Clinical Psychologist Developmental Band 7 – 8a
37.5 hours per week. This is an exciting development opportunity for a clinical or forensic psychologist with an interest in working in in‑patient settings for people with complex mental health challenges. You will be supported to develop advanced knowledge & skills in working with people with complex psychosis, including accessing additional training in relevant therapeutic approaches, such as CBTp and Family Intervention. You will be supported to develop skills in leadership & consultancy through regular mentoring with a consultant clinical psychologist.
A competency framework is in place to support progression to 8a when competencies have been achieved; timeframes are likely to depend on previous experience, and there is an expectation that required competencies will be achieved within 18 months. Progress will be reviewed regularly and addressed through organisational processes if competencies are not met.
Main duties of the job
The role includes work on Greenfields Unit, a 9 bedded women’s recovery ward, and The Cove, a 9 bedded men’s recovery service with an additional 6 step‑down beds on the same site. Syrena will be relocating from Plymstock to the Mount Gould Hospital site, marking a period of service development.
The units support people with severe and longstanding mental health difficulties, including stepdown from secure and out of area placements.
The role includes delivering psychological interventions, supporting psychologically informed care and contributing to service quality. This may involve individual and group work with service users and families, supporting team formulations, providing consultation, training, reflective practice, debrief, and contributing to service development.
Person Specification
Experience
- Band 7: Experience of providing evidence based psychological interventions to adults with a range of mental health problems.
- Experience of working in mental health services
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience with routine outcome monitoring, audit and clinically related research.
- Evidence of engaging in continuing professional development.
- Band 8a: Experience of providing psychological intervention to adults with a range of mental health problems.
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams and supporting psychologically informed practice.
- Evidence of engaging in continuing professional development.
- Experience of carrying out research, audit and evaluation.
- Band 7: Experience of working with adults with severe and complex mental health problems.
- Experience of working in in‑patient mental health services.
- Supervision of other professions.
- Delivering teaching or training.
- Service innovation and development
- Band 8a: Experience of working with adults with severe and complex mental health problems.
- Experience of working in in‑patient mental health recovery services.
- Experience of supervising other professions.
- Experience of delivering teaching or training.
- Experience of service innovation and development.
- Experience of project management
Knowledge
- Band 7: Knowledge of evidenced based psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service.
- Knowledge and understanding of complex mental health issues and presentations and the role of in‑patient recovery services.
- Knowledge of child protection/safeguarding issues, understanding of the personalised care framework and the Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation.
- Working knowledge of clinical governance, including relevant approaches and tools.
- Band 8a: Critical awareness of a range of psychological models applicable to delivering psychological approaches in in‑patient recovery services.
- A working knowledge of current good practice and recent government policies relating to health services and professional guidelines.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in in‑patient mental health recovery services.
- Working knowledge of clinical governance, including relevant approaches and tools.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including data analysis.
- Band 8a: Understanding of effective approaches to delivering teaching or training.
Qualifications
- Band 7: Accredited postgraduate qualification in clinical or forensic psychology conferring eligibility for Health Care Professionals Council registration as a practitioner psychologist, or anticipating becoming registered at the end of an approved programme of study.
- Systemic family therapy, Mindfulness based therapies, CAT, DBT, Mentalisation, Schema Therapy
- Band 8a: Qualified Clinical or Forensic Psychologist and registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Postgraduate qualification/training in at least one specific mode of psychological therapy relevant to people with severe and long‑standing mental health difficulties eg: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Systemic family therapy, Mindfulness based therapies, CAT, DBT, Mentalisation, Schema Therapy
- Band 7: Accreditation in NICE approved therapies relevant to people with complex psychosis (eg: CBT, Family Intervention)
- Band 8a: Training in delivering clinical supervision
Specific Skills
- Band 7: Ability to work autonomously and as part of an MDT.
- High level of spoken and written communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients with complex mental health needs and presentations.
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with practitioners, secondary mental health services and other agencies.
- Ability to respond effectively with service users and carers who may be distressed angry, confrontational or violent.
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively.
- Ability to manage own caseload and time, to work under pressure and set priorities.
- Ability to maintain resilience while experiencing frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotional situations.
- Ability to provide effective support to other professionals in managing the emotional demands of their work.
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
- Ability to frequently travel independently and in a timely manner between Livewell Southwest sites and community locations including areas not served by public transport.
- Band 8a: Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- High level of spoken and written communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders.
- Ability to respond effectively with service users and carers who may be distressed angry, confrontational or violent.
- Ability to maintain resilience while experiencing frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotional situations.
- Ability to provide effective support to other professionals in managing the emotional demands of their work.
- High level of planning and decision‑making skills.
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
- Ability to resolve professional / ethical issues of conflict
- Ability to work under pressure and set priorities.
- Ability to frequently travel independently and in a timely manner between Livewell Southwest sites and community locations including areas not served by public transport.
- Band 7: Skills in group work.
- Band 8a: Advanced IT skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working
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