways:

• Psychological Therapies
• Cornwall Supporting Behaviour Pathway
• Neuropsychology and Memory Assessment Service

We are looking for a highly motivated person with excellent interpersonal and workload management skills and a genuine passion for working with our client group. If you would like to contribute to the development of a supportive psychology team committed to providing compassionate, high quality, and equitable services, we would love to hear from you!

We welcome applications from psychologists qualifying in October 2023 (preceptorships considered) as well as those with post-qualification experience in this specialism, or those considering a change. Calls and visits are very much welcomed. Contact Dr Cara Heneghan, Lead Principal Psychologist for Psychological Therapies (DOPMH) on 07557 177 235 or cara.heneghan@nhs.net to discuss how you might fit with the team and how the post might best fit for you.

Main duties of the job

You will work alongside a growing team including our three Lead Principal Psychologists, another community-based Principal Psychologist, a Psychological Therapist, a Clinical Associate Psychologist, an Assistant Psychologist, and a Psychology Undergraduate Intern. We are also in the process of recruiting to a Consultant Practitioner Psychologist Lead post for the service. We have staff in both community and inpatient services and therefore, we can offer work experience across both areas but also support you to develop in your chosen specialism

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents

Person Specification

Registration & Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice, including training in supervision skills.
• Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• Experience of working autonomously within the professional guidelines of the British Psychological Society, the Division of Clinical Psychology and the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Desirable

• Other related academic qualifications to Masters or Doctoral level
• Clinical supervision training for Doctoral Trainees.
• Relevant prior experience of working as a qualified psychologist in older adult mental health or an associated client group where the experience gained is relevant and transferable.
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.

Experience

Essential

• Relevant prior experience of working as a qualified psychologist in older adult mental health or an associated client group
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• Experience of working autonomously within the professional guidelines of the British Psychological Society, the Division of Clinical Psychology and the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Ability to analyse highly complex information in which expert opinion may differ to allow the formulation of an appropriate treatment plan.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
• Knowledge of key legislation in relation to mental health and learning disabilities, with particular reference to those most relevant to Adult Mental Health
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and required to maintain HCPC professional registration

Other

Essential

• Ability to travel independently to attend clinics and clinical appointments, meetings, training and other events away from base.
• Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.

Employer details

Employer name

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Community based

Various across Cornwall

PL31 2QN

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