Job Summary

The Memory Service in Calderdale is looking for a Clinical Psychologist with an interest in neuropsychology and experience of dementia assessment to join our friendly team to provide neuropsychological assessment and professional consultation and support the delivery of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy groups. Other duties include service development, research & evaluation, teaching/training and clinical supervision.

The post is 0.6WTE at band 8a and there is potential if interested to take on an additional 0.2WTE at band 8a in the neighbouring Kirklees Memory Service. The post is well supported by our Trustwide network of older adults psychologists including local colleagues in the older peoples CMHT, crisis team and inpatient service, and the Trusts neuropsychology lead. Neuropsychology training will be supported (knowledge and/or practice component) dependent on acquisition of future NHSE funding.

Based at the Laura Mitchell Health Centre in Halifax.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

Main duties of the job

- Working alongside the Principal Clinical Psychologist and multi-disciplinary team to provide a high-quality neuropsychological assessment service, in order to inform the diagnostic process.
- Providing high-quality qualified consultation and liaison services, both internally and externally.
- Administration, scoring, interpretation, report writing and feeding back of neuropsychological assessments, screening tools and outcome measures.
- Working with people over the age of 18 with a range of complex presentations, including physical and mental health co-morbidities.
- Contributing to service development and evaluation projects, teaching and training to non-psychology colleagues.
- Previous experience of neuropsychological assessment for dementia diagnosis is essential.
- Previous experience of working within a multidisciplinary team would be an advantage.

Core Features Of The Role Will Include

- Availability for 0.6WTE with possibility of additional 0.2WTE.
- Working alongside Principal Clinical Psychologist and multi-disciplinary team.
- Leading neuropsychological assessment service for diagnostic process.
- Providing professional consultation and liaison both internally and externally.
- Administration, scoring, interpretation, report writing and feedback of assessments.




- Managing complex presentations with physical and mental health co-morbidities.
- Contributing to service development and evaluation projects, teaching and training.
- Providing support for Cognitive Stimulation Therapy groups.
- Neuropsychology training supported by future NHSE funding if available.

Visa Sponsorship

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.

About Us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative. Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

Employment Equity

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Job Details

- Band: 8a
- Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year Pro Rata
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
- Job locations: Laura Mitchell Health and Wellbeing Centre, Great Albion Street, Halifax, HX1 1YR, United Kingdom

Person Specification

Physical Attributes

- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

Qualifications

- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
- Significant Post qualification experience in a Setting relevant to the post.
- HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist.

Training





- Completion of formal training to meet eligibility as clinical supervisor of Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists.

Special Knowledge & Skills

- Good Psychometric Assessment skills.
- Experience of assisting in training of Post Graduate Clinical Psychology Trainees.
- Exceptional communication skills in verbal, non verbal and written modes.
- Ability to empathise and develop good therapeutic alliance.
- Ability to Formulate Complex processes.
- Capacity to conduct Psychometric Assessment.
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
- Keyboard skills.
- Manual Dexterity for conducting tests.

Experience

- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Frequent, protracted sustained and intense concentration.
- Show respect and treat people with dignity.
- Be able to give bad news sensitively.
- Be able to sustain empathy in difficult situations.
- Be aware of all interviewees in any situation.

Desirable Experience

- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of groupwork.
- Working with people in Crisis.
- Working on an in-patient Psychiatric ward.

Personal Attributes

- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
- To transport Psychometric testing equipment.

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

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Laura Mitchell Health and Wellbeing Centre

Great Albion Street

Halifax

HX1 1YR

United Kingdom https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk

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