Clinical Psychologist

To provide a qualified clinical psychology service to the Adult Autism Diagnostic Service which provides assessment and diagnosis for people who are suspected of being autistic. The post holder would provide highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions as part of the diagnostic pathway as well as opportunities to help develop pre and post diagnostic interventions and signposting as required. There will be opportunities to engage with consultation work with colleagues in wider services across the trust. This would include offering advice and consultation on service users' psychological care to psychologists and therapists who do not have a specialism in neurodiversity, and non-psychologist colleagues and to other non-professional carers., To provide specialist psychological assessments of service users referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the person's care as part of the diagnostic pathway.
To be involved in the development and implementation of pre and post diagnostic interventions supporting the service-users based upon current research and best practice. This will be based on evidence-based assessment, formulation and lead to recommendations for the individual moving forwards., We are looking to recruit to a band 8a or a band 7 to 8a preceptorship clinical psychology post covering Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes in the Adult Autism Diagnostic Service. This is a full time post. We would also consider accepting people who work within ELFT and are looking for a secondment post. We would provide full training in autism assessments as part of this role.
Why Us?
This service is at an exciting stage in its development. There has been substantial recent investment into this service. There are many opportunities to shape and develop this service and to think creatively about how best to meet the needs of the population that we serve, reflecting the most recent research and practice guidance. There are opportunities in personal development as well as training provision and research opportunities. We believe passionately in ensuring that we work with the population that we serve to think collaboratively about providing the best service possible. We cover a wide geographical location, covering a bustling multicultural population in the cities and also quieter more rural locations. You would be based in a multi-disciplinary team working alongside other psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists and support workers. We are a dynamic multidisciplinary team who are responsive to the 'voice' of the population,
harnessing the diversity of our local population and team innovatively.
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don't stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rate 'Outstanding' in 2021.. We were named in the HSJ's Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations., Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.