Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Older Adults Ward

37.5 Hours Per Week

This role is a great opportunity to support older people and provide continuity of psychological care throughout their mental health treatment.

The post will be based on Ward 19 in Dewsbury (older adults mental health and dementia ward) and working as part of the Kirklees Outreach Team (KOT, older adults crisis team), a friendly and welcoming team who are keen for psychology input.

Supervision provided by the ward-based Consultant Clinical Psychologist. We prioritise CPD and development opportunities. Full-time preferred, part-time would be possible.

Applications welcome from newly qualified or third year trainees for a preceptorship post at Band 7 to join the service and undertake a development plan with the aim of developing the required competencies for an 8a post.

The candidate would need to successfully complete the competency framework before they gain the band 8a, and this would not be achieved solely due to length of time in post.

For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form., The post holder will work closely with KOT, a crisis service providing intensive support to people in the own homes to both avoid inpatient admission and to support discharge from hospital.

There will be opportunities for short- and longer-term input with service users, including supporting them through admissions, and continuing individual work on discharge from the ward, and from KOT to the CMHT.

The post holder will also work with staff in KOT, the CMHT and the ward to encourage strong links and psychological care planning across the crisis pathway, providing psychological expertise when working with people who might be in crisis, with the aim of supporting multi-disciplinary colleagues with risk assessment, formulation, and psychologically informed intervention.

We are looking for someone with a clear interest in working with older people to join our active and growing network of older peoples psychologists in South West Yorkshire.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.