Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist (Critical Care)

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This is an exciting new opportunity to work withtheCriticalCare MDT to support staff, patients and their families through their medical journey in Critical Care.The post holder will workwith the Medical Psychology Inpatient Team to provide a psychology service to the Critical Care Department within the South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.The Critical Care team have shown great enthusiasm for Psychology to be integrated withtheir MDT.It will involve working in an inpatient and outpatient setting and liaising with external agencies to support patients back into the community.

We are looking for a senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to take a lead role in the service. In addition to their clinical duties, the post holder will support the operational delivery and clinical governance of the service, andtake a lead in developing and growing the service. There are extensive national networks of psychologists working in critical care which the post holder can join.

The post holder will be part of the Medical Psychology Inpatient Team consisting of a lead Consultant anda number ofpsychology clinicians that provide services toa number ofdepartments including Spinal Cord Injuries, Major Trauma, Neurorehabilitation and Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery.The Inpatient Team have a supportive team context and work together to have a shared understanding of the multiple services andstandardisepractice across them where possible.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties

To provide a high-quality specialist medical psychology service
To provide a highlyspecialiseddirect clinical service to critically ill medical patients with complex psychological presentations in accordance with national clinical guidelines and the best available evidence-based practice
To ensure timely provision of a highlyspecialisedclinical service to NHS staff, in line with national clinical guidelines and recommendations

To provide a highly specialist indirect clinical service through consultation, supervision, teaching and training, for colleagues within the multi-disciplinary teams
To ensure the highest standards of professional governance and clinical governance within the medical psychology service
To provide highly specialist teaching for the Teesside Doctoral Psychology training courses and other training providers
To undertake appropriate research, audit and evaluation as a major job responsibility.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Date posted

16 February 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£56,164 to £65,262 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-PCC-4929435-LJ

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical / counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS &/or HCPC
HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist.
Evidence of post-doctoral education / training in therapeutic approaches relevant to post critical illness

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, (including people with physical health conditions) across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.
Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

To demonstrate expert knowledge of developmental and psychological principles relevant to the clinical specialism (i.e. post critical illness psychology)

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical / counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS &/or HCPC
HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist.
Evidence of post-doctoral education / training in therapeutic approaches relevant to post critical illness

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, (including people with physical health conditions) across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.
Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

To demonstrate expert knowledge of developmental and psychological principles relevant to the clinical specialism (i.e. post critical illness psychology)

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

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