Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychology
- Grade
- 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 325-6330644-PLD-A
- Employer
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Horizon House
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £60,983 - £70,536 Dependent on experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
8b
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
Are you a Clinical Psychologist interested in neurodiversity and looking for your next challenge? Do you want to expand your skills, knowledge and experience working with a highly experienced and supportive team in a dynamic, evolving assessment and diagnostic service?
We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to join our multi-disciplinary team, working across Surrey & Borders Neurodevelopmental Service.
We want to hear from you if you are highly committed to working with adults (without a learning disability) who are seeking a diagnosis of autism and ADHD. To fulfil this role you must be an organised and self-motivated clinician, an excellent communicator, able to work well under pressure, on your own initiative and as part of a team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of our neurodevelopmental team and will be responsible for supporting the assessment and diagnosis of autism and ADHD in referred patients, leading assessments (cognitive and psychological), supervision of practice and working with the Lead Clinician and Service Manager to deliver and develop services.
This is a developing role within a rapidly evolving service and the post and post holder will need to evolve to support the needs of the service, it’s clinicians and patients
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Tim Harrison (Service Manager)
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Home Working Contract Only - Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To demonstrate highly specialist expertise and specialist psychological skills such as specialist psychological and cognitive assessments, formulation and consultation to support people with specific needs e.g. ASD, mental health issues, psychological and emotional difficulties to maintain skills needed for living an ordinary life.
· To be responsible for the professional leadership and continued development of the Adult Neurodevelopmental team I service.
· To undertake comprehensive risk assessments and develop effective risk management plans.
· To work in partnership with acute, primary care and other healthcare providers.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Has considerable experience working with and undertaking cognitive assessments on neurodevelopmental population
- Has experience leading service development activities
Desirable criteria
- Has experience assessing/diagnosing ASD and ADHD
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonnstrates specialist knowledge of neurodivergent conditions
- Demonstrates knowledge of current research and practice in neurodivergent population
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tim Harrison
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07887701041
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