Principal Clinical / Counselling Psychologist inLeicester inLeicester PUBLISHED
MON 6 JAN 2025
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust rPExmVG6
In this role, the psychologist will also provide clinical supervision to junior colleagues, contribute to team dynamics for effective patient care, and engage in innovative service development supported by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist. The position emphasises professional growth, offering a structured learning pathway and a supportive work environment that prioritizes the health and wellbeing of team members.
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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.
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 patients 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.
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