Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology or its equivalent, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS and/or Accredited CBT therapist with the BABCP with at least 3 years of experience working as a band 7 or 8A.
• Professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council and/ or equivalent registering body.
• Training in clinical supervision for doctoral, and equivalent, trainees and/or recognised supervision qualification.

Desirable

• Evidence of post-doctoral training in psychological therapies relevant to severe and enduring mental health difficulties including for example DBT/ CBT-P/ Systemic Practice.
• Training in the supervision of psychological therapies.

Experience

Essential

• Post qualification experience of working in mental health settings delivering specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions across a range of settings including community, primary care, inpatient, crisis services.
• Experience of working with a wide range of client groups across the whole life course presenting with a range of psychological problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to assistant/trainee or qualified psychologists, and/or other professionals.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts including working with interpreters.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of working in acute mental health services (inpatient wards, HTT, crisis intervention services, psychiatric liaison).
• Experience of having facilitated/co-facilitated psychological therapy groups
• Experience of facilitating reflective practice to teams.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to junior psychologists and other non-psychology colleagues.
• Post qualification experience and/or training in working with adults affected by psychological trauma.
• Experience of service development/change leadership.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific psychological problems (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, autism spectrum disorder).
• Knowledge and awareness of the trauma informed approach.
• Advanced specialist knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of psychology applied to clinical practice
• Able to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills such as would be required when communicating in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere
• Able to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the evaluation of a range of options (e.g. the assessment of specialist clinical conditions and the determination of treatment options), Where expert opinions may differ
• Able to plan, prioritise and organise own service user caseload, treatment programmes (individual or group) involving other staff, and other aspects of the work such as research activity
• Comprehensive IT skills
• Skills in administering psychological tests and standardised assessments.

Desirable

• Knowledge of quality improvement methodology.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.
• Knowledge of the NHS Leadership Framework and Positive Leadership Models.

Personal

Essential

• Able to sit for extended periods of time while demonstrating active listening skills.
• Able to maintain light physical effort for short periods.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour including verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations including working with people affected by trauma, with people who engage in self-harming or aggressive behaviour.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure. Adaptable and able to work flexibly to respond to the service needs/priorities.
• Able to respond adaptably to rapidly changing service demands

Other

Essential

• Knowledge of the professional code of conduct of the BPS and HCPC for practitioner psychologists.
• Must be capable of being guided by precedent, clearly defined policies, procedures and codes of conduct
• Able to reflect on own professional practice
• Willing to participate actively in CPD in line with BPS guidelines
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Desirable

• Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

St Bernards

Uxbridge Road

London

UB1 3EU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs (one of which must be English Language and one Maths) or equivalent.
• NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent.

Desirable

• A-Levels / Diploma / Degree.
• Degree in Health Related subject.
• Evidence of accredited courses in mental health practice or related career pathway

Experience

Essential

• Understanding of mental health presentations, causes and treatments.
• Previous experience of working in a mental health setting.
• Experience of working with the public over the phone.
• Working as part of a team.
• Mandatory Training up-to-date (internal).
• IT literate - specifically in the MS office suite of programmes.

Desirable

• Working within a Mental Health Trust as HCA / Community Support worker.
• Working within a NHS organisation.
• Lived experience of mental health.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• A high level of both written and spoken English language.
• Ability to understand and respond appropriately to complex call queries.
• Excellent communication skills including common courtesy and customer service listening skills.
• Excellent telephone manner.
• Ability to use own initiative and problem solve.
• IT literate - specifically in the MS office suite of programmes.
• Ability to type quickly and accurately.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Desirable

• Ability to communicate in a second language.
• Knowledge of RiO patient record system.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Flexible & Positive attitude to work
• Punctual Good attendance record.
• Ability to be empathetic.

Desirable

• Evidence of self-development
• Evidence of assisting others to develop

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Availability to work a shift rota covering 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 365 days a year.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

St Bernards

Uxbridge Road

London

UB1 3EU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC extended diploma/Level 3 National Diploma in Sports and Fitness/Personal Training OR equivalent experience

Desirable

• Sports and Exercise related training and/or development

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a fitness setting
• Experience of working as a gym instructor, with groups and individuals, screening, assessing and designing exercise programmes
• Experience of coaching/leading sports activities with people of differing abilities

Desirable

• Experience of assessing and advising on healthy lifestyle issues
• Ability to teach a variety of sports
• Experience of working with service users with physical health conditions
• Experience of working in a mental health or healthcare setting.

Knowledge

Essential

• Good written skills
• Good verbal communication skills
• Basic IT skills
• Group work skills
• Effective team worker
• Good organisational skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Health/safety and risk awareness

Desirable

• Understanding of mental health conditions

Skills

Essential

• Reliable
• Non-judgemental
• Enthusiasm for working in a challenging area
• Flexibility to change and innovation

Desirable

• Good self-awareness
• Personal experience of mental health problems

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Lakeside MHU (West Mid)

Twickenham Road

London

TW7 6AF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration with the Health Professionals Council
• Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) or Accredited CBT therapist PLUS post- graduate qualification (diploma equivalent) in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-ED)
• Training in clinical supervision for Doctoral, and equivalent, trainees

Desirable

• Completion of relevant of post-doctoral training/qualifications in relevant areas

Experience

Essential

• Experience working as a qualified psychologist for a minimum of 18 months, including at least one year's post qualification experience as a qualified psychologist within a setting that provides direct clinical experience with eating disorders.
• Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
• Experience of having facilitated/co-facilitated psychological therapy groups
• Experience of practicing clinically with service users from a range of cultural backgrounds and experience working with interpreters.

Desirable

• Experience in delivering DBT.
• Experience undertaking quality improvement projects/audits/service development projects

Knowledge

Essential

• Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of psychology, including eating disorders and personality disorders
• Able to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills such as would be required when communicating in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere
• Able to make judgements involving complex facts or situations, which require the evaluation of a range of options (e.g. the assessment of specialist clinical conditions and the determination of treatment options)
• Able to plan, prioritise and organise own service user caseload, treatment programmes involving other staff, and other aspects of the work such as research activity
• Able to use database, word processing and test administration/scoring software

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

St Bernard's Hospital

Ealing

UB1 3EU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. The First Contact Physiotherapist will work autonomously using highly specialist knowledge and skills to provide care within the musculoskeletal sphere. They will take professional responsibility as a first-contact physiotherapist (FCP), with high-level decision-making and clinical-reasoning skills to assess, diagnose and triage of patients. The FCP is accountable for independent clinical management of patients with undiagnosed and undifferentiated conditions. In addition to this, the FCP is also responsible for appropriately referring patients to relevant specialities for any necessary inpatient or outpatient investigations.
2. To manage a complex caseload (including patients with long-term musculoskeletal conditions, comorbidities and multi-factorial needs).
3. To lead, manage and contribute to service delivery and the development of MSK care within the primary care network driving and innovating changes in practice for the benefit of patient care in line with current trust and local needs.
4. To be accountable for decisions and actions via HCPC registration, supported by a professional culture of peer networking/review and engagement in evidence-based practice.
5. To streamline pathways of care by providing a responsive service so that patients receive timely access to care. To be responsible for promoting clinical excellence in MSK care and provide clinical advice and support to other health care professionals.
6. To ensure that care is proactive, preventive in focus and population based, with an emphasis on early intervention and self-management.
7. To provide care which is tailored to the individual needs of the patient. This would include, appraising the impact of individuals' clinical status on their general health, well-being, employment status (including in relation to function, physical activity, mobility and independence). This may include providing professional and independent clinical care which enables the coordination of a multi professional seamless service for patients.
8. To support patients to set their own goals and be confident in their approach to self-management.
9. To communicate effectively and appropriately with patients and carers complex and sensitive information regarding diagnosis, pathology and prognosis.
10. To use a range of clinical skills which may include: non-medical independent prescribing, joint / soft tissue injections, joint aspiration as the primary care network requires.
11. To provide learning opportunities for the whole multi professional team within primary care.
12. To work with the MDT to develop more effective and streamlined clinical pathways and services.
13. To exercise professional judgement, justifying and taking responsibility for decisions in unpredictable situations, including in the context of incomplete/contradictory information.
14. To manage interactions in complex or conflict situations, including with individuals with particular psychosocial and mental health needs and with colleagues across the primary care team, sectors and settings. You may need to visit patients in their own home to complete the MSK assessment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Graduate Diploma Physiotherapy/BSc Physiotherapy + HCPC Registration
• Relevant post-graduate courses completed or commenced relevant to this post

Desirable

• May hold or be working towards a prescribing qualification/ Injector
• Teaching qualification or experience

Leadership and Management

Essential

• Demonstrate understanding of the implications of national priorities for the team and/or service
• Demonstrates understanding of the process for effective resource utilisation

Desirable

• Leadership qualification / change management experience

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate ability to design, develop and delivers programmes of specialised learning in line with evidence based practice to peers and junior staff

Desirable

• Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Specialist experience in musculoskeletal out- patients
• Demonstrates general physiotherapy skills and knowledge in core areas
• Experience of telephone triage or face to face triage
• Have been involved in service training evaluation/initiated service change
• Experience of MDT working
• Participation in research, outcomes, clinical governance and audit
• Good communicator
• Excellent organisational skills and time management
• Good problem solver
• Good general background knowledge of orthopaedic, rheumatology and pain conditions and their management.

Desirable

• Previous experience within a community setting or GP practice
• Understanding of CBT or pain management approaches

Research and Development

Essential

• Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research governance

Desirable

• Research qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Various sites across the Acton and South Southall PCN

various sites across Ealing

Ealing

UB2 4XQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrates strong knowledge of spinal, peripheral and systemic red flags and appropriate escalation
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of MSK conditions

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma/Degree in physiotherapy or other relevant physiotherapy qualification
• Current HPC registration
• Have an understanding of the concepts of clinical governance and their implications for clinical effectiveness/best practice
• Understanding of group/team dynamics

Experience

Essential

• Relevant pre-registration physiotherapy experience to include all core rotations (including MSK)

Skills

Essential

• Ability to present information, either written as per CSP standards or orally, in a clear and logical manner
• To work as an autonomous practitioner and have the ability to manage time, prioritise and delegate work
• Commitment to own self development and learning, demonstrate by CPD portfolio
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet the differing needs of the patients.
• demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach to patient care

Other Requirements

Essential

• ability to work flexible hours and weekends

Desirable

• Car driver/owner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

West London NHS Trust

London

TW7 6AF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions (eg. Nursing, Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Social Work,)
• Masters level qualification in Systemic and Family Psychotherapy.
• Registration with UKCP as a Systemic and Family Psychotherapist.

Desirable

• Other related academic qualifications
• Advanced Diploma in Supervision of Systemic and Family Psychotherapy

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in adult mental health and/or forensic settings
• Extensive experience of conducting assessments with individuals, their families and social networks, particularly those with complex and severe difficulties, taking account of a range of theoretical models and with the ability to develop clinical formulation and make recommendations for intervention.
• Experience of working systemically across different cultural contexts and of recognising the operation of power and privilege, for example in relation to racism, gender, class and sexual identities.
• Extensive experience of working as an autonomous and independent practitioner.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, presenting with a range of clinical issues and degrees of severity, with the capacity to maintain professionalism while being presented with highly demanding and distressing situations.
• Experience of teaching and/or supervising individuals or groups of staff at different levels of training and experience.
• Experience of offering systemic consultation to individuals, multidisciplinary staff teams and other professional groups.
• Experience of planning and delivering training in systemic principles and practices.
• Experience of research and audit

Desirable

• Experience of working in inpatient or other institutional settings.
• Experience of other clinical approaches (for example MBT, EMDR, DBT).
• Experience of working with people with diagnoses of severe mental health problems and/ or trauma.
• Experience in undertaking investigations (including serious untoward incidents, disciplinary incidents and complaints).
• Publications in academic or professional journals and /or books.
• Experience of facilitating Reflective Practice groups

Knowledge

Essential

• Comprehensive knowledge of systemic theories, methods and techniques and their appropriate application in different contexts, with individuals, families, organisations and social networks.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the evidence base for family and systemic interventions.
• Knowledge of other clinical and psychotherapeutic models and modalities sufficient to engage with multidisciplinary team colleagues in deciding on and coordinating between different interventions.
• Knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis and treatments
• An understanding of the role of systemic psychotherapy in the modern NHS.
• Good knowledge of different pathways of care in terms of mental health provision in statutory and voluntary sectors.
• Knowledge of legislation regarding mental health and the criminal justice system; and regarding the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.
• Knowledge of NHS Policies and their implications for clinical practice, professional management and service development.
• Understanding of confidentiality, data protection, legislation and Caldicott principles.
• Awareness and appreciation of equality and diversity issues

Desirable

• Knowledge of research methodologies

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

St Bernard's Hospital

London

UB1 3EU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Educated to GCSE standard (5 GCSE including Maths & English grade 4 (Old C grade) or above) or equivalent.

Desirable

• Diploma in Customer Service/Administration or equivalent
• First Aid at Work, Defib & Fire Warden trained or a willingness to undertake the training.

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Previous administration experience in a customer service facing environment.
• High standard of customer service skills
• Experience of using E-learning
• Experience of Procurement

Desirable

• NHS experience of administration systems and customer service delivery
• Understanding of purchasing & invoicing systems and how they operate

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Proven working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
• Committed to Personal Development to ensure knowledge and skills are kept up to date and relevant

Desirable

• Trouble shooting basic IT problems.
• An understanding of Health and Wellbeing and reward and recognition practices in the NHS.

SKILLS

Essential

• Proven ability to use a variety of IT packages with a high level of competency including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet, email & in-house systems e.g. Intranet
• Proven ability to communicate effectively and accurately, ensuring attention to detail, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to provide effective guidance in the use of e-learning and intranet tools linked to Learning & Development.
• Proven ability to prioritise and manage own work load in order to meet deadlines
• Ability to work as part of a team or autonomously, offering additional support when necessary
• Flexible, calm, pro-active, warm, friendly & approachable
• Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good, effective team working
• Ability to manage workload in a calm and prioritised manner

Desirable

• Intermediate ability in the use of MS Office suite.
• Knowledge of Reward and Recognition schemes.
• Knowledge of health and wellbeing in the NHS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Trust Headquarters

London

UB1 3EU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Qualified to degree level in a relevant subject (nursing, OT, Social Worker, Psychologist with BPS approved post graduate certificate, counselling, psychological therapy) or equivalent experience
• Psychological Therapy qualification (or currently working towards).
• PWP training course qualification
• Significant demonstrable equivalent experience in specific area or practice.

Desirable

• Masters level training in relevant Psychological or Mental Health area.
• Post-graduate training in relevant mental-health / psychological / recovery discipline.
• Qualified psychological therapist

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of work with people with moderate to severe mental health problems.
• Experience in psychological interventions - CBT or interpersonal therapy / dialectical behaviour therapy interventions or other evidence based approaches.
• Experience of NHS procedures and structures.
• Experience of multi-agency working.
• Experience of working within and multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable

• Experience delivering psychological therapies via telephone.
• Experience in applying specialist psychological therapies.
• Previous experience of working within a crisis team.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of legislation related to mental health and social care e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Care Programme Approach etc.
• Knowledge and skill in assessment, formulation of need and evaluation of presenting problems
• Competency in delivering clinical skills i.e. assessment, therapeutic interventions and management of mental health
• Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage distressing and challenging situations
• Ability to challenge existing practice and promote continuous quality improvement
• Influencing and negotiating skills as well as adept at conflict resolution
• Presenting skills and IT literate - specifically in the MS office suite of programmes.
• High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to service users, cares and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
• Ability to feedback and discuss cases within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to interact sensitively with people with mental health problems.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Excellent documentation of duties performed.
• Confidence to work autonomously.
• Ability to communicate information on formulation, risk and intervention to staff from other disciplines.

Desirable

• Knowledge of RiO patient record system.
• Previous experience of assessing people who present in an acute mental health crisis.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Good range of problem solving skills.
• Good range of information gathering skills.
• Ability to assess and manage risks.
• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with learning disability, problems or other disabilities.
• An ability to sustain empathy and personal engagement with individuals experiencing mental health problems or challenging behaviour.
• Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working.
• Driven, reliable and methodical

Other Requirement

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a service to clients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week may include some on-call work.
• Fit and able to undertake patient facing work as and when required.

Desirable

• Possession of a valid UK driving license.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

St Bernards

Uxbridge Road

London

UB1 3EU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree / Diploma Physiotherapy
• Registration with HCPC as a Physiotherapist

Desirable

• Member of CSP and or involvement in professional network
• Post Graduate MSc Degree
• Post-registration courses e.g.: .Manual handling .Goal setting .Frailty and older people's rehabilitation .Student placement facilitator

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of working in the UK or a similar health economy (acute or community) as a physiotherapist.
• Previous general experience to include the following: .Older people/frailty assessment and rehabilitation .Medicine and general surgery .Orthopaedics .Falls .Dementia .Long-term conditions
• Experience teaching juniors and assistants

Desirable

• Experience working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting
• Previous general experience to include the following: .Community working .Neurology .Pain management
• Experience teaching students

Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent communication skills and fluency in written and oral communication
• Ability to maintain accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the Trust policies
• Ability to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary

Skills

Essential

• Understanding and ability to apply relevant knowledge and skills required to act as an effective professional clinician and adhere to your relevant code of conduct/practice
• Ability to plan and use assessment methods that are appropriate for complex needs, and use processes of reasoning that are based on available evidence including national guidelines such as NICE and other local and professional policies
• Ability to follow processes of reasoning which balance additional information against the overall picture of the individual's needs to confirm or deny developing hypotheses.
• Knowledge and understanding of the role of intermediate care in supporting a timely discharge
• Knowledge and ability to use Microsoft Office suite for various administration tasks, including
• Working with spreadsheets document writing and email

Desirable

• Knowledge and ability to use patient record systems such as SystmOne or similar.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Understanding and ability to apply relevant knowledge and skills required to act as an effective professional clinician and adhere to your relevant code of conduct/practice

Desirable

• Demonstrates flexibility, problem-solving, initiative and leadership skills.
• Able to demonstrate clinical and professional development
• Understanding the principles of multi-disciplinary teamwork
• Awareness of developments in NHS and service delivery and improvement
• Evidence of maintenance of a CPD portfolio
• Demonstration of knowledge of standards of practice, evidence and best practice guidelines
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the role of an physiotherapist in rehabilitation as well as the role of other professionals in the MDT
• Demonstrate a commitment to working with older people
• Able to demonstrate insight into the problems of disability and its effects
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the application of health and safety
• Acting in a personally and professionally responsible manner
• To be flexible and to be able to motivate self and others
• The ability to work under pressure and set priorities, delegate and manage own time
• The ability to work in a team
• Have insight into your own strengths and development areas with respect to the trust's values and behaviours

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Community Indepence Service

145 King Street Hammersmith and Fulham

London

W6 9XY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or Diploma in Social Work
• Active Professional registration with Social Work England (SWE)
• Evidence of accredited courses in child and adolescent mental health practice
• Training in prevention and management of violence and aggression
• First or higher degree in appropriate subject area or equivalent post registration training and experience

Desirable

• Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) stage 2 qualification
• CYP IAPT Trainings, e.g. CBT, Systemic Family Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy [IPT],
• Other post-graduate qualifications in: DBT, Systemic Foundation Years, EMDR, Mindfulness. Mentalizing Trainings
• Post registration training in CAMHS
• Working towards Masters Level in a CAMHS related subject.

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of assessment and working therapeutically with children, adolescents and their families within a mental health setting
• Demonstrable experience working with young people with in a community CAMHS setting
• Experience of working in a number of ways i.e. assertive outreach, clinic based settings, home, school or other appropriate environments
• Experience of using therapeutic skills, such as CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, Family Work
• Experience of interagency and multidisciplinary working
• Experience of assessing risk and formulating safe and effective risk management plans
• Clinical Supervision / Reflective Practice
• Experience of teaching other professionals

Desirable

• Experience of management of child protection emergencies
• Experience of therapeutic work with children and families where abuse or neglect has occurred
• Experience of audit and/or research
• Experience of contributing to and implementing new service developments

Knwoledge & Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of legislation relevant to the Children's Act 2004, Mental Health Act 1983 & Safeguarding Guidelines
• A sound working knowledge and application of relevant professional code, i.e. professional Code of Practice
• Knowledge of the legal issues relating to consent and capacity in children and young people.
• An awareness and understanding of the issues facing, children, adolescents and their families
• Knowledge of the various assessment tools used in CAMHS
• Knowledge of the Care Plan Approach
• Skills in communicating with children, adolescents and their families or carers
• Ability to contain the anxieties of severely unwell young people and their parents.

Desirable

• Skills and sensitivity in working with difficult to engage families
• Ability to deal with challenging behaviour in possibly distressing situations.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

West Middlesex Hospital

Twickenham Road

London

TW7 6AF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or equivalent if trained overseas.
• Eligible to work as a Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical / Counselling) as approved by the Health Care Professions Council.

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
• Post-doctoral/graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice with children and young people.
• Clinical training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach i.e. DBT, CBT, Parenting Skills or other.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families across a range of care settings, (e.g. outpatient, community, primary care, in patient settings).
• 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 working with children, adolescents and their families
• Experience of the application of clinical / counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of working with other agencies including education and social care.
• Experience of assessment and intervention with clients presenting with Neurodiversity
• Experience of working with children/young people and their families with special educational needs, neurodevelopmental difficulties, learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, and co-morbid mental health difficulties.
• Experience of leadership, team and service development.

Knwoledge & Skills

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.

Desirable

• Knowledge and skills in specialist psychological assessment and treatment of specific groups including children with learning disabilities and neurodevelopmental disorders and co-morbid mental health difficulties, adolescent mental health, trauma, anxiety and mood disorders
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. children with challenging behaviour, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)
• High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

West Middlesex Hospital

Twickenham Road

London

TW7 6AF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc (Hons) or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification
• HCPC Registered
• Evidence of post-graduate training in mental health and an active interest in further professional development in CAMHS
• Clinical supervision training
• Practice placement educator training

Desirable

• Post graduate training in sensory integration
• Training in DBT

Experience

Essential

• Considerable post qualification experience as a Band 6 or equivalent
• In-patient and/or community mental health OT clinical experience
• Experience of working with children and young people who self-harm or have suicidal ideation.
• Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working
• Supervision of O.T.s and support staff
• Supervision of O.T. students on practice placement
• Demonstrated involvement in service development

Desirable

• Experience of working in CAMHS setting
• Experience of line managing staff
• Research and audit experience

Knwoledge

Essential

• Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments, interventions and outcome measures relevant to client group
• Ability to determine the impact of mental and physical conditions on children and young people's functional ability and undertake assessment/ make recommendations with regards to the provision of equipment/aid and adaptations
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures
• Applied Knowledge of relevant policy and changes within wider NHS relevant to Mental Health
• Awareness and knowledge of factors specifically relating to O.T. within the community and CAMHS
• Demonstrated application of Risk Assessment and management in clinical practice
• Understanding and clinical application of Model of Human Occupation
• Working knowledge and application of clinical governance

Skills

Essential

• Able to demonstrate a strong professional identity
• Able to communicate and negotiate effectively with staff at all levels.
• Able to commit to and work effectively within teams, MDT, and profession specific
• Clear effective planning and decision-making skills.
• Able to maintain the profile of occupational therapy within a multidisciplinary setting
• Able to establish good working relationships across the Trust and other agencies
• Demonstrates the ability to professionally role model, empower and motivate staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

West Middlesex Hospital

Twickenham Road

London

TW7 6AF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
• Active Professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Evidence of accredited courses in child and adolescent mental health practice
• Mentorship/ teaching and assessing qualification
• Training in prevention and management of violence and aggression
• First or higher degree in appropriate subject area or equivalent post registration training and experience

Desirable

• Specialist therapeutic skills e.g. CBT
• Post registration training in CAMHS
• Working towards Masters Level in a CAMHS related subject.

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of assessment and working therapeutically with children, adolescents and their families within a mental health setting
• Demonstrable experience working with young people with in a community CAMHS setting
• Experience of working in a number of ways i.e. assertive outreach, clinic based settings, home, school or other appropriate environments
• Experience of using therapeutic skills, such as CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, Family Work
• Experience of interagency and multidisciplinary working
• Experience of assessing risk and formulating safe and effective risk management plans

Desirable

• Experience of contributing to and implementing new service developments
• Experience of therapeutic work with children and families where abuse or neglect has occurred

Knwoledge

Essential

• Knowledge of legislation relevant to the Children's Act 2004, Mental Health Act 1983 & Safeguarding Guidelines
• A sound working knowledge and application of relevant professional code, i.e. professional Code of Practice
• Knowledge of the legal issues relating to consent and capacity in children and young people.
• An awareness and understanding of the issues facing, children, adolescents and their families
• Knowledge of the various assessment tools used in CAMHS
• Skills in communicating with children, adolescents and their families or carers
• Ability to contain the anxieties of severely unwell young people and their parents.
• Ability to deal with challenging behaviour in possibly distressing situations.

Desirable

• Skills and sensitivity in working with difficult to engage families
• Ability to deal with challenging behaviour in possibly distressing situations.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

West Middlesex Hospital

Twickenham Road

London

TW7 6AF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the HPC.

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• 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 working with children and adolescents and their carer networks.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of working with other agencies, local authorities and voluntary sectors.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of working with children and families under Children's Social Care Services

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.

Desirable

• Knowledge and skills in specialist neuro/psychological assessment and treatment with children and young people with mental health problems, emotional and/or learning disabilities.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g, children known to social care, children with behaviour that challenges, neurodiverse people with additional needs etc).
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Ealing CAMHS

1 Armstrong Way

London

UB2 4SD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or equivalent if trained overseas.
• Eligible to work as a Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical / Counselling) as approved by the Health Care Professions Council.
• Training in supervision

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
• Post-doctoral/graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice with children and young people.
• Clinical training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach i.e. CBT, Parenting Skills or other.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families across a range of care settings, (e.g. outpatient, community, primary care, in patient settings).
• 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 working with children, adolescents and their families as a qualified Clinical Psychologist in CAMHS.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision/reflective practice.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision/reflective practice.
• Experience of working with evidence-based approaches to low mood, anxiety and behaviour problems

Desirable

• Experience working with children, adolescents (and their families) with learning disability and/or neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g. ASD, ADHD, etc) in a CAMH setting.
• Experience working with CYP who are experiencing considerable behaviours that challenge.
• Experience working with children, adolescents (and their families) who present in crisis and have provided therapeutic input to prevent inpatient admission.
• Experience of working with other agencies and providing consultation.
• Experience of working with children/young people with special educational needs and challenging behaviour or mental health difficulties and their families.

Knowledge & skills

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practised within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC.

Desirable

• Knowledge and skills in specialist psychological assessment and treatment of specific groups (e.g. looked after children, learning disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders, adolescent mental health, trauma, anxiety and mood disorders).
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of application of therapeutic models to children who have special educational needs and neurodevelopmental conditions.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Ealing CAMHS

1 Armstrong Way

London

UB2 4SD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level.
• A registerable professional qualification (e.g. clinical or educational psychology, social work, counselling, mental health nursing, occupational therapy etc)
• Applications MAY be considered from those who do not have a registerable professional training if they have at least 3 years' experience in a CAMHS or equivalent setting and can demonstrate equivalence through the RPL (recognition of prior learning) process
• Minimum second-class Bachelor's Degree from a UK University or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work etc.).

Experience

Essential

• A minimum of two years of experience of working with children /families/ young people in a mental health setting
• Experience of assessing and managing risk and safeguarding issues
• Experience of multi-agency and/or multi-disciplinary working and liaising across internal & external agencies.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to risk and safeguarding children and young people.
• Ability to be an autonomous practitioner whilst being able to work as an integral part of a multi-agency locality team.
• Be committed to anti discriminatory/ anti oppressive practice and equal opportunity.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with children, young people, and their families, whilst considering social differences.
• Ability to maintain a reflective stance in emotive/challenging interactions with children and their families.
• Ability to work in a collaborative and respectful manner with children, young people and their families.
• Ability to personally manage sensitive and potentially emotionally distressing caseload material
• Ability to reflect on own practice (in clinical supervision and practice tutor groups with course peers)
• Ability to follow local policy and procedures (e.g., within a CBT pathway) and make proposals for change.
• Capability to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level, including IELTS or equivalent to the appropriate level for students with English as a foreign language (BAND D)
• Ability to complete academic work across different learning environments at postgraduate level and balance the academic demands of the course with clinical placement demands

Desirable

• Understanding of evidence-based clinical practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences good clinical practice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Ealing CAMHS

1 Armstrong Way

London

UB2 4SD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oMinimum second-class Bachelor's Degree or equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work etc); OR Applicants who do not fulfil the academic criteria but have relevant professional experience are still encouraged to apply and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• oInclude any service-specific requirement for a core professional qualification where relevant.

Skills competencies

Essential

• oAbility to communicate effectively and sensitively with young children and their carers;
• oAbility to adapt communication style according to the varying needs of families;
• oAbility to personally manage sensitive and potentially emotionally distressing caseload material;
• oAbility to reflect on own practice (in clinical supervision and practice tutor groups with course peers);
• oAbility to follow policy and clinical governance procedures and make proposals for change;
• oAbility to maintain accurate records;
• oAbility to complete academic work at postgraduate level and balance the academic demands of the course with clinical placement demands;
• oDemonstrates adaptability and able to work with diverse communities;
• oGood time management and organisational abilities and ability to work autonomously where required;
• oEffective oral and written communication skills;
• oAbility to observe, assess, and think about children's emotional wellbeing and relational needs within their family and caregiving context.

Knowledge

Essential

• oKnowledge of the importance of the 0-5 years on development and mental wellbeing and understanding of the range of factors that can impact 0-5 developmental and emotional wellbeing;
• oUnderstanding of early child development theory and of 0-5 services (e.g. health visiting, early help, and holistic approaches);
• oKnowledge of safeguarding issues relating to very young children.
• oKnowledge of the importance of the parent-child relationship and early relational development in supporting emotional wellbeing across the 0-5 period.

Experience

Essential

• o2 or more years of experience working with the development and wellbeing of children and young children aged 0-5 and their families.
• oExperience of children aged 0-5 and their development in a personal, voluntary or observational capacity.
• oExperience of multi-agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies.
• oExperience of observing and thinking about children's emotional wellbeing, relationships, and caregiving contexts across the 0-5 age range.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Ealing CAMHS, Hounslow CAMHS, H&F CAMHS

92 Bath Road

Hounslow

TW3 3EL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology.
• Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

• Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children or adults with mental health difficulties and/or neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism Spectrum Disorders - ASD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - ADHD).
• Experience of clinically relevant research or audit.

Desirable

• Experience of work in an NHS setting relevant to the posts advertised, e.g. psychology/neurodevelopmental/mental health teams .
• Experience of working within Education or Social Care setting.
• Experience of teaching and training, or group work.
• Experience of working with families from different cultural contexts.

Knowledge

Essential

• High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems, other disabilities, and social difficulties.
• An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health and social care context

Desirable

• Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, for example Excel, SPSS for Windows.
• High standard of report writing.
• Experience of having written research and/or evaluation reports and papers.
• Knowledge of the issues of conducting research/evaluation in the context of multi-agency teams.
• Knowledge of specific strategies for working with children with Neurodevelopmental conditions.
• Knowledge and skills in functional analysis and positive behavioural interventions.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Heart of Hounslow Health Centre

92 Bath Road

Hounslow

TW3 3EL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/diploma in Nursing
• Professional registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) RMN.
• Evidence training relevant to child and adolescent mental health practice
• Training in mentorship and supervision

Desirable

• Training in standardised assessment tools relevant to the role e.g. ADI-r, ADOS or a willingness to undertake this training
• Relevant post graduate qualification in Mental Health related field
• Qualifications/ training in specialist skills e.g. systemic therapies, CBT, Family Intervention. Evidence based group work e.g. DBT
• Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification or a willingness to undertake this training

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable post qualifying experience of working within a multidisciplinary mental health setting at Band 6 or above.
• Relevant experience working with children and young people in CAMHS or other relevant setting
• Experience of working in a number of ways i.e. assertive outreach, clinic-based settings, home, school or other appropriate environments
• Experience of assessing risk and formulating safe and effective safety plans and crisis, relapse and support plans
• Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working
• Experience of managing child protection emergencies
• Experience of providing clinical /professional and management supervision and supporting the professional development of others.

Desirable

• Experience of contributing to service development and audit and/or research

Competencies

Essential

• Able to undertake comprehensive mental health assessments of children and young people presenting with a range of mental health needs, including complex presentations. Able to formulate clinical needs and develop, implement and review evidence-based care and treatment plans.
• Competent in assessing and managing clinical risk and developing appropriate risk management plans. Demonstrates sound knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities, policies and procedures.
• Able to engage effectively and develop therapeutic relationships with children, young people and families/carers. Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills, including communicating complex and sensitive information. Understands child and adolescent development and adapts communication and interventions accordingly.
• Able to deliver evidence-based, therapeutically informed interventions appropriate to the needs of children, young people and families. Experience of family and/or parenting work within CAMHS or a relevant setting. Able to provide psychoeducation and promote resilience, recovery and self-management.
• Demonstrates culturally informed and inclusive practice, considering individual identity, diversity and social circumstances within assessment and intervention.
• Able to work autonomously and effectively within a multidisciplinary team. Able to establish effective working relationships with families, professional networks and partner agencies.
• Able to manage and prioritise a clinical caseload effectively. Uses clinical and professional supervision appropriately and demonstrates commitment to continuing professional development. Able to provide appropriate support, advice and guidance to colleagues and students

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Heart of Hounslow Health Centre

92 Bath Road

Hounslow

TW3 3EL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE or Equivalent in English.
• NVQ Level 3 or Equivalent.
• Evidence of continuous professional education.

Desirable

• RSA III typing or equivalent
• ECDL or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years previous experience as an administrator.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• A commitment to and an understanding of, Trust equality and diversity policy.
• A commitment to and an understanding of, the Trust confidentiality policy

Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to mental health.

Skills

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate sensitively and effectively, in person and on the telephone.
• Able to work independently and use own initiative.
• Able to prioritise and organise own workload.
• Able to work effectively with senior colleagues across a range of organisations.
• Excellent IT skills and computer literacy, including Microsoft Office (or equivalent), word processing, spread sheets, databases, PowerPoint, Internet and email.
• Advanced Keyboard Skills - Min typing speed 60wpm
• Audio/Copy Typing
• Proven record of good personal organisation.
• Data entry experience
• Filing
• Diary management
• Minute taking.
• Reprographic experience (photocopying)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a front line environment.
• Commitment to providing a high quality service at all times.
• Strong attention to detail
• Professional attitude to work.
• Able to work as part of a team
• Good working experience of diary management.
• Experience of taking minutes, some at senior level

Desirable

• Previous experience within the NHS
• Experience of working in a mental health setting.
• Experience on Power point.
• Choose & Book system.
• Rio or EMIS / Systm 1 (patient information systems)

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Smart appearance.
• Flexible approach to managing workload.
• Reliable.
• Tact and sensitivity when dealing with people who may be unwell.

Desirable

• Able to commit to providing cover for unplanned periods of absence. (sickness)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

St Bernards

Uxbridge Road

London

UB1 3EU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Level 2 NVQ in appropriate field Or equivalent
• EDL

Desirable

• NVQ level 3 in appropriate field

Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing administrative duties across multiple teams
• Experience of liaising with and working closely with health care professionals
• Experience of providing public facing advise
• Experience of collecting and collating data
• Experience of working with a public facing environment

Desirable

• Experience of developing data collection tools
• Experience of providing support across providers
• Experience of working 1:1 with health care professional in completing clinical audit

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of the local health service remits
• Knowledge of and ability to fully utilise Microsoft office including outlook and excel
• Knowledge of the multidisciplinary team and roles

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Able to prioritise own work and support others
• Ability to work seamlessly across teams
• Able to resolve problems when they arise and ask for support when appropriate

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Clayponds Hospital

Sterling Place

London

W5 4RN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Good general education with minimum of 2 CSE, GCSE PE
• BTEC in PE
• To have a relevant Sports or Gym qualification (Level 2 Gym Instructor)

Desirable

• Motivation and Engagement Training
• Degree in a relevant area
• Recognised coaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience in care of a person who has mental health problems
• Experience motivating and engaging people
• Experience at working with others on implementing a new activity.

Desirable

• Experience working in a care environment

Knowledge

Essential

• To have a working knowledge of the importance of grading physical Activity for patients' needs.
• Evidence in mental health awareness

Desirable

• Knowledge of wider NHS papers or policies or CQUIN's relevant to Mental Health

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Able to communicate effectively with staff at all levels
• Ability to work autonomously if directed by band 5.
• Clear effective session planning
• Good IT skills
• Good time management skills.

Desirable

• Demonstrate a positive attitude to change.
• To have an enquiring approach to service development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Broadmoor Hospital

Crowthorne

RG45 7ET

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ 3
• IT Skills

Desirable

• NVQ assessor qualification
• Foundation degree/level 1 diploma modules or willingness to undertake
• Other equivalent qualifications and or evidence of further learning

Experience

Essential

• At minimum of two years Community Health care assistant or demonstrate appropriate and relevant work experience
• Experience of autonomous working

Desirable

• Experience of working within a community team
• Experience in Rapid Response/ discharge to assess/Acute Service Setting
• Admission/Venepuncture teams/Community Discharge teams

Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
• Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
• Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
• Basic working knowledge of IT and emails
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the healthcare setting

Skills

Essential

• Carry out clinical interventions as delegated by a registered nurse or registered health care professional
• Experience patient personal care, phlebotomy and basic wound care assessment and other advanced associate or technician tasks such as ECG, bowel and Bladder care.
• Ability to carry out baseline assessments e.g. blood pressure, pulse, temperature, understanding of SBAR and deteriorating adult assessment

Other Requirements

Essential

• Willingness to learn and develop; recognizes the need for flexibility
• Able to work well within a multi-disciplinary team
• Understands own accountability
• Ability to use own initiative
• Be discrete in dealing with sensitive issues
• Good attendance record
• Hold full UK driving license (EU is accepted for 1 year) with clean driving license.
• Flexible approach to work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Community Indepence Service

Hammersmith and Fulham

W6 9XY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Good honors degree (2:1 minimum) in Psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership of BPS.
• Post-graduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the BPS.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council

Desirable

• Other related academic and post-graduate qualifications
• Evidence of post-doctoral training in psychological therapy techniques

Experience

Essential

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of working with older people
• Experience of having facilitated/co-facilitated psychological therapy groups.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.

Desirable

• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.

Knowledge

Essential

• Specialist knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of psychology applied to clinical practice.
• Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of the assessment and treatment of a range of mental health conditions.
• Able to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills such as would be required when communicating in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere.
• Able to plan, prioritise and organise own service user caseload, treatment programmes (individual or group) involving other staff and other aspects of the work such as research activity.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
• Able to use database, word processing and test administration/scoring software.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of assessment and intervention with families.
• Able to speak other languages present in local communities such as Hindi, Punjabi or Polish.

Skills

Essential

• Able to adapt to rapidly changing service demands
• Able to maintain intense concentration frequently and for prolonged periods with unpredictable patients (e.g., in the assessment and treatment of patients with complex difficulties).
• Able to function in potentially traumatic circumstances and in highly emotionally distressing circumstances on a frequent basis (e.g., in dealing with patients with serious mental illness, violence, self- harm, sexual abuse).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

St Bernards

Uxbridge Road

Ealing

UB1 3EU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)