Clinical Psychologist Salford, North West England, England
Job description
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join our Adult Learning Disability Team in Salford to cover a period of maternity leave.
The post is a 7-month fixed term position, as a full time (37.5 hrs) Band 8a. Approximate dates for this post are September 2023 – March 2024, but there could be negotiation on this with the successful candidate.
You will be part of a small friendly Psychology team, which is a part of a large fully integrated service. Psychology is highly valued and well-established in our service and joining the team at this time would be an exciting opportunity to be a part of the development of our therapy offer in Salford with the consideration of other proactive ways in which psychological input can be offered to people with learning disabilities, their families/carers. It would also be a useful opportunity to anyone wishing to gain further experience in a learning disability work setting. We can offer you a varied and interesting post with regular clinical supervision and CPD opportunities.
Main duties of the job
You will:
- Contribute to the provision and development of specialist psychological care provided to adults with learning disabilities.
- Supervise Assistant Psychologists and a Trainee Clinical Psychologist (if timing was appropriate with trainee placement allocation) and support their clinical and professional development.
- Lead on our dementia pathway, including ongoing support to the well-established links with the mainstream memory service in Salford.
- Run therapeutic groups and workshops.
- Offer support and consultation to our health and social care colleagues.
We can offer you:
- A friendly, supportive and stimulating environment – A well-established team providing psychological therapy to adults with learning disabilities and systems.
- A hugely varied role and the opportunity to be a part of changes to the therapeutic offer within the team.
- Supportive induction, supervision, and CPD opportunities
- Administrative support, laptops and mobile phones to enable agile and flexible working.
Working for our organisation
Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place with an outstanding reputation. Salford is the place which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Twice rated Outstanding by the CQC, Salford Care Organisation is responsible for delivering a range of community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme, we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social background or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Completion of DClinPsy
- HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
- BPS registered
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of implementing highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies
- Understanding of Positive Behaviour Support approaches
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and non-verbal and written when interacting with professionals and individuals with a learning disability and/or autism
- MDT working
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing supervision
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/covid-19-vaccination-programme where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from everyone. We value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge, and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of our local community. If you are disabled and require reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team to discuss.
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
