Band 7
DEMENTIA NHS ROLE MODEL
Opportunity to work within a supportive and nurturing team environment that celebrates diversity and encourages knowledge sharing.
Engagement in meaningful work focused on improving the wellbeing of individuals with dementia, making a significant positive impact in their lives.
Ability to develop leadership skills by providing specialist training and supervision to colleagues and care home staff.
Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team and various stakeholders, fostering a whole-system approach to dementia care.
Autonomy in clinical decision-making and provision of both direct and indirect therapeutic interventions tailored to unmet needs.
Convenient working hours (9-5, Monday to Friday) that promote a healthy work-life balance.
The B7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist position, offered part-time (22.5 hours) by the Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, focuses on providing therapeutically-informed assessments and interventions for individuals with dementia residing in care homes. The role entails engaging with various stakeholders, including patients, their families, healthcare professionals, and care home staff, to address challenging behaviors associated with dementia through evidence-based approaches rooted in Positive Behaviour Support. The successful candidate will provide specialist training and supervision, contribute to multidisciplinary teamwork, and undertake audit and service development activities, all aimed at enhancing the quality of care for people with dementia.
Working from the Mid Surrey hub in Epsom, the role requires autonomy in clinical decision-making and a commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centered care. The position offers a nurturing environment that encourages diversity, collaboration, and mutual learning among team members. Ideal for newly qualified or experienced band 7 professionals passionate about dementia care, this opportunity highlights the importance of building partnerships across various sectors to provide comprehensive care while promoting the mental wellbeing of the local population.
Working from the Mid Surrey hub in Epsom, the role requires autonomy in clinical decision-making and a commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centered care. The position offers a nurturing environment that encourages diversity, collaboration, and mutual learning among team members. Ideal for newly qualified or experienced band 7 professionals passionate about dementia care, this opportunity highlights the importance of building partnerships across various sectors to provide comprehensive care while promoting the mental wellbeing of the local population.
The Intensive Support Team offers comprehensive, therapeutically-informed assessments to individuals with dementia who are currently residing in care homes. The service is guided by the principles of Positive Behaviour Support and offers evidence-based approaches to promote the wellbeing of people with dementia and the wider system. To succeed in this role, you will have the confidence to engage with a range of stakeholders; including the person, relatives, professionals and care home staff.
You will draw on your professional skills and knowledge to assess and respond to behaviour that challenges in dementia, as part of a stepped-care service by delivering interventions that focuses on unmet needs of people using services. You will take a leadership role by offering specialist training, supervision and sharing ideas informed by training. There is an emphasis on partnership working, with expectations to engage with people working across statutory/voluntary sectors to facilitate a whole-system approach to care delivery for people with dementia.
You will be co-located with the CMHT for Older People, operating from the Mid Surrey hub in Epsom (9-5, Monday to Friday).
This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified or current band 7 who is passionate about delivering excellence in dementia care. We provide a supportive and nurturing team environment where colleagues learn from one another, celebrate diversity, and openly share experiences, difficulties and new ideas.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Fiona Perella Job title: IST OP Lead & Principal Clinical Psychologist Email address: Telephone number:
You will draw on your professional skills and knowledge to assess and respond to behaviour that challenges in dementia, as part of a stepped-care service by delivering interventions that focuses on unmet needs of people using services. You will take a leadership role by offering specialist training, supervision and sharing ideas informed by training. There is an emphasis on partnership working, with expectations to engage with people working across statutory/voluntary sectors to facilitate a whole-system approach to care delivery for people with dementia.
You will be co-located with the CMHT for Older People, operating from the Mid Surrey hub in Epsom (9-5, Monday to Friday).
This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified or current band 7 who is passionate about delivering excellence in dementia care. We provide a supportive and nurturing team environment where colleagues learn from one another, celebrate diversity, and openly share experiences, difficulties and new ideas.
- To be responsible for the systematic provision of specialist assessments for people with dementia who present with complex presentations or behaviour that challenges.
- To deliver high quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist psychological interventions by making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
- To act as a person-centred leader and role model at all times to inspire others into delivering high quality, dignified care for people with dementia.
- To ensure the clinical effectiveness of your own practice and the functioning of the service by undertaking audit, research and service development activities relevant to the service area.
- To operate as part of a multidisciplinary team and work closely with primary care services, statutory/voluntary agencies and service users & carers.
- To work autonomously within the clearly defined boundaries of the role, as well as carrying out specific clinical tasks and responsibilities that may cross professional demarcations of care.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Fiona Perella Job title: IST OP Lead & Principal Clinical Psychologist Email address: Telephone number:
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