• Job Description

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  Job summary

  Clinical Psychologist/Learning Disabilities

  Band 8a

  Do you want to make a difference in the lives of adults with intellectual disabilities living in Croydon and promote the best outcomes possible? We are looking for a passionate clinical psychologist, ready to take their leadership skills to the next level, as an exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time permanent position in the Croydon Community Learning Disabilities Team.

  The successful candidate will have a strong skillset working with people with intellectual disabilities and neurodevelopmental conditions, trauma histories, and mental-health issues, and will be highly experienced in working within a Positive Behaviour Support model. The facilitation of consultation, teaching and training, is an integral part of the role.

  The successful applicant will join a highly valued Psychology service as part of the multidisciplinary team for adults with intellectual disabilities, based in the heart of Croydon. We provide a psychological service to adults with intellectual disabilities with mental health needs, and/or behaviours that challenge.

  Continuing Professional Development is actively supported and clinicians are encouraged to develop areas of special interest and contribute to service innovation. We have close links with the Psychology Doctorate Training Course at Salomons and Surrey University and regularly support a number of trainee placements.

  Main duties of the job

  • To provide a high specialist clinical psychology service within the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
  • To take a lead and coordinate some of the multidisciplinary pathways in the CLDT
  • supervise and support clinical psychological assessment and intervention provided by other psychologists, including recently qualified psychologists, behaviour specialist practitioners, assistant psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists
  • To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for clinical practice within a current caseload.
  • To utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and clinical research.
  • In agreement with the Operational Clinical Lead for Learning Disabilities and Consultant Clinical Psychologist, to propose and implement policy and service changes for the CLDT, Trust and other local partner agencies.

  About us

  Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

  Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

  Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. . As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development. Croydon University Hospital plays an active role in training the clinicians of the future and works in partnership with major London universities

  Date posted

  20 October 2023

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £56,388 to £62,785 a year p.a incl of HCAS

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  199-5614957-FM-NP-Z-B

  Job locations

  Bernard Weatherill House

  8 Mint Walk

  Croydon

  CR0 1EA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

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  Person Specification

  EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

  Essential

  • oDoctorate training in clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including specifically working with adults with Intellectual Disabilities, formulation , clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • oRegistered with the HCPC

  Desirable

  • Post-doctoral training in one or more other additional specialised areas of psychological practice relevant to learning disability services (e.g. systemic, PBS...)

  KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

  Essential

  • oDoctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including specifically working with adults with intellectual disabilities, formulation, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • oHighly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for adults with intellectual disabilities with complex needs (Autism, trauma, mental health needs...)
  • oKnowledge of legislation, policy and professional guidance relevant to Learning disability services and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management.
  • oEvidence of continuing professional development relevant to the role.

  Desirable

  • Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of positive behaviour support.

  EXPERIENCE

  Essential

  • oExperience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist with people with intellectual disabilities presenting with a range of clinical needs.
  • Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive situations.
  • oExperience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and interventions both professionally and within the context of multidisciplinary care planning.
  • oExperience of providing teaching, training and professional /clinical supervision.
  • oExperience of undertaking research, service evaluation and audit and dissemination of findings.

  Desirable

  • Experience of working in a multicultural framework
  • experience of providing clinical supervision

  skills and abilities

  Essential

  • oWell-developed communication skills to share highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, and their support networks.
  • oSkills in providing consultation and training to other professional and non-professional groups.

  Person Specification

  EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

  Essential

  • oDoctorate training in clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including specifically working with adults with Intellectual Disabilities, formulation , clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • oRegistered with the HCPC

  Desirable

  • Post-doctoral training in one or more other additional specialised areas of psychological practice relevant to learning disability services (e.g. systemic, PBS...)

  KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

  Essential

  • oDoctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including specifically working with adults with intellectual disabilities, formulation, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • oHighly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for adults with intellectual disabilities with complex needs (Autism, trauma, mental health needs...)
  • oKnowledge of legislation, policy and professional guidance relevant to Learning disability services and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management.
  • oEvidence of continuing professional development relevant to the role.

  Desirable

  • Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of positive behaviour support.

  EXPERIENCE

  Essential

  • oExperience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist with people with intellectual disabilities presenting with a range of clinical needs.
  • Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive situations.
  • oExperience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and interventions both professionally and within the context of multidisciplinary care planning.
  • oExperience of providing teaching, training and professional /clinical supervision.
  • oExperience of undertaking research, service evaluation and audit and dissemination of findings.

  Desirable

  • Experience of working in a multicultural framework
  • experience of providing clinical supervision

  skills and abilities

  Essential

  • oWell-developed communication skills to share highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, and their support networks.
  • oSkills in providing consultation and training to other professional and non-professional groups.

  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 (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Croydon University Hospital NHS Trust

  Address

  Bernard Weatherill House

  8 Mint Walk

  Croydon

  CR0 1EA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk/recruitment/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Croydon University Hospital NHS Trust

  Address

  Bernard Weatherill House

  8 Mint Walk

  Croydon

  CR0 1EA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk/recruitment/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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