Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Older People's in-patient

Job overview

We are looking for a compassionate and trauma-informed Principal Clinical Psychologist (band 8b) who is creative, motivated and passionate about the role that psychology can have within Older People’s Mental Health and Dementia Services to work into our Older People’s Mental Health in-patient unit (Tissington) and Dementia in-patient unit (Cubley), on the Kingsway site in Derby, working half-time into each unit.

The post provides an exciting opportunity to shape the psychological offer within both wards, and the post-holder will support the psychological understanding, formulation and care and lead our Older People’s in-patient Psychology pathway. Both wards value and appreciate the contribution that Psychology can make to people’s care and are keen to develop their psychological knowledge.

The post is line managed through a robust Psychology structure and offers great opportunities to develop a specialist area of psychological expertise.

Main duties of the job

The post gives the opportunity to work within specialist older people’s mental health and dementia units and join teams that value the contribution that Psychology brings to their work. The Psychologists who work across our service value the variety that working within Older People’s Mental Health Services can bring and enjoy using a broad range of knowledge and skills to provide assessment, formulation and interventions, conduct neuropsychological assessments for complex presentations, offer advice and consultation to colleagues, and to be involved in training and development initiatives.

To find out more about our Older People’s Psychology Service, please visit bit.ly/ClinPsy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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The post holder will need to be registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), eligible for BPS Chartership and able to meet the travel requirements of the post.