17 Oct
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Chertsey
Job description
Job summary
The Intensive Support Team offers comprehensive, therapeutically-informed assessments for individuals with dementia who reside in care homes.
The IST is guided by the principles of Positive Behaviour Support and offers evidence-based approaches to promote the wellbeing of people with dementia.
To succeed in this role, you will have the confidence to engage with a range of stakeholders, including the person, relatives, professionals, and care home staff.
You will draw on your professional skills and knowledge to assess / respond to behaviour that challenges in dementia, as part of a stepped-care service by delivering interventions that focus on unmet needs of people using services.
You will offer specialist training, supervision, and share ideas informed by psychological theory and practice. There is an emphasis on partnership working and engaging with people working across statutory / voluntary sectors to facilitate a whole-system approach to care delivery for people with dementia.
You will be co-located with the CMHTOP (9-5, Mon-Fri), in the North West Surrey hub in Chertsey two days ( WTE) a week, & the Surrey Heath hub in Frimley one day ( WTE) a week.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about delivering excellence in dementia care. We provide a supportive and nurturing team environment where colleagues learn from one another, celebrate diversity, and openly share experiences, difficulties, and new ideas.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for the systematic provision of specialist assessments for people with dementia who present with complex presentations or behaviour that challenges.
- To deliver high quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory,
and evaluative) specialist psychological interventions by making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
- To act as a person-centred leader and role model at all times to inspire others to deliver high quality, dignified care for people with dementia.
- To ensure the clinical effectiveness of your own practice and the functioning of the service by undertaking audit, research, and service development activities relevant to the service area.
- To operate as part of a multidisciplinary team and work closely with primary care services, statutory / voluntary agencies, and service users & carers .
- To work autonomously within the clearly defined boundaries of the role,
as well as carrying out specific clinical tasks and responsibilities that may cross professional demarcations of care.
- To offer clinical supervision to CMHTOP Care Home Pathway colleagues (non-psychologists) and Assistant Psychologists.
- To take a leadership role within defined sectors of the Trust (NW Surrey and Surrey Heath) and work collaboratively with the Care Home Pathway Lead within the CMHTOPs to ensure the care home pathway functions well within those regions.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire.
We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population.
We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Home Working Contract Only - Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
- Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 12 months of commencement in post)
Registration
Essential
Is registered with HCPC or will achieve this within 6 months
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles
- Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic
- Demonstrable post registration / clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group.
- Experience of contributing to clinical practice / service development / project work.
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists
- Demonstrable interest / skill in a relevant specialist area.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in dementia care
- Previous experience supporting care homes
- Previous experience practicing within a Positive Behaviour Support and trauma-informed care framework.
- Previous experience of assessment and delivering psychological interventions in older age
▶️ Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - part time
🖊️ Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
📍 Chertsey