Clinical Associate Psychologist Older People

Job information Clinical Associate Psychologist Older People from the Company Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust, this latest Clinical Associate Psychologist Older People job vacancy is located in the city Great Yarmouth. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Healthcare field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Description :

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk. At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health. Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we'd love you to join us!

We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

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Job overview

If you are passionate about supporting the mental health of older people and are interested in working with people of all ages with dementia, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a QualifiedClinical Associate in Psychology (CAP) to join the Older Persons' Community Service based in Great Yarmouth. If you feel enthusiastic about service user and carer involvement in service development and enjoy delivering psychologically informed individual and group interventions, we would like to hear from you.

Would you like to live in Norfolk? A county of outstanding natural beauty with its beautiful countryside, and unbeatable beaches. Attracting millions of visitors each year, this could be your chance to move here permanently and make a difference to families in our community.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Associate in Psychology, you will alongside the existing Clinical Psychologist and the wider multidisciplinary teams. Your duties could include: The provision of psychological assessment, formulation, individual and group interventions, for older people and people of all ages with a dementia. Working closely with qualified Clinical Psychologists to set up clinical pathways. Undertaking appropriate clinical work under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. Ad-hoc assessments alongside the clinical psychologists observing older people at home and in care settings, structured information gathering from older people/relatives/carers/care staff including life histories using service proformas. Active participation in multidisciplinary case discussion and formulation meetings. Involvement in development of policies and project work Data gathering for audit and research purposes link. Training and consultation. This an exciting time to join the team as we continue to grow and develop to deliver a high-quality mental health service for older people in the Great Yarmouth area. Your experience, compassion and enthusiasm could be just what we need.

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicant will join our professional and friendly multidisciplinary team. We are proud to say that our team's high standards of care attract positive feedback from our service users and carers on a weekly basis and Community Older People Teams in our Trust are consistently rated as ‘Good' by CQC. Would you like to do a job that makes a difference every day, using your skills, experience, and compassion with older people and people of all ages with dementia? Then join us.

NSFT is passionate about promoting good mental health and is dedicated to the continuing professional development of its staff. Our service consists of a Community Mental Health team (CMHT) and a Memory Assessment and Treatment Service (MATS) which cover the Great Yarmouth area. We also have strong links with our ‘sister' Team in Waveney which also consists of a CMHT and MATS service. It is expected that the post holder will be based at Northgate Hospital in Great Yarmouth, although there are likely to be opportunities to work with other Teams within Older people Services.

The team consists of qualified and trainee nurses, psychologist, psychiatrist, administration and assistant practitioner/support workers. The team work collaboratively to support recovery including living well with dementia.

The post holder will need to be confident in completing assessments, running groups and delivering mental health interventions in person. They will also be required to support and work collaboratively with our colleagues within the CMHT and MATs service along with and the other organisations and allied teams in our care group.

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more

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Person specificationQualificationsEssential criteria

• Masters Clinical Associate in Psychology qualification
• Registered on the BPS Wider Psychological Workforce register as an Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP)

ExperienceEssential criteria

• Relevant supervised experience of delivering psychological assessments and interventions in [setting/service user group relevant to their specific scope of practice]
• Experience of working in a setting with Service Users presenting with moderate to severe mental health difficulties

Personal QulaitiesEssential criteria

• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Awareness of their own competence and expertise and work within those boundaries.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIESApart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB) FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures - these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it. Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.

The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.

This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.

Employer certification / accreditation badgesApplicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.