Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
The Acute and Rehab psychology service is an exciting and dynamic team of psychological professionals working in crisis settings – including acute crisis admission wards and crisis home treatment teams.
This advertised post would allow opportunity to work across different areas of our crisis pathway.
The successful applicant would join our well respected and exciting Acute Psychology Service. The team are at the forefront of national developments in inpatient and acute working. We are actively involved in research and keen to recruit people who share that vision of contributing to best practice, national guidelines and an evidence base. For example, a number of our team were recently involved in contributing to the psychological services for acute adult mental health BPS/ACP-UK guidelines.
We have an in-house CPD package for all staff and regularly apply for funding from Higher Education England for our staff to undertake training in models such as Systemic Family Therapy, EMDR, FLP and CBT for psychosis.
This is an 8a post, but we welcome applicants at Band 7 who would be supported with a developmental post offer to enable them to build competencies to transition up to band 8a.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve creative and thoughtful input including offering opportunity to develop skills in assessing, formulating and treating high risk behaviours using evidence based interventions. We work closely with our multi-disciplinary colleagues through consultation, training, reflective practice and opportunities are available to develop these skills in integrated working .
The post would suit someone who has a strong interest in working with crisis interventions as part of a multidisciplinary team in an inpatient or home treatment setting.
These jobs may require direct working with patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. The applicant should be able to work with such patients in line with the Trust's PPE and social distancing guidelines.
Applicants should have:
1. Doctoral level training in Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychology and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) professional body
2. Experience of working in an evidence-based way with clients presenting with severe mental health difficulties, people in crisis and their families and carers.
3. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary service context.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
Person specification
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
4. •HCPC registration or equivalent registration with appropriate professional body ( BABCP/UKCP/AFT)
Qualifications
Essential criteria
5. Doctoral qualification in psychology (clinical/counselling/forensic psychology) ng)
Desirable criteria
6. Additional qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
7. Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
8. Experience in crisis settings / wards/ htt
Professional Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
9. Knowledge of risk assessment and its importance in acute and crisis settings
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
10. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
11. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
12. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
13. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.