Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join our inpatient rehabilitation team at Forest Close.

You will be joining a supportive therapy team of psychologists, CAPS, assistant psychologist and music therapy working at Forest Close. The successful candidate will be based working across 3 wards at Forest Close. You will take a key role in supporting and implementing compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based care , with opportunities to be innovative and influential and will develop your formulation and consultation skills in addition to direct clinical work, service development and leadership. The post will suit a candidate who has experience and interest in working with people with complex mental health difficulties within an MDT. We will support your ongoing development in a specialty area of clinical practice core to mental health rehabilitation, through CPD, supervision and service development.

For full details please read the Job Description document.

Main duties of the job

The post will suit a candidate who has experience and interest in working with people with severe, chronic and complex mental health difficulties within a multidisciplinary team and who can offer both direct and indirect work with service users, their families/carers and staff.

You will be involved in offering team formulation, reflective practice, teaching & training. Psychology roles are highly valued by the team and a positive approach and commitment to multidisciplinary teamwork is essential.

- To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence based short term interventions for individuals and/or families/carers with service users who are presenting with complex and distressing psychological problems, including psychosis and complex trauma.

- To provide clinical leadership and contribute to the provision of a trauma-informed and least restrictive environment through supporting the staff team in their decision making and offering indirect support through team formulation, reflective practice and individual supervision.

- To undertake  Supervisor Training and Recognition (STAR) qualification and offer clinical supervision to others.

- To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development activities relevant to inpatient rehabilitation settings.

• For full details please read the Job Description document

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached job description and the person specifications for more details about this post.

Working in the Sheffield outdoor city, you will be a stone's throw from the Peak District and the city's many green spaces. Our links to the city's universities also offer you the chance to develop health workers of the future and contribute to research.

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate, doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the HCPC/BPS
• Registration with the HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist or due to qualify and register by October 2025

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity

Experience

Essential

• Ability to work with service users presenting with complex psychological difficulties
• Evidence of being able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary settings and teams

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 with HCPC or be imminently expecting this if still undergoing training. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).