The post-holder is responsible for the systematic provision of high quality mental health services to clients of the MHSOP services. This will include:

Provision of clinical psychological assessment, including neuropsychological assessment and specialist psychological interventions to service users in the memory clinics and other older person'.

Primary responsibility for support and supervision to qualified and unqualified team members delivering psychological assessment.

Supervision of assistant psychologist in memory clinics (EMDASS).

Monitoring referrals and management of the waiting list in conjunction with clinical psychology.

Monitoring the capacity of the service and in conjunction with the professional lead for MHSOP psychological therapies, identifying new initiatives to provide optimum service.

Contributing to and supporting the delivery of high quality psychological therapies throughout East and North.

Good Honours degree in psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership and GBC of the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.

Full registration with Health and Care Professions Council

Related academic qualifications to masters or doctorate level.

Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice., Assessed experience of specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessment and treatment of older adult clients and those with psychological difficulties in the context of ageing processes, across a full range of care settings, including in patient, community, and statutory, voluntary, and private sector residential and nursing settings. Typically, this would involve specialist level experience, or its equivalent demonstrated through CV and interview.

Experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems, including: Highly emotive and distressing problems, challenging behaviour, severe and enduring mental health problems in individuals with long histories of institutionalisation/contact with mental health services.

Demonstrate further specialist clinical experience and training, through a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months, or an agreed alternative

Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment.

Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision, including supervision of clinical psychology trainee(s).

Experience working within a multi- disciplinary therapy service.

Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of older adult psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology.

Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.

Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management with older adults, including specialised psychological interventions for difficult to treat groups (e.g., multiple mental health and/or physical health problems). Ability to demonstrate an area of special interest/skill in assessment, therapeutic intervention or research/evaluation.

Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS and HCPC.

Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

Able to plan own workload; and coordinate with other relevant staff in the delivery of clinical service

Able to work at a high level of professional autonomy and responsibility, in a collaborative multi-disciplinary environment and also, as a lone worker in circumstances where there may be exposure to verbal and sometimes physical aggression.

Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.

Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to older people

Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

Completion of all relevant modules of Accredited Doctoral Clinical Psychology Course: Introduction to Supervision Courses (approx 30 hours)

Evidence of post-qualification CPD as recommended by the BPS: neuropsychology of older adults, Experience of leading or heading a part of a service and representing a service at a senior level.

Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework.

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

Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g., dual diagnoses, people with co-morbid conditions: physical health, social complexity, psychologically complex histories)

Good presentation and teaching skills and ability to use multi-media materials for formal presentations to large groups.

Completion of basic level, post-qualification training in the Neuropsychology of Older Adults.

Familiarity with computing technology, including keyboard skills, and use of word- processing, e-mail, and internet software.

Skilled in appropriate and up to date De-escalation techniques., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This is a very exciting opportunity to join a set of exceptional clinical leaders in the Psychology Department of the Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) of Hertfordshire Partnership University Foundation NHS Trust. MHSOP provides comprehensive mental health and community services for the whole of Hertfordshire for people with mental health conditions over the age of 65.