Permanent 0.8 WTE
Older People Inpatient Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist at Harplands Hospital
The Trust supports agile working & the ability to work from home part of the time can be facilitated alongside flexible start & finish times
Do you have an interest in working with older people experiencing complex trauma, anxiety, depression, psychosis & bi-polar & cognitive difficulties? Are you excited to make a difference to the lives of older people & their families who are experiencing mental health, physical health &/or cognitive difficulties?
Are you enthusiastic about working on inpatient wards in a friendly, passionate & effective MDT? Do you want to join an experienced older person’s psychology team consisting of a Consultant & Senior Psychologist, Trainees & Assistants? Do you also want to be an integral member of a team of Acute & Urgent Care (A&UC) Psychologists?
If so, then this may be the ideal job for you…
The Harplands Hospital would welcome applicants for a Principal Psychologist to complement the MDT on two co-located older people’s wards. We are looking for someone with the clinical skills and experience to enable them to work with older people living with a full range of mental health difficulties and dementia. The successful applicant will be responsible for providing highly specialist psychological assessment, as well as individual & group interventions. You will also be actively involved in teaching & training for ward staff, providing reflective practice & consultation & offering team-based formulations around behaviour that challenges. There will also be opportunities to complete neuropsychological assessments & gain skills in this area.
To support you in your new post, you will work alongside a truly approachable older person’s psychology team. You will also be an integral part of the A&UC Psychology team & will have direct support & consultation from a Consultant Psychologist. This post will be supported through clinical supervision offered by the Consultant Psychologist & managerial supervision with the Ward Manager. You will also have access to specialist neuropsychology supervision.
Aside from direct clinical work, you will be supported to contribute to service development, quality improvement & research projects. Professional development & your own training are also actively encouraged & supported.
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ann Kilanska Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address:
[email protected] 
