PERM – Clinical Psychologist – Learning Disabilities (Gr 9)

Job Description

Job Category : Allied Health/Psychology
Location : London Borough of Sutton
Start Date : immediate Start
Base Salary : £43,815.00
Top Point Salary : £53,946.00

A full time position (36 hours)To work in a multidisciplinary team within the Sutton Community LD Team. We are looking for a clinical Psychologist with Learning Disability experience with clients and supervisory experience with Psychology trainees and assistants. The job is hybrid but we would expect most assessments to be face to face (as a guideline 3 days a week in Sutton). We are in the London Borough of Sutton with good travel connections. It is an exciting opportunity within the Team and the wider network of Sutton Health and Care.

Specific accountabilities

• Manage a caseload and be professionally responsible for offering evidence based Psychological practice governed by national and professional best practice guidance as evidenced by the use of outcome measures, feedback forms and service evaluations.
• To provide specialist Psychological assessments of clients referred to the team.
• Provide specialist Psychological advice, guidance, training and consultation to other professionals/carers contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
• To demonstrate high level expertise in adapting Psychological assessments, interventions and reports to the cognitive, communication, sensory, social and physical needs of people with Learning Disabilities and their carers.
• To take an active role in working with clients who present with behaviour that challenges following best practice guidance to inform the MDT, Social Services, carers, external providers and families on how best to support the client through the use of Positive Behavioural Support.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions and or carers on Psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
• To receive regular professional supervision from a senior Psychologist and attend mandatory as well as relevant professional training and development to maintain CPD requirements. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to the specific client group.
• To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording and report writing in accordance with the requirements of Information Governance, NHS Code of Confidentiality, Data Protection Act 1998 and also the terms and conditions in your contract of employment.
• To develop and deliver training as required by the service.

Person specification

(knowledge, skills, experience and behaviours required in the role)
Education/ Knowledge/ Qualifications

• BSc/Msc Psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental Psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• HCPC registered Practitioner Clinical Psychologist
• Skills in the use of complex methods of Psychological assessment, intervention and management.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised Psychological assessments and therapies used with adult clients with learning disabilities.
• Knowledge of legislation and current national guidelines in relation to the client group and mental health.

Experience
• Experience in the assessment and treatment of learning disabled clients.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of training.
Skills:
• IT skills, such as, Mosaic, Google, Excel, Word
• Negotiation and problem solving skills
• Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with client, carers and other partners, using appropriate systems to relay clinically sensitive information.
• Good organisational and prioritisation skills
• Clear and effective decision making
• Ability to work autonomously as well as effectively with team members and other partner agencies
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance

Other
• Takes responsibility for own CPD
• High levels of initiative, innovation and self-motivation
• Flexible
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