Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

As a Trust and a service, we believe in development and supporting individuals to achieve their full potential therefore we would welcome applications from individuals at 8A, who may require a development plan to be able to achieve all aspects within this role and progress to 8B. This can be discussed at the appointment stage.

We recruit people based on their values and believe that their lived experience is an advantage. We seek out potential, not perfection, and this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for.Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

Main duties of the job

You will be trained in all the aspects of the service with a view to becoming an established 'Gender Specialist' competent in independently assessing gender dysphoria, psychiatric co-morbidity, co-occurring psychological difficulties and readiness for physical treatments. In addition to this, you may be asked to provide extended assessment and short-term therapy.

We provide a supportive environment, bringing together a wide range of experience into a highly specialised MDT which aims to address the needs of patients presenting with difficulties arising from gender incongruence. The team includes consultant clinical psychologists, mental and physical health nurses, speech and language therapists, a consultant psychiatrist, senior psychiatrists, consultant endocrinologists, GPs, gender outreach workers, doctoral level trainee clinical/counselling psychologists and a prescribing pharmacist.

The role offers the chance to utilise leadership skills in terms of providing supervision, consultation and facilitating formulation sessions for the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). The successful candidate is expected to contribute to projects that are in line with service development priorities.

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.