Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide comprehensive psychological assessments and treatments of service users based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex, contentious and/or sensitive data from a variety of sources including psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service users care.

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

To formulate and implement complex plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service users mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework.

To be responsible for implementing psychological interventions for individual service users, carers, families and groups.

Clinical work will require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options, to develop complex formulations based upon a range of theoretical perspectives, which will allow the most effective highly specialised programme of care.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and transition to community for service users whose problems are managed by psychologically-based care plans.

To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all service users of the service, across all multidisciplinary teams, settings and other agencies serving the client group.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.

To manage diary to ensure adequate provision of direct clinical work, as per the standards of four face-to-face direct clinical sessions of one hour per each full work day.

Work with service users in situations that may be highly antagonistic, abusive and hostile. Communicate, in a skilled and sensitive manner, highly complex, highly sensitive and/or highly contentious information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans.

TEACHING, TRAINING AND CLINICAL SUPERVISION

Receive regular clinical professional supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines from a senior psychologist and, where appropriate, other professional colleagues.

To provide advice, consultation, supervision, teaching and training to staff working with the client group, where appropriate.

To take part in regular internal continuing professional development and participate in external CPD linked to appraisal goals and in line with the CPD guidelines set down by the BPS/HCPC.

To provide professional and clinical supervision to psychological professionals, assistant psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists, when required by the service.

To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of clinical and/or counselling psychology, as appropriate.

MANAGEMENT, RECRUITMENT, POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.

To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.

To contribute to the management of assistant, undergraduate and graduate psychologists, within the framework of the team/services policies and procedures, as required/appropriate.

To be involved as appropriate/required in recruitment processes

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.

To undertake research projects, including complex audit and service evaluation using research methodology, with colleagues within the service to help develop service provision.

To be responsible for the upkeep of the practice development unit file and the coordination of audit and research projects related to this, in accordance with Trust policies.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Can demonstrate evidence-based people practice strategies, including conflict resolution and performance management.
• Can evidence applied understanding of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Care Act in practice.
• Can evidence applied understanding of employment and health & safety legislation in practice.
• Can evidence applied understanding and implementation of biopsychosocial assessment and intervention.
• Can evidence applied knowledge of defensible practice, clinical enquiry and professional curiosity and documentation.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Can evidence ability to use adaptive communication strategies.
• Can demonstrate evidence-based people practice strategies, including conflict resolution and performance management.
• Can demonstrate ability to self-reflect in a critical manner in order to develop understanding and foster continuous learning.
• Can demonstrate ability to role-model, coach, train and lead others.
• Can evidence ability to work flexibly in respect of working hours, prioritisation and communication in the best interest of others.
• Can evidence strategies to optimise resilience to competing priorities and external stressors.

Qualifications

Essential

• A Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology accredited by the BPS and HCPC.
• Eligibility for Chartered Psychologist Status.
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.

Desirable

• Formal supervision training.
• Level 3 qualification relevant to management or leadership.
• Level 2 qualification in IT or similar.

Experience

Essential

• 2 years experience using mental health, physical health and risk assessment tools.
• 2 years experience implementing risk management and formulation protocols.

Desirable

• 2 years experience working with adult acute mental illness (either inpatient or crisis).
• 1 years experience in a supervisory or management position.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Navigo Health and Social Care CIC

Address

Harrison House

Peaks Lane

Grimsby

DN32 9RP

Employer's website

https://navigocare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)