Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent verbal, nonverbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to integrate complex data; make evaluations, formulations, and decisions.
• Organisation and time management skills

Desirable

• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers, and colleagues.
• Small -scale project management.
• Able to remain in, concentrate on, and carry out cognitive assessments over prolonged periods of time.

Knowledge

Essential

• Personal: An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines and with people with mental health problems.

Desirable

• Clinical placement and/or supervised practise in mental health services or working with older people, people with dementia, or people with complex mental health needs.
• Further training in an Older Adults clinical setting
• Basic knowledge of Dementia
• Basic knowledge/experience of neuropsychological assessments

Other

Essential

• Ability to work independently within defined occupational procedures and use initiative within the service setting.
• Ability to work as a member of a clinical team.
• Ability to tolerate ambiguity and maintain own morale and motivation in challenging service delivery contexts.
• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
• Able to travel
• A DBS Check will be required for this role.

Experience

Essential

• Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality

Desirable

• Experience in specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a wide range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.
• Experience gained during supervised training and working in Older People’s Mental Health Services
• Experience of teaching, training, and/or supervision.

Qualifications

Essential

• BA or BSc in Psychology (recognised by the British Psychological Society)
• Eligible for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

• Further post-graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice, and/or research design and analysis
• IT Skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).