Clinical/Counselling Clinical Health Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide specialist psychological assessments of patients referred to the RCHT Paediatric Clinical Health Psychology Services based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the patients care.

To formulate and implement plans for the treatment and/or management of a patients psychological and mental health needs, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patients problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for children, young people, carers, families, and groups, adjusting, and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models, and maintaining several provisional hypotheses.

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical, physiological/medical, social, and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, or group.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients whose problems are managed by the Department of Clinical Health Psychology.

To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patients formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan.

To ensure liaison with the CAMHS team if the needs of the child or young person indicate their input is required.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.

To contribute to the care package for the patient and advising, where appropriate, on the work of others involved with care. To attend patient reviews as required and communicate effectively with the patient, his/her family and all others involved in the network of care.

To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of patients and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care. The information may not be well received in all cases and there may be barriers to understanding due to patients presenting difficulties.

Work will involve dealing with Safeguarding issues and the high levels of anxiety that this can evoke.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
• HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist

Desirable

• Post-Graduate Qualification in specific therapy
• Research qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience in working across the life-span in health care settings
• Experience in MDT working
• Experience in application of psychological & therapeutic approaches
• Experience of teaching and training others

Desirable

• Experience of working with a wide range of patients with physical health presentations (2)
• Experience of service evaluation and published research
• Experience of working with patients with a history of trauma and/or eating difficulties.

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).

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

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Address

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Truro

TR1 3LJ

Employer's website

https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)