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Job summary

Main area
CAMHS
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
346-TSC-045-24
Employer
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Acklam Road Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£58,972 - £68,525 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust logo

Principal Applied Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 8b

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job overview

We are seeking a motivated and dynamic Principal Applied Psychologist (fixed term - 12 months) to join our Trust wide adolescent forensic mental health outpatient service (AFOS/FCAMHS). The post has developed from a successful joint agency bid to the Durham Police Crime Commissioner to support in the reduction of serious youth violence across the region. The successful candidate will work predominantly into Durham and Darlington Youth Justice Services (YJS) leading in the delivery of trauma informed care. The adolescent forensic service has established links with both the YJS teams. Through a combination of consultation, formulation, direct intervention and training, the post holder will contribute to the service’s aims of understanding and reducing serious youth violence in Durham and Darlington.

Main duties of the job

To provide a psychology service to Youth Justice Services in Durham and Darlington.

To provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.

To offer advice and consultation on young people’s psychological care, specifically colleagues in the Youth Justice Service.

To provide training to YJS teams to embed trauma informed care in line with the Trust strategy.

To provide supervision where appropriate to qualified staff, trainees and assistants.

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.

To liaise closely with the wide FCAMHS/AFOS team.

Applicants will be required to have post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS and be registered in as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC. Significant experience and competencies in delivering and supervising evidence based psychological intervention is also essential.

Psychologists provide key leadership roles within the trust. To support this we have developed leadership profiles for each psychology band and profile card associated with this post is attached on NHS jobs. You can find more information about the NHS leadership Academy's Healthcare Leadership model and the profiles at their website. 

Working for our organisation

The Trust is a strongly value based, person-centred organisation which has taken a strategic approach to continued service improvement, the modernisation of clinical roles and the introduction of care pathways embedded within a functioning system of governance.

You'll be a part of an environment where there is a strong emphasis on teamwork and CPD, with continuous access to a range of training opportunities to move your career forward.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will provide case consultation and will support in developing professional understanding of young people who are in involved with the YJS. You will support in the planning and delivery of therapeutic interventions. You will be closely linked with the healthcare teams in the YJS to include health and well being practitioners who provide low level therapeutic interventions, substance misuse workers, public health nurses and speech and language therapists. Additionally you be closely aligned with the adolescent forensic service and clinical supervision will be provided by the Consultant Psychologist.

You will have excellent communication skills to promote and develop interagency working and have experience of working with systems working with young people who present with complex and multiple needs. You will work autonomously within professional guidelines, TEWV trust values and YJS processes. You will work well within multi-disciplinary teams and contribute to overall service delivery improvements as required. You will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development. A specific area of research has been identified as part of the project which seeks to understand female youth violence.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Additional contact details: Sarah Watson, Team Manager - [email protected]

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
  • HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
  • Post doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
  • Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
  • Trained in care co-ordination
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Registration with BPS

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care as a care co-ordinator and leader of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
  • Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings.
Desirable criteria
  • Project management

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Doctoral level knowledge of: • Evidence- based practice relevant to the role
  • Risk assessment and risk management
  • Clinical governance
Desirable criteria
  • Highly developed knowledge and skills in the care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employer

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Carol Galvin
Job title
Consultant Clinical Psychologist FCAMHS
Email address
[email protected]
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