Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Practitioner 8b Clinical Psychologist, to lead on developing clinical psychology services to the Neonatal
Units at Leicester General Hospital and the Leicester Royal Infirmary. This role will
also be part of the wider Paediatric Psychology Team.
The Paediatric Psychology Team is a team of 17 and is continuously growing. We are a specialist team, in a larger CAMHS provision within Leicester,
Leicestershire and Rutland.
You will be based within the Department of
Paediatric Psychology, but will work alongside colleagues at Leicester
Children's Hospital sites to provide specialist care to
babies, their families and staff on the Neonatal Care Units.
As a department, we have a strong
ethos of reflective practice including team care spaces, case discussion
sessions, peer supervision and specialist safeguarding supervision. We are
proud of our commitment to CPD and are able to offer successful candidates
opportunities to access a range of specialist training. Post holders will
form close and supportive links with other psychologists working across
neonatal units in the East Midlands Region. There are opportunities to teach
and take trainees from the University of Leicester
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Course. You will also have the opportunity
to offer reflective practice and supervision to medical and allied health
professional colleagues.
Part time and flexible working will be considered.
INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON 02/05/2023
Main duties of the job
To provide highly specialist psychological
support to babies, their families and staff on the Neonatal Care Units
To liaise with the neonatal multi-disciplinary
team, offering specialised advice and consultation on babies and families
psychological care.
To support the Neonatal Team with FiCare
initiatives, Peer Support Programmes and the Psychosocial aspect of Bliss
accreditation, and to deliver psychologically informed care.
To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy
provided by other psychologists on the unit(s), and to contribute to the
supervision of non-psychologist colleagues.
To contribute to the delivery of teaching and
training to help identify early and screen families who will benefit from
specialist input.
To utilise research skills for the purposes of
audit, service evaluation, policy development and research, joining with other
psychologists in the East Midlands Neonatal ODN, and with the aim of meeting
national and local guidelines/targets.
The post holder will also support the
wider Paediatric Psychology team's line management and supervision structure.
We are keen to hear from enthusiastic, innovative and organised candidates.
About us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
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the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click on the
attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Training in clinical psychology to doctoral standard (or its equivalent for those trained before 1996) as accredited by the BPS/HPCP.
- HCPC Registration
- Post qualification training and recorded CPD experience and/or further qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice/specialised psychological therapy or advanced experience in Child and Adolescent Mental health.
- Formal training in supervision of other Psychologists
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, including neuropsychological assessment, and treatment of patients in a range of settings including inpatient, out- patients, community and primary care settings.
- Experience of supervising psychologists and/or other professionals
- Experience of service development, including the development of relevant policies and protocols.
- Extensive experience of assessing and managing risk, as a qualified clinical psychologist, e.g. risk of self-harm, suicide etc..
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training others using a variety of complex materials to a variety of audiences within public, professional and academic settings.
- Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework.
- Line management experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the role of clinical psychology within the designated service area in relation to current legislation, government policy and other national initiatives, as well as relevant psychological theory and research.
- Well developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in highly complex cases of children with physical health difficulties.
- Knowledge of psychological theory including developmental theories and 2 or more distinct psychological therapeutic approaches.
- Highly developed skills in containing and working with organisational and interpersonal stress.
- Highly developed skills and expertise in providing consultation and advice to other psychologists as well as other professional and nonprofessional groups, including senior managers, within a designated service area.
- The ability to employ strategies of clinical governance to support the development of good clinical practice.
- Motivated to evaluate and develop the designated service area through multi- professional and uni-professional audit, service evaluation and research.
- Effective leadership and management skills.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills (verbally and in writing.)
- Awareness of Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Training in clinical psychology to doctoral standard (or its equivalent for those trained before 1996) as accredited by the BPS/HPCP.
- HCPC Registration
- Post qualification training and recorded CPD experience and/or further qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice/specialised psychological therapy or advanced experience in Child and Adolescent Mental health.
- Formal training in supervision of other Psychologists
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, including neuropsychological assessment, and treatment of patients in a range of settings including inpatient, out- patients, community and primary care settings.
- Experience of supervising psychologists and/or other professionals
- Experience of service development, including the development of relevant policies and protocols.
- Extensive experience of assessing and managing risk, as a qualified clinical psychologist, e.g. risk of self-harm, suicide etc..
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training others using a variety of complex materials to a variety of audiences within public, professional and academic settings.
- Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework.
- Line management experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the role of clinical psychology within the designated service area in relation to current legislation, government policy and other national initiatives, as well as relevant psychological theory and research.
- Well developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in highly complex cases of children with physical health difficulties.
- Knowledge of psychological theory including developmental theories and 2 or more distinct psychological therapeutic approaches.
- Highly developed skills in containing and working with organisational and interpersonal stress.
- Highly developed skills and expertise in providing consultation and advice to other psychologists as well as other professional and nonprofessional groups, including senior managers, within a designated service area.
- The ability to employ strategies of clinical governance to support the development of good clinical practice.
- Motivated to evaluate and develop the designated service area through multi- professional and uni-professional audit, service evaluation and research.
- Effective leadership and management skills.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills (verbally and in writing.)
- Awareness of Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles.
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).
