Clinical/Counselling PsychologistNHS

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and inspiring HCPC Registered Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to our Mental Health Care of Older People's Services in Bedfordshire & Luton.

In line with the ELFT Trust Mission, Values and Strategy, the post holder will ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality comprehensive specialist psychological service to the service users of the Older Adult Community Mental Health Teams and the Memory Assessment Services (MAS) in Bedfordshire and Luton. This includes provision of psychological and neuropsychological assessments, psychological formulations and delivery of highly specialist psychological interventions to service users in community, residential and inpatient settings. Service users seen by the post holder will include people who have experienced high levels of distress and complex mental health difficulties, and people presenting with distressed behavior associated with neurodegenerative disorders. Service users may present with a high level of risk to both themselves and sometimes to other people.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will :

Provide assessment, formulation and psychological interventions.

Consultation to the multi-disciplinary community team and inpatient wards in Bedford and Luton and support in the development of care plans for service users.

Provide supervision to Assistant, Trainee and Clinical Associates in Psychology.

Actively contribute to service development initiatives, audit and research as expected from a senior clinician in the team.

With guidance from the Older People's Psychology Lead, the post holder will liaise closely with psychologists working in other Older People's teams in Bedfordshire and Luton to develop and maintain a high standard of professional practice across the service.

We are willing to consider offering this as a development (preceptorship) post.

Job description

We expect all staff to work in line with the Trust's mission, values and strategy with a particular focus on equity. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for the details of the post.

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.