Clinical Psychologist in Learning Disabilities

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and committed Psychological Therapist (qualified HPCP registered Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist) to join the expanding Learning Disability Services in North Essex. The newly appointed clinician will be joining multidisciplinary services, consisting of Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Arts Therapists, and Community Nurses.

This Band 7 role is a development post, which offers the possibility of moving to a Band 8a, upon achievement of the necessary skills, knowledge, and competencies.

This is a full-time, permanent position, working 37.5 hours per week, but part time employment may also be considered.

The post holder will most likely be based in Tekhnicon House, Braintree, but work across other geographical areas covered by the Trust may be required.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be responsible for implementing a variety of psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions for individuals across a range of ability levels, plus support for their families and carers. This would be predominantly in community services but may also continue into inpatient services, if necessary.

The post holders will be joining a well-established Psychology service and receive supervision from an appropriately experienced Clinical Psychologist. We support a range of training opportunities and ongoing professional development. There are good links with the University of Essex and the University of Hertfordshire Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Programmes. There are great opportunities for R&D as our clinicians are already engaged in several research, teaching, and academic programs. We also actively promote further training and CPD opportunities such as systemic, EMDR, CBT, and Narrative based approaches. We offer a thoughtful and integrative model of psychological therapies for our service users.

Applicants will need to be registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC. It is essential that applicants can drive and have access to a car unless a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 prevents driving.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to adults with learning disabilities of all ability levels, their service providers and carers within North Essex, plus in-patient services as required.
• To provide specialist psychological assessment and interventions, as well as offering advice and consultation on service user psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and other non-professional carers.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
• To use research skills for audit, service development and research.
• To contribute to identifying key areas and priorities for psychology service provision.