Job summary
We are delighted to advertise a part time (0.6wte) Senior
Clinical or Counselling Psychologist post working into the newly established
Infected Blood Psychological Service (IBPS) at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust. This service has been initiated following the Infected Blood Inquiry
reports recommendation of providing a bespoke psychological support service in
England for those infected and affected by the contaminated blood products. The
post holder will have the exceptional opportunity to support its implementation
by working as part of the NW Yorkshire regional serviceand by collaborating with other providers
across England.
The post-holder will join the
newly formed service, alongside another psychologist already working in this
area, and will be integrated with the highly experienced and multi-disciplinary
team of the Leeds Haemophilia Care Centre. The service will link closely with
Newcastle, who will employ the Service Navigator.
Please note that the Interview Date is provisionally set for 13th November 2024
Main duties of the job
This post would suit a Clinical or Counselling
Psychologist with experience working in physical health settings/ medical team,
ideally with experience of working with chronic health conditions. It would
also suit a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with experience of working as
part of a multi-disciplinary team providing trauma informed care. The role will
be to provide expert and specialist psychological assessment and
treatment/intervention and contribute to service development. The service will
support people infected and affected family members, including those bereaved. The post-holder may also provide supervision
to other members of the team.
About us
The post sits within the LTHT Cancer Psychology Service and
Haematology team but will also have strong links with the wider Clinical &
Health Psychology Department. The Department has flourished and
has over 50 clinicians organised into
three sectors (Medicine, Neuropsychology and Surgery & Rehabilitation).
We have several special
interest groups for psychologists wanting to develop therapeutic skills in
areas such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy,
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Analytic Therapy, as well as a
focus on regular supervision.
There are very close links with the Clinical
Psychology Doctoral Training Programme at the School of Medicine, Leeds
University. There is an expectation to offer regular training placements to
trainee clinical psychologists.
The
Trust has a range of excellent staff benefits and salary sacrifice schemes
(including car leasing and cycle-to-work schemes) and on-site facilities (e.g.,
nurseries).
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
To
provide a qualified Clinical Psychology service to adult patients, across all
sites and sectors of care by:
a)
Providing
highly specialist psychological assessment and
therapy,
b)
Offering advice and consultation on patients psychological and
neuropsychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other
non-professional carers,
c)
Using research skills for audit, policy and service development
and leading on research projects within the area served by the team/service
d)
Working autonomously in the execution of these duties and within
professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Psychology Teams,
Department and Trust policies and procedures.
FOR FULL JOB DESCRIPTION, PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
To
provide a qualified Clinical Psychology service to adult patients, across all
sites and sectors of care by:
a)
Providing
highly specialist psychological assessment and
therapy,
b)
Offering advice and consultation on patients psychological and
neuropsychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other
non-professional carers,
c)
Using research skills for audit, policy and service development
and leading on research projects within the area served by the team/service
d)
Working autonomously in the execution of these duties and within
professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Psychology Teams,
Department and Trust policies and procedures.
FOR FULL JOB DESCRIPTION, PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT
Person Specification
Practical Skills
Essential
- - Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- - Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- - Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- - Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- - Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Desirable
- - Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for specific difficult to treat groups
- or
- - Advanced level knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies.
- - Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health
Qualifications
Essential
- - Post graduate 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 British Psychological Society.
- - Further training in a specialised area of clinical practice through formal post doctoral training (diploma or equivalent) or a combination of specialist short courses together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice as assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equivalent level to a postgraduate diploma.
- - Completion of formal clinical supervisor training sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees.
Desirable
- - Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Experience
Essential
- - Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- - Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- - Experience of working in medical multi-disciplinary teams and offering systemic interpretations to have impact on the team functioning in patient care.
- - Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- - Experience of working within activity and waiting list targets
- - Experience of working with adults with chronic illness and their families.
- - Experience of working with medical multi-disciplinary teams and supervising healthcare staff.
- - Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- - Experience of working with third-sector and patient advocacy organisations.
Behaviour & Skills
Essential
- - Ability to exercise the full clinical responsibility for patients psychological care
- and treatment within the clinical specialty and to co-ordinate the psychological care provided by others.
- - Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- - Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable
- - Ability to provide emotional support and professional mentorship to multi-disciplinary team members.
- - Ability to work flexibly and respond to acute situations.
- - Skills in working with diversity
Other Requirements
Essential
- - Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Person Specification
Practical Skills
Essential
- - Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- - Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- - Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- - Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- - Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Desirable
- - Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for specific difficult to treat groups
- or
- - Advanced level knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies.
- - Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health
Qualifications
Essential
- - Post graduate 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 British Psychological Society.
- - Further training in a specialised area of clinical practice through formal post doctoral training (diploma or equivalent) or a combination of specialist short courses together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice as assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equivalent level to a postgraduate diploma.
- - Completion of formal clinical supervisor training sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees.
Desirable
- - Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Experience
Essential
- - Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- - Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- - Experience of working in medical multi-disciplinary teams and offering systemic interpretations to have impact on the team functioning in patient care.
- - Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- - Experience of working within activity and waiting list targets
- - Experience of working with adults with chronic illness and their families.
- - Experience of working with medical multi-disciplinary teams and supervising healthcare staff.
- - Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- - Experience of working with third-sector and patient advocacy organisations.
Behaviour & Skills
Essential
- - Ability to exercise the full clinical responsibility for patients psychological care
- and treatment within the clinical specialty and to co-ordinate the psychological care provided by others.
- - Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- - Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable
- - Ability to provide emotional support and professional mentorship to multi-disciplinary team members.
- - Ability to work flexibly and respond to acute situations.
- - Skills in working with diversity
Other Requirements
Essential
- - Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
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).
Additional information
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).
