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    Principal Psychologist - Luton, United Kingdom - East London NHS Foundation Trust

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    Job summary

    We are seeking a highly creative psychologist with a range of clinical and leadership experience to join our Psychiatric Liaison Service in Luton.

    Are you ready to join an organisation, which values its staff, patients and community? Visit our Recruitment Fair at Charter House in Luton:

    Date : 20/05/2024

    Time : 09:00am - 1:00pm* (Registration is required to be interviewed on the day)

    *Registration for interviews is 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Failure to register during this time will make you unable to partake in same day interview held from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

    Address : Charter House, Alma St, Luton, LU1 2PJ

    Role : Principal Psychologist

    As a Trust, we value our staff and offer a wide range of benefits;

  • NHS Discounts (show your ID at various Food, Drink, Health & Beaut & Shopping outlets)
  • Cycle to Work Schemes
  • Car Lease Schemes
  • 2 days Additional Leave (if no sickness absence)
  • Learning and Development opportunities - CPD
  • Main duties of the job

    You will be part of the PLS Leadership team, contributing a psychological perspective to multidisciplinary service development and delivery within the general acute hospital and A&E settings.

    Clinical work focuses both on complex health presentations from the general acute hospital as well as service users with severe mental health difficulties and high risk presenting in crisis to A&E. Clinical work on the hospital side is varied, including service users with eating disorders, FND, MUS, depression and anxiety, as well as those who are experiencing long hospital stays in the face of multiple physical and mental health issues. There are opportunities to develop joint work with health disciplines across the hospital, and to devise training programmes for the general wards. On the A&E side, we offer a 'follow-up psychology clinic' for those who have presented with an attempt on their life and need brief psychological support to stabilise and prevent future suicide.

    About us

    Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    The post holder would join regular countywide Psychology Clinical Governance and peer-led CPD meetings.

    Please for further information kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • Post Graduate Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or equivalent accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
  • Have an NHS Core Profession (Nurse, Allied Health Profession, Medical Doctor, Social Worker) or demonstrable equivalent knowledge, skills and attitudes. and Have completed a minimum of one year of recognised full-time (or equivalent part-time) psychological therapy or counselling training leading to a qualification, certification or accreditation recognised by a relevant professional or regulatory body plus relevant specialist short courses.
  • Have completed an equivalent training abroad as recognised by NARIC and written and oral English sufficient for their work
  • Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Desirable

  • Clinical supervision training for doctoral clinical /counselling psychology trainees.
  • Knowledge

    Essential

  • The theory and practice of psychological assessment and therapies in relation to treatment of a range of mental health disorders, including SMI, complex mental health and psychosis
  • Risk assessment practice and procedures.
  • Thorough understanding of other professionals' theoretical perspectives of this client group.
  • Desirable

  • Developed knowledge of range of psychological therapies and psychiatric assessment and treatment
  • Experience

    Essential

  • Assessed experience of working as a qualified Clinical or Counselling or Forensic psychologist at a highly specialist level or assessed experience of working as a qualified psychotherapist, preferably in the NHS or similar public health provider.
  • Providing specialist psychological assessment, including cognitive and neurological assessment, and treatment of patients utilising at least two main models as appropriate across the full range of care settings and clinical severity including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient.
  • Providing teaching, training and clinical supervision.
  • Desirable

  • The application of psychologically informed interventions in different cultural contexts including working with interpreters.
  • The development of integrated physical and mental health pathways


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