Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Desirable

• Relevant specialist post qualification training/ supervision in Neuropsychology and at least two additional psychological therapeutic modalities
• Completed training course in supervision for doctoral psychology trainees.
• Quality Improvement Training
• Reflective Practice and/or working with group dynamics training.

Essential

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the range of care settings
• Experience in providing psychological assessment and intervention for older people presenting with complex mental health difficulties.
• Experience of providing teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• Experience in working in multidisciplinary settings and representing a psychological perspective in teams and services.
• Experience of coproduction with service users, carers, colleagues, stakeholders

Desirable

• Experience of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists.
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience in the recruitment of psychology staff.
• Experience in contributing to service development, redesign and improvements in secondary mental health services

Essential

• An in depth knowledge and skills in applying clinical risk assessment and management in own and others' clinical caseload
• Able to communicate at a high level verbally and in writing highly complex, technical and sensitive information to clients, families, carers, and a range of professionals and lay people within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in older people's mental health services and memory clinic.
• Aware of the potential impact of discrimination & disadvantage on mental health.

Essential

• Enthusiasm for the field
• Able to contain and work with organisational stress and able to hold the stress of others.
• Respectful approach to service users, families, carers, colleagues and other professionals.
• Willing and able to travel between work sites and to community settings for the delivery of services across Bedfordshire & Luton and London.