Job summary
An exciting opportunity offering a 12 month secondment/fixed term post for a HCPC-registered clinical/counselling psychologist to join the Major Trauma Team at University Hospitals Plymouth, the adult Major Trauma Centre (MTC) for Peninsula Trauma Network covering Devon & Cornwall.
As the Peninsula Trauma Centre, Derriford Hospital has a well-established team of Major Trauma Centre Clinical and Rehabilitation Coordinators (MTCC/MTRCs). The team are responsible for coordinating the care, rehabilitation, repatriation and transfer in of all major trauma patients while ensuring seamless case management for all MTC patients within the Trust.
The post-holder will provide a highly specialist and high quality Clinical Health Psychology service for adults who have undergone major trauma, within the Clinical Health Psychology department. Clinical duties will include the assessment and provision of psychological therapy, advice or consultation to patients and professionals within the Trust during the acute phase and onwards during the patients stay.
The post holders will need to be enthusiastic, dynamic, excellent communicators and will be required to work with multi-disciplinary teams across the organisation. There will be opportunities for involvement in supervision and teaching.
If you are a motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills looking for a career augmenting opportunity this could be the post for you. The team are exploring options to make the post permanent.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Major Trauma MDT at UHP.
To provide a highly specialised Psychology service to major trauma patients within the Trust.
1. To devise and provide individualised assessment and treatment of inpatients andoutpatients with multi-faceted problems.
2. To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on psychological problems, needsand care of Medical major trauma patients.
3. To provide specialist support and supervision to staff involved in the care of majortrauma patients that we work with
4. To meet the health needs, participate in, advise, and make proposals regarding servicedevelopment within Clinical Health Psychology especially with regard to Hospitalpatients
5. To apply Research and Development skills to: perform audit within the service; auditown clinical practice; and the supervision of undergraduate students, graduateassistants and doctoral trainees
6. To supervise clinical work of newly qualified staff, trainees and graduate psychologyassistants directly in order to administer psychological therapy and ensuring systemsare in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision thesestaff
Provisional Interview dates: 28th February 2024
***Please note that applications from temporary workers who have been engaged with the Trust for a minimum of 3 months are welcome. ***
***Available as a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity. (With current line manager's agreement). ***
About us
We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a highly specialist and high quality Clinical Psychology service for adults who have undergone major trauma, within the Clinical Health Psychology department of Plymouth HospitalsNHS Trust.
To be responsible for the assessment and provision of psychological therapy, advice or consultation to patients and professionals within the Trust.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and to act as a highly specialist resource to the Trust.
To provide teaching and training where required, supervision to other professionals and to support the development of increased psychological provision within the hospital.
For further details see full job description
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a highly specialist and high quality Clinical Psychology service for adults who have undergone major trauma, within the Clinical Health Psychology department of Plymouth HospitalsNHS Trust.
To be responsible for the assessment and provision of psychological therapy, advice or consultation to patients and professionals within the Trust.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and to act as a highly specialist resource to the Trust.
To provide teaching and training where required, supervision to other professionals and to support the development of increased psychological provision within the hospital.
For further details see full job description
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Post qualification demonstrable experience of clinical work within a health care setting, with individuals who have an acute/long term medical condition
- In depth demonstrable experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children and young people across different care settings e.g. outpatient, community and inpatient
- Post qualification demonstrable experience of working as a clinical psychologist, providing psychological consultation, and training to multiprofessional and multi-agency teams
- Formal teaching/ presentation sessions to health and other professionals
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Demonstrable experience of providing professional/clinical supervision
- Proven knowledge and demonstrable experience of safeguarding
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of supervising qualified clinical psychologists
- Accredited supervision training
- Demonstrable experience of or training in providing family therapy
- Computer literate and proven knowledge of statistical packages
- Additional training in the supervision of other psychologists
- Experience of working with patients with major trauma
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS
- HCPC Registered
Desirable
- Professional proven knowledge acquired through postgraduate doctoral degree is supplemented by short specialist courses, clinical supervision and further specialist training and demonstrable experience
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Post qualification demonstrable experience of clinical work within a health care setting, with individuals who have an acute/long term medical condition
- In depth demonstrable experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children and young people across different care settings e.g. outpatient, community and inpatient
- Post qualification demonstrable experience of working as a clinical psychologist, providing psychological consultation, and training to multiprofessional and multi-agency teams
- Formal teaching/ presentation sessions to health and other professionals
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Demonstrable experience of providing professional/clinical supervision
- Proven knowledge and demonstrable experience of safeguarding
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of supervising qualified clinical psychologists
- Accredited supervision training
- Demonstrable experience of or training in providing family therapy
- Computer literate and proven knowledge of statistical packages
- Additional training in the supervision of other psychologists
- Experience of working with patients with major trauma
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS
- HCPC Registered
Desirable
- Professional proven knowledge acquired through postgraduate doctoral degree is supplemented by short specialist courses, clinical supervision and further specialist training and demonstrable experience
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.
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).
Additional information
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).
