23 Oct
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Leicester
Job description
JOB SUMMARY
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a developing neurodevelopmental team - the successful post holder will be involved in the transformation of these services within LPT.
The post holder will be responsible for leading on the provision of highly specialist Psychology assessment, diagnosis and advice on intervention with children and young people being assessed for Neurodevelopmental Conditions and to lead on facilitating on-going collaboration between CAMHS and the community paediatric service for the benefit of children and young people with Neurodevelopmental Conditions.
The job purpose will be to :
To provide highly specialist assessment,
diagnosis and advice on intervention approaches consistent with professional standards to children and young people with Neurodevelopmental Conditions.
The role will include providing specialist ps y cholo g ical, including diagnostic assess m en t s , reports, de v elopment o f formu l ations, and impl e ment a tion o f ps y cholog i cal inte r v en t ions w i t hin the scientist-practitioner f r a me w ork.
T o draw upon an e x tensi v e k no w l ed g e o f ps y chological t h e ory in order t o inte r p ret complex in f ormation and com m unic a te t his t o others in an acc e ssible w a y .
T o w ork with othe r s i nclud i n g m ulti - disciplinary and multi - a g ency colleagues, and p r o v is i on of specialist ad vi ce and consultancy as r e quired.
We would also consider applicants for Band 7 preceptorship to progress to Band 8a on completion of competencies. recruitment and retention premia scheme for psychological professions would be applicable.
Main duties and Responsibilities :
The successful candidate will w ork auton o mously within t he boundaries of t he Code of Practice o f t he H C P C, D CP of the B PS , local trust pol i c i es and to be a c countab l e f or o w n pro f essional actions.
T o p lan and prio r itise their o w n w or k l oad, supervising w ork o f less e x perienced ps y ch ol o gis ts, counsellor s , clinical ps y chology tr ainees and assis t a n ts.
To be responsible for leading and contributing to service improvement and quality assurance of practice in the identified specialist area in collaboration with the Clinical Lead for Psychology and the Neurodevelopmental Pathway and Service Managers.
W orking independently accessing supervision and Continuing Professional Development to maintain highly specialist skills and competencies.
U ndert a king audi t , R esearch and De v e l opment w i thin Community paediatric services and C on t inued Pr o f e ssional De v e l opment acti v it i es.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages.
Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community.
We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment.
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.