Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (Older People)

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our innovative Older People’s Psychological Services team in Mid Essex and contribute to making a meaningful difference to the lives of older people and their families. Our recent team assessment demonstrated that we are an effective team with a compassionate, safe and supportive team culture. We ensure protected time and space for reflection and team development. We warmly invite you to join us.

We have 1.2wte to offer, so welcome full-time or part-time applicants (job plans will be adjusted accordingly).

Newly qualified clinical/counselling psychologists or those who will be qualifying and achieving HCPC status soon are invited to apply; employment will be at band 7 initially with a with an appraisal linked developmental plan to enable progression to Band 8a once essential criteria have been met.

Main duties of the job

Older People’s Specialist Mental Health Services in Mid Essex consist of locality based community mental health teams (including memory assessment and support services), urgent care home treatment teams and an inpatient ward. Each post will be based primarily in one community MDT or the inpatient ward, whilst working across the pathway to enable greater continuity of care for service-users.

You will provide direct psychological assessment (inc neuropsychological assessment) and interventions for older people with complex mental health difficulties and adults with neurodegenerative dementia (and their families and wider systems) across community settings and inpatient settings. You will provide group interventions, attend multi-disciplinary meetings/ward rounds and work collaboratively with our multi-disciplinary colleagues, providing training, consultation and reflective practice groups. You will supervise an assistant psychologist and trainee psychologists.

You will receive supervision from a Principal Clinical Psychologist and peer support from colleagues across Trust Older People’s Psychological Services. Clinical research, teaching and specialised interests are actively encouraged and you will have opportunities to contribute to service improvement and develop your clinical leadership skills.

We are keen to hear from you if you have a passion for working in a trauma informed way and have a collaborative team focused approach.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information about the post, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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.