Psychologist Community OPD Band 7/8a
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £43,742 to £57,349 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Closing date
- 2 Oct 2023
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- Profession
- Nurse, Mental health, Mental health nurse, Community nurse, Mental health nurse - community, Psychologist, Community mental health nurse
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Are you interested in working with people on probation?
Are you interested in Personality Disorders?
Are you a forensic, counselling or clinical psychologist?
Are you interested in collaborative working to deliver key outcomes for service users?
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for a Psychologist working within our Community OPD service across Nottinghamshire. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person to support the ongoing delivery of the core consultation and the IIRMS (Intensive Intervention Risk Management), offering a mix of consultation, supervision, training and time limited intervention. We would welcome applications from newly qualified psychologists with relevant experience who we will support on a 12- 24 month preceptorship programme from band 7 to 8a.
Main duties of the job
You will work with a specialist multidisciplinary team providing psychological assessment and treatment for a variety of presenting problems. You will work within a large team and be supported by senior staff experienced in providing a range of psychological approaches for this population. As part of the role, you will contribute to the development and evaluation of specialist treatment programmes, tailored to the offending behaviour needs of this population. You may be required to provide clinical supervision and support to junior psychology and other staff. You will be encouraged to conduct service-relevant evaluation / research and promote services as a centre of excellence.
Professional development is actively supported, and supervision is a priority.
About us
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!#TeamNottsHC
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are committed to working in partnership with the National Probation service- this service is a joint enterprise so relies on collaborative working. The successful applicant will be based within probation and work closely with Probation Practitioners to deliver a joint service. We also work in partnership with prison services, other healthcare providers and our criminal justice system partners to improve health, support justice and reduce re-offending behaviour. The Offender Health Team truly believes it can make a difference to the lives of individuals in the criminal justice system by offering consistent, equitable, high quality services to service users across the Directorate. If this sounds like a directorate you would like to join- We would like you to be part of our team. You should be enthusiastic, motivated patient focused and enjoy a challenge and ideally have experience or knowledge of an OPD service or the OPD pathway.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Work Experience
Essential
Desirable
Values and Behaviours
Essential
Further Training
Essential
Desirable
Aptitudes / Skills
Essential
Desirable
Dispositional Attributes
Essential
Desirable
Employer details
Employer name
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Duncan Macmillan House.
Porchester Road
Nottingham
NG3 6AA
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
186-1116-23-FS-A
Are you interested in Personality Disorders?
Are you a forensic, counselling or clinical psychologist?
Are you interested in collaborative working to deliver key outcomes for service users?
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for a Psychologist working within our Community OPD service across Nottinghamshire. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person to support the ongoing delivery of the core consultation and the IIRMS (Intensive Intervention Risk Management), offering a mix of consultation, supervision, training and time limited intervention. We would welcome applications from newly qualified psychologists with relevant experience who we will support on a 12- 24 month preceptorship programme from band 7 to 8a.
Main duties of the job
You will work with a specialist multidisciplinary team providing psychological assessment and treatment for a variety of presenting problems. You will work within a large team and be supported by senior staff experienced in providing a range of psychological approaches for this population. As part of the role, you will contribute to the development and evaluation of specialist treatment programmes, tailored to the offending behaviour needs of this population. You may be required to provide clinical supervision and support to junior psychology and other staff. You will be encouraged to conduct service-relevant evaluation / research and promote services as a centre of excellence.
Professional development is actively supported, and supervision is a priority.
About us
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!#TeamNottsHC
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are committed to working in partnership with the National Probation service- this service is a joint enterprise so relies on collaborative working. The successful applicant will be based within probation and work closely with Probation Practitioners to deliver a joint service. We also work in partnership with prison services, other healthcare providers and our criminal justice system partners to improve health, support justice and reduce re-offending behaviour. The Offender Health Team truly believes it can make a difference to the lives of individuals in the criminal justice system by offering consistent, equitable, high quality services to service users across the Directorate. If this sounds like a directorate you would like to join- We would like you to be part of our team. You should be enthusiastic, motivated patient focused and enjoy a challenge and ideally have experience or knowledge of an OPD service or the OPD pathway.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc or Doctorate in Clinical or Forensic Psychology.
- Must be HCPC registered and able to demonstrate eligibility for registered status as a Clinical or Forensic Psychologist.
Desirable
- Chartered Clinical or Forensic status.
- Further relevant post-qualification training.
Work Experience
Essential
- Experience of working effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
- Minimum two years supervised practice developing expertise in forensic clinical psychology practice and in forensic mental health.
- Experience of facilitation of ward/MDT based supervision groups and/or reflective spaces
Desirable
- Experience of delivering specific group programmes
- Experience of training and supervision of staff, MDT colleagues, and other psychologists..
- Experience of clinical audit, service evaluation and research.
- Experience of providing and evaluating evidence based highly specialist psychological interventions to address complex problems and needs of mentally disordered offenders in a forensic service.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Further Training
Essential
- Advanced knowledge, experience and expertise in at least one specialist area of Clinical /Forensic practice gained through specialist training and supervised practice, e.g. psychotherapy, neuropsychology, risk assessment, and Clinical /Forensic supervision.
- Advanced knowledge, experience and expertise in forensic mental health services and systems gained through specialist training and supervised practice.
Desirable
- Evidence of training in areas relevant to Men's Mental Health forensic service e.g. trauma informed care, CBTp, CBTt, Schema Therapy, EMDR
Aptitudes / Skills
Essential
- Record of clinical effectiveness in a forensic service
- High level of ability to plan and organise clinical service provision to meet service demands
- Proven ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams
- Research Skills
- IT literacy, e.g. experience of SPSS, databases, spreadsheets
- Knowledge of legal system/MHA.
- Broad knowledge of models of assessment, management and treatment of mentally disordered offenders in forensic settings.
- Can demonstrate competence in supervision of junior psychology and/or MDT staff and/or psychology trainees
- Presentation and teaching skills
- Groupwork skills
Desirable
- Experience of dissemination of research/service evaluation e.g. Publications.
Dispositional Attributes
Essential
- Good communication skills
- Commitment and enthusiasm
- Reliability & personal integrity
Desirable
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Employer details
Employer name
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Duncan Macmillan House.
Porchester Road
Nottingham
NG3 6AA
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
186-1116-23-FS-A
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