Job summary
Up to 37.5 Hours per week
The Medical Psychology service provides psychological assessment, support and treatment to medical patients within the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It is the largest hospital trust in the Tees Valley, with two acute hospitals and services in a number of community hospitals and community-based services.
We are looking for Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists and BABCP accredited Psychological Therapists to join the service. Owing to expansion and exciting new developments, we are recruiting to a number of postsinto the following workstreams:
- Paediatric psychology
- Neuropsychology services
- Long term conditions
- Psychology training team
- Inpatient psychology
This includes specific roles in:
- A new psychology service for neonatal intensive care
- An expansion of the psychology service for spinal cord injuries.
The posts are available on a part-time and/or full-time basis. We are a service that values and supports flexible working. There are opportunities to work into specific workstreams or across multiple workstreams. We would welcome potential applicants to contact us to discuss their areas of interest.
Main duties of the job
Trainee Clinical / Counselling Psychologists are encouraged to consider applying (appointments will be made at band 7 with a progression plan to band 8a, subject to meeting the relevant competencies).
Interested candidates are invited and encouraged to contact us to discuss their interest into working into the Medical Psychology team.
About us
Medical Psychology
The Medical Psychology service is made up of Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists, Health Psychologists, Psychological Therapists and Counsellors. We deliver psychological assessment, intervention and support to patients with a range of medical conditions across the lifespan. We are arranged into workstreams (Training and Staff Support; Friarage Health; Inpatient Psychology; Paediatrics; Long Term Conditions; Neuropsychology and Cancer/Palliative Care). We utilise third wave therapies (especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness) alongside CBT as the core therapeutic modalities, with training and supervision provided to support delivery of these approaches. We also carry out clinical audit, research and service evaluation. We have strong links with the Doctoral Training Programmes at the University of Teesside, and we provide teaching, placements and research projects for Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology and Health Psychology trainees.
The Trust encourages innovation and service development, and we actively support this within the Medical Psychology service. All clinicians are expected to take on service development and service governance duties as part of their role, both within the Psychology service and within the wider MDTs in which we work. We provide mentoring and support to deliver this.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Details of the fulljob description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Details of the fulljob description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) or Counselling Psychology as accredited by the BPS &/or HCPC)
- Completed post-graduate training as a High Intensity Therapist sufficient to meet the required knowledge, skills and attitudes at a level required for BABCP accreditation
- HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist
- Current registration with the BABCP as a Psychological Therapist
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-qualification experience of delivering an evidence-based psychological therapy across a range of settings and with a variety of a patient/client groups
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
Desirable
- Experience in one or more clinical health psychology settings.
Key Skills
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to demonstrate competencies in psychological approaches relevant to medical patients (e.g. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) to at least level 1
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) or Counselling Psychology as accredited by the BPS &/or HCPC)
- Completed post-graduate training as a High Intensity Therapist sufficient to meet the required knowledge, skills and attitudes at a level required for BABCP accreditation
- HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist
- Current registration with the BABCP as a Psychological Therapist
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-qualification experience of delivering an evidence-based psychological therapy across a range of settings and with a variety of a patient/client groups
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
Desirable
- Experience in one or more clinical health psychology settings.
Key Skills
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to demonstrate competencies in psychological approaches relevant to medical patients (e.g. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) to at least level 1
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
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).
