Clinical Psychologist - Older Age Inpatients
Closing date: 15 June 2026
To provide a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to older adults admitted to the inpatient mental health ward. Responsibilities include psychological assessment, formulation, interventions, group therapy, staff training, supervision, and service development.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist psychological assessments using a range of psychometric, neuropsychological, and observational tools.
- Develop and share psychological formulations to inform multidisciplinary care planning.
- Deliver individual and group psychological interventions tailored to older adults (e.g., CBT, ACT, Compassion‑Focused Therapy, reminiscence approaches).
- Offer consultation and advice to colleagues on psychological aspects of care.
- Conduct cognitive assessments to assist with diagnosis of dementia and other neurocognitive disorders.
- Support risk assessment and management from a psychological perspective.
- Act as an integral member of the ward’s multidisciplinary team (psychiatrists, nurses, OTs, social workers, physiotherapists, etc.).
- Contribute to daily handovers, ward rounds, and discharge planning meetings.
- Provide psychological leadership to the team in understanding challenging behaviours and emotional distress.
Qualifications
- Training in Counselling, Forensic, or Clinical Psychology. Doctoral level training in psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996).
- HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.
- Continuing professional development through structured self‑study, specialist clinical supervision, and/or relevant short courses.
- Post‑doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice (EMDR, CAT, Schema Therapy, Systemic Therapy).
Experience
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment across the full range of care settings.
- Experience working in multi‑agency teams with a wide variety of client groups, maintaining professionalism in highly emotive and distressing situations.
- Evidence of further specialist training/experience, e.g., a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision as a specialist clinical psychologist or equivalent.
- Experience of teaching and training.
Knowledge
- Skills in complex psychological assessment, intervention, and management methods.
- Knowledge of evidence‑based psychological interventions.
- Strong communication skills, orally and in writing, for complex clinical information.
- Ability to provide consultation to professional and non‑professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology and complex multivariable data analysis.
- Evidence of CPD and formal training in supervising other psychologists.
- Ability to work effectively in a team setting.
- Familiarity with theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and therapies.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post requires a Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 check and a Disclosure and Barring Service submission.
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750 per annum, pro rata.
About the Trust
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
