Clinical Psychologist

There are CPD monies and research opportunities available with this post dependent on service need and the successful candidate’s interest.

We are a forward-thinking department in terms of the services we provide to our service users, how we influence the wider system and the development and progression of our staff.

You will be part of a small but supportive psychology team made up of Clinical, Forensic and Assistant Psychologists. We provide regular placements for colleagues in training through our links with the Trent Doctoral course. We are keen to grow our team and build ourselves to a position of excellence in the provision of psychology to people with Intellectual Disabilities.

We have vacancies at an 8a level but welcome and encourage applicants wishing to be considered for a 7 to 8a preceptorship role. The appointed candidate would be supported to successfully plan and complete a competency framework in order to progress to band 8a, having developed the skills and competence to work at this level.

Continuing Professional Development at a band 7 level is likely to include;

• Risk assessment / management training
• Supervisor Training
• Substantive training in a therapeutic model (we would particularly welcome candidates with an interest in systemic family therapy).

We will be encouraging new colleagues to join us with ideas for research and we will ensure a job plan that enables the time and support to follow this through.

We currently have opportunities for Clinical Psychologists in our Community Intellectual Disability Teams (CIDT) and our Intensive Community Assessment and Treatment Teams (ICATT).

ICATT provide a rapid, short-term assessment and treatment service for people with an intellectual disability who challenge services and may have additional mental health needs. ICATT seeks to provide an alternative to hospital admission where it is appropriate to do so, enabling service users to receive treatment and care within their own homes and to remain involved in their care as part of their own community, therefore minimising the disruption of their lives and the lives of those caring for them.

There are four CIDT’s providing high quality, multidisciplinary assessment and treatment to people with intellectual disabilities across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County. They work closely with partners in primary care, social care, the private and voluntary sectors to maximise opportunity, health and quality of life for people in the community.

The role of a Clinical Psychologist in these teams will be varied, providing supervision, consultation, teaching and support to colleagues. There will be direct work with service users & families. You will work closely with team members, maximising and ensuring effective governance of psychological work. There is opportunity to develop special interests in therapeutic interventions.

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career.

Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people – our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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We aim to provide a compassionate, respectful, personalised, dynamic, and evolving clinical psychology service. Our primary function is to contribute psychological understandings to all the teams and services we work with, using psychological theories and evidence to deepen and broaden existing understandings of the people involved. We work in partnership with our multidisciplinary colleagues, and with service users and their carers, to maximise wellbeing and quality of life. We draw flexibly on a broad range of models and types of intervention, our clinicians are trained in models such as CAT, EMDR and NET.

You will provide psychology input within one or more community teams and or ICATT teams, including specialist assessment and treatment, consultation, training and supervision. You will contribute to service evaluation and research.

You must be a qualified and registered clinical psychologist, with experience of working in the field of intellectual disability and/or related areas. You must have excellent writing skills.

Applications from trainees who are about to qualify will be considered, with appointment at Band 7 and a personal development plan to meet the criteria for Band 8a.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010