Principal Clinical Psychologist OPMH Inpatient Psychology Team

Job Description

The Principal Clinical Psychologist is responsible for the delivery of a specialised Clinical Psychology service to older people admitted to NHS GG&CS 21 OPMH in­patient wards. The post will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy, at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures . The successful candidate will be a member of a team of psychologists,led by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who will be responsible for scoping current provision/need in in-patient services; working with stakeholders to plan the development of psychological provision to the wards; providing staff training, supervision and implementation support; evaluating the impact of service improvements; and delivering a specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy service for clients with the most complex presentations. The successful applicant will be a Clinical Psychologist with knowledge, skills and experience gained from working with a variety of client groups, across the whole life course, presenting with the full range of clinical severity in a range of care settings; preferably with experience of working in specialist older peoples mental health services. You will have experience of undertaking clinical leadership roles within multi­ disciplinary or multi-agency contexts; and providing consultation and supervision to colleagues on psychological aspects of care. The NHS GG&C OPMH In-patient Psychology Team is hosted within the GG&C Older Peoples Psychology Service, which provides a highly specialist service to older people within the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde area. The mental health arm of the service is delivered through participation in Community Mental Health Teams for Older People around the health board area. The department also includes an Acute Hospital Liaison Clinical Psychology service for older people in acute hospital settings; a Rehab Clinical Psychology service for older people accessing physical health day hospital services; the GG&C Young Onset Dementia service; a Care Home Liaison Psychology Service in Glasgow HSCP; and the OPTIMAL Team, tasked with widening access to evidence­ based PI/PTs across GG&C. You will be a member of this psychology department and will deliver a Clinical Psychology service to older people following referral by colleagues working in OPMH wards across NHS GG&C. Professional and operational management is via the Older Peoples Psychology Service and the Psychology Directorate. The post reports to the Consultant Clinical Psychologist for the OPMH In-patient Psychology. It is essential that you have a Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS or HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. It is also essential that you are currently registered with the HCPC. The shift pattern for this post is Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm.Please note that, using our agreed OPPS Preceptorship process we can consider applications from candidates eligible for appointment at Band 7. If successful at interview, these candidates would be offered a Band 7 Development post, with a set of agreed objectives and a PDP constituting a development programme designed to assist them to develop the full set of competences associated with the Band 8a role.Informal Contact: Stephanie Crawford, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Tel NoDetails on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs .