psychologist Leeds, England
Job description
Are you looking for a new challenge? Want to be part of a multi-disciplinary team offering psychological interventions to service users with severe and enduring mental health difficulties on a psychiatric rehabilitation ward? Our service ethos is helping each service user to achieve the best possible quality of life; and psychological understanding (formulation) of their difficulties and psychologically informed interventions are a key part of the rehabilitation programme that we offer.
We are looking to appoint one assistant psychologist (fixed term 12 months, full time) to join the team on Ward 5, Newsam Centre. As an assistant psychologist with an interest in mental health illness and curiosity to understand the human minds in its various complexities, your role would be to work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to assist in delivering psychologically-informed care to service users on the ward. A wish and an ability to make and maintain meaningful relationships with service users and staff is central in this role as well as an openness to integrate the psychological perspective with the perspectives of other professions, such as psychiatry, nursing, occupational therapy, psychology and drug and alcohol specialists.
The interview date is planned for 14thAugust
We are expecting a high volume of applications so if you are interested in applying, please do so as soon as possible as this vacancy is likely to close early once the maximum number has been reached.
Ward 5 is a 17-bedded male complex rehabilitation ward offering rehabilitation treatment of up-to 2 years to service users with severe and enduring mental health difficulties, often comorbid with alcohol and substance abuse. Your role would involve taking part in MDT meetings, assisting with formulations, providing psychologically-informed interventions and 1:1 therapeutic time to service users. Due to the longer-term treatment of up to 2 years, a key aspect of the role is to be able to form longer-term therapeutic relationships with service users and to become involved in delivering individual and group interventions aimed at helping them to better understand themselves, to better live with themselves and make the most of their potential. You would be supported by your supervisor, a principal clinical psychologist based on the ward for part of the week, and the MDT.
For further information about Ward 5 and to discuss the role, contact Dr Jana Fusekova, Principal Clinical Psychologist and Clinical [email protected] Jeanette Lawson, Ward 5 Operations manager [email protected].
Informal discussions most welcome.
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the [email protected]
The post holder will support and enhance the psychological provision available to service users with severe mental health difficulties carried out on Ward 5, Newsam Centre, complex rehab, under the supervision of the team clinical psychologist. This will involve supporting psychological formulation with staff, delivering of psychological interventions and of psycho-educational activities to people with severe mental health difficulties as well as when appropriate, carrying out audit and supporting psychological research activities on the ward All work will be carried out within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
