Job summary
The Newcastle CMHT team are looking to recruit to a qualified Band 6 Clinical Associate in Psychology. The is a full time, permanent position.
The successful candidate will:
work as a semi-autonomous psychological practitioner under the direct supervision of an experienced and HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist.
provide specialist Psychological services to adults who present with complex mental health difficulties and require involvement from a Community Mental Health Team.
work as a member of the Community Mental Health Team based in Staffordshire/Stoke-on-Trent* alongside MDT colleagues, to provide effective evidence-based care in line with National and Local guidelines.
manage a caseload and be responsible for proactive care delivery decisions - within the scope of practice and under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist.
To plan, assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
Main duties of the job
To undertake the range of clinical activities including psychological assessments, treatments and other types of clinical intervention with individual service users, carers, families, groups etc; along with other activities such as staff training; research and development activity.
To work semi-autonomously on a day-to-day basis within their scope of practice under supervision of and subject to review at regular intervals by a registered practitioner psychologist in accordance with British Psychological Society (BPS) guidelines.
CAPs adhere to NHS values and legal & ethical responsibilities as supervised psychological practitioners along with professional (BPS) standards of conduct, performance and ethics, including patient consent and confidentiality.
About us
Our Trust is on an incredible journey of innovation and we'd like you to be part of it.
Our vision is 'To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.' Our teams pride themselves on compassion, team work and resilience. The Trust supports you by offering a flexible shift system including twilight shifts and compressed hours to support working families and our staff parking is free on all our main sites.
As an employee and representative of the Trust, you are required to demonstrate and uphold the Trust's Values. These are:
Proud to CARE:
Compassionate
Caring with compassion, it's about how we listen, what we say, what we do.
Approachable
Friendly, welcoming, sharing ideas and being open
Responsible
Taking personal and collective responsibility, being accountable for our actions
Excellent
Striving for the best, for high-quality safe care and continually improving.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide assessment, formulation and intervention recommendations for complex clinical presentations, within their scope of practice.
Use a range of assessment measures and procedures that are compatible with service user presenting problems.
Manage their own caseload (including fulfilling the role of care coordinator/ key worker where appropriate) while undertaking their own clinical programmes of work, within their scope of practice, under supervision.
Assess the predisposing and precipitating factors that give rise to service-user presenting problems.
Use assessment measures including established psychometric measures, systematic observation and measurement of emotional state, cognitions and behaviour in a variety of settings, including self-motivating strategies for clients.
Undertake assessments on a one-to-one basis with service users, their carers and in group settings.
Based on information collated during assessment, provide a formulation for presenting problems that describes their aetiology, maintenance and appropriate methods of intervention.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours Degree in Psychology - Single or Joint honours (with substantial relevant experience in research or clinical activities if the award received is 2:2 or less)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in the Health sector, voluntary sector or undertaking local engagement work
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to facilitate effective interaction when there are barriers to understanding and circumstances of hostility, manipulation, conflict and antagonism.
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of accredited Clinical Associate in Psychology MSc
- Evidence of training/CPD to develop knowledge and theory relevant to work in the specialism
- Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society via qualification recognition or by alternative route
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
Address
The Lyme Brook Centre
Stoke-on-Trent
ST5 7TL