Clinical or counselling Psychologist

NAI Terramont Commercial; Dunkeld; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000

Job description

Job Summary

Grade Band 7 or Band 8a dependent on experience or development Band 7 8a post
Contract: Permanent: Band 7/8a developmental post
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (hybrid working)
Job ref: 338-7065856-25
Employer: Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Rivendell House
Town: Driffield
Salary: per annum
Closing: 06/04/2025 23:59

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Band 7 or Band 8a dependent on experience or development Band 7 8a post

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019.

Job Overview

This post is a developmental post. Progression from band 7 to band 8a is subject to the post holder being able to evidence that they have met all criteria required for the role. This will be reviewed at regular intervals with the clinical supervisor and line manager. It is expected that in order for the post holder to progress, they would have successfully completed the ISW training, have had experience supervising assistant psychologists, trainee psychologists, and other professionals; have received post qualification training in an area relevant to this role; have led on teaching or training for a range of professionals; have led on consultations and are able to work with increasingly complex presentations (as available within the role). We anticipate that progression would take place over and beyond a 2-year period from qualification from the Doctoral training course and would involve close supervision from a clinical supervisor and use of the live supervision model. If the post holder already has significant band 7 post qualification experience, then the progression time period may be reduced. If you have any questions about this, please do not hesitate to contact us to arrange a discussion.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the post will be to provide specialist, bespoke assessment and psychological interventions for the people referred into the East Riding Core CAMHS Team. This will be delivered either face to face at base or at other Humber Trust sites or delivered remotely as required.

To provide consultation and supervision to Humber Trust staff and our partner agencies as experience is gained and as part of your development as a practitioner.

To contribute to the day-to-day business and running of the psychology provision within the team.

To attend specialty meetings and stay connected professionally with psychology colleagues.

To engage in projects and contribute towards service development within the team.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website.

We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors, you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion, Autism
• Advanced/expert understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
• Skills in coordinating programmes of care, and providing consultation and specialist advice to other professional and non-professional groups
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, and application of this to research and development activity within the service area

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of policy implementation and development
• Broadly based knowledge of the theory and practice of assessment of mental health conditions and advanced psychological therapies for the treatment of children and young people with complex mental health needs

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology or its equivalent
• Clinical supervision training for doctoral trainees

Desirable criteria

• Post-doctoral training in one or more specialised areas of psychological practice

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates experience of conducting highly specialist diagnostic assessments with children, young people and/or adults.
• Knowledge of and experience in the use of a wide range of psychometric and other objective assessment tools as applied in neurodevelopmental and mental health work and across the ability range

Desirable criteria

• Advanced report writing skills

Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.

This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6-month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.

Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.

If required for the post, the ability to commute within the Trust’s geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.

We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check and that the disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.

IMPORTANT: Should your application be successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted to attend an interview electronically to the email address provided at the time of the application. It is important therefore, that you CHECK YOUR EMAILS/NHS JOBS ACCOUNT on a regular basis.

If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

If you require sponsorship

On 1 July 2024, NHS England strengthened its commitment to supporting employees already working for the NHS who wish to embark upon an apprenticeship to aid career development.

To ensure these staff do not experience a detriment to their basic pay, the salary for the duration of the apprenticeship will be consistent with their current pay or the rate paid to other apprentices, whichever is higher (subject to eligibility criteria).

This change supports exiting NHS employees to undertake a formal apprenticeship programme which, upon completion, would qualify them for a role where the evaluated pay band is the same or higher than the band of their current post.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.