22.5 Hours Per Week.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the MSNAP accredited multi-professional community memory team in Barnsley as a Clinical Psychologist at either B8a or B7/8a preceptorship. The team specialises in providing assessment and interventions to those who are experiencing memory difficulties associated with dementia.

The post-holder will be expected to provide neuropsychological assessment to support dementia diagnosis, post-diagnostic support and interventions, and psychologically informed guidance for family members and paid carers of people with dementia. This varied role gives opportunity for working across the whole span of dementia experiences including assessment, post-diagnostic support, and systemic interventions for behaviour that challenges. The post-holder will work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and alongside the existing full time Clinical Psychologist in the team.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

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Main duties of the job

The Memory Service is based at Summer Lane in Wombwell with free parking and several bookable clinic rooms. The Service is MSNAP accredited and can offer flexible hours and hybrid working if desired.

There are opportunities for supervising and to offer placements to Trainee Clinical Psychologists and the service maintains close links with the Psychology Department at the University of Sheffield. The successful applicants will be joining a supportive network of older adult psychologists across the Trust who meet regularly for peer support, and to share good practice and resources.

This is a great opportunity either for a candidate with existing or transferable skills or someone looking to develop expertise around psychological support in dementia, systemic working, and neuropsychological assessment. The post-holder will be supported to achieve the required competencies of the preceptorship.

About us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

The post holder will provide specialist clinical psychology skills within a multidisciplinary team. The post holder will provide a high quality clinical service to the users of the service.

They will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention while working collaboratively with non-psychologist colleagues, professionals from other agencies and carers. They will be clinically responsible to a senior clinical psychologist. Clinical oversight of all work will be held by the clinical lead in the service.

The job plan will be delivered in the services the post is based.

The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team while observing Trust and National policies and procedures.

The post holder will provide support to Assistant Psychologists and Doctoral trainees. They will utilise research skills in audit, service development and research relevant to the post

For Band 7 and 8A job descriptions, please see job descriptions attached.

Person Specification

Training

Essential

• Band 8A:
• Completion of formal training to meet eligibility as clinical supervisor of Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists.

Physical Attributes

Essential

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and or pregnancy).

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Band 7:
• Caring.
• Team Player.
• Commitment to supervision and support.
• Band 8A:
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
• To transport Psychometric testing equipment.

Qualifications

Essential

• Band 7:
• Hons. Degree in Psychology.
• Doctoral qualification clinical psychology.
• Appropriate safeguarding training.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
• Band 8A:
• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
• Significant Post qualification experience in a Setting relevant to the post.
• HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist.

Desirable

• Band 7:
• 2:1 min.
• Eligible for chartered status.

Experience

Essential

• Band 7:
• Completion of supervised clinical practice in the NHS.
• Ability to work within two models of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
• Band 8A:
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Frequent, protracted sustained and intense concentration.
• Show respect and treat people with dignity.
• Be able to give bad news sensitively.
• Be able to sustain empathy in difficult situations.
• Be aware of all interviewees in any situation.

Desirable

• Band 7:
• Experience in working with service users in the clinical area of the post.
• Different theoretical approaches.
• Work with other disciplines.
• Work with people who have disabilities.
• Band 8A:
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of groupwork.

Special Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Band 7:
• Communication skills.
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
• IT Literate.
• Band 8A:
• Good Psychometric Assessment skills.
• Experience of assisting in training of Post Graduate Clinical Psychology Trainees.
• Exceptional communication skills in verbal, non verbal and written modes.
• Ability to empathise and develop good therapeutic alliance.
• Ability to Formulate Complex processes.
• Capacity to conduct Psychometric Assessment.
• Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
• Keyboard skills.
• Manual Dexterity for conducting tests.

Desirable

• Band 7 :
• Research skills.
• Knowledge of adult & child protection legislation.
• Awareness of legislation relevant to the clinical area of practice.
• Band 8A:
• Working with people in Crisis.
• Working on an in-patient Psychiatric ward.

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Summer Lane Clinic

Summer Lane

Wombwell

S73 8QH

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