Principal Clinical / Counselling Psychologist inLeicester inLeicester PUBLISHED
THU 16 JAN 2025
Opportunity to lead a dedicated inpatient service for older adults, contributing significantly to mental health care.
Supportive and collaborative work environment with a multidisciplinary team, enhancing professional development and peer support.
Access to ongoing clinical supervision and a structured learning journey, promoting career advancement and skill development.
Generous benefits including a competitive pension plan, 27 days of holiday, and free onsite parking, promoting work-life balance.
Involvement in innovative service development, allowing for implementation of evidence-based practices to meet patient needs.
Access to health and wellbeing support initiatives, reflecting the trust's commitment to staff wellbeing.
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist for a permanent 8b (0.8wte) position within the Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) inpatient service in Leicester. The role involves providing specialized psychological services to older adults with functional and potentially organic mental health issues, such as dementia. Responsibilities include conducting psychological assessments, delivering interventions, offering advice to non-psychologist colleagues, and supervising less senior psychologists. The successful candidate will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and contribute to service development under the guidance of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
Candidates will benefit from a supportive and dynamic work environment that emphasises team wellbeing, professional development, and career progression. The Trust provides a range of benefits, including a generous pension, holiday allowance, and health and wellbeing support. The position is open to applicants committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the community it serves, encouraging diverse individuals to apply.
Candidates will benefit from a supportive and dynamic work environment that emphasises team wellbeing, professional development, and career progression. The Trust provides a range of benefits, including a generous pension, holiday allowance, and health and wellbeing support. The position is open to applicants committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the community it serves, encouraging diverse individuals to apply.
Job Overview
New year, new job?
Then come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
We are delighted to advertise an exciting opportunity for 2025 within Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP). This is a permanent 8b (0.8wte) lead role within our inpatient service for older adults.
The successful applicant will join the existing psychology team, including CAP, Assistant Psychologist, and Trainees, and will be an integral part of the ward MDT.
The MHSOP Inpatient Psychology Team works alongside the MHSOP Community Psychology Team with plenty of opportunities for peer support, CPD, and further relevant training. MHSOP Psychology has strong links with the wider LPT Psychology and Psychological Therapies community, providing opportunity for shared learning, support, and development.
The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.
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Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)
The post-holder will provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to patients referred to the MHSOP Psychology Inpatient Service, working with people with functional based mental health problems, with scope to develop our service for people with organic problems, such as dementia. The post-holder will offer advice and consultation on patient’s psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, and where appropriate deliver psychological assessments (including neuropsychological assessment) and interventions; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the Trust policies, procedures and service priorities. The post-holder will manage, and offer clinical supervision to less senior psychologists working in the MHSOP Inpatient Psychology Service.
The post-holder will participate fully in multidisciplinary clinical teams, ensuring effective systems are in place for the management of referrals to the service and workload of team members to ensure timely and appropriate care is provided. With the support of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist for MHSOP, to develop and provide innovative services to meet the psychological needs of patients referred to the service in accordance with evidence-based practice. The post-holder will be capable of conducting projects, working independently with only general briefings and working directly with senior managers.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
New year, new job?
Then come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
We are delighted to advertise an exciting opportunity for 2025 within Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP). This is a permanent 8b (0.8wte) lead role within our inpatient service for older adults.
The successful applicant will join the existing psychology team, including CAP, Assistant Psychologist, and Trainees, and will be an integral part of the ward MDT.
The MHSOP Inpatient Psychology Team works alongside the MHSOP Community Psychology Team with plenty of opportunities for peer support, CPD, and further relevant training. MHSOP Psychology has strong links with the wider LPT Psychology and Psychological Therapies community, providing opportunity for shared learning, support, and development.
The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.
We Also Offer
- A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
- Free onsite parking
- Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
- Health and Wellbeing Support
Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)
The post-holder will provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to patients referred to the MHSOP Psychology Inpatient Service, working with people with functional based mental health problems, with scope to develop our service for people with organic problems, such as dementia. The post-holder will offer advice and consultation on patient’s psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, and where appropriate deliver psychological assessments (including neuropsychological assessment) and interventions; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the Trust policies, procedures and service priorities. The post-holder will manage, and offer clinical supervision to less senior psychologists working in the MHSOP Inpatient Psychology Service.
The post-holder will participate fully in multidisciplinary clinical teams, ensuring effective systems are in place for the management of referrals to the service and workload of team members to ensure timely and appropriate care is provided. With the support of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist for MHSOP, to develop and provide innovative services to meet the psychological needs of patients referred to the service in accordance with evidence-based practice. The post-holder will be capable of conducting projects, working independently with only general briefings and working directly with senior managers.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
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