Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

To provide a clinical psychology service to the specified Team/Service

To assess and treat a specialist workload of clients and maintain associated records

Participate in CPD and other developmental activities

Undertake R & D and clinical audit

Clinically supervise Assistant Psychologists, CAPs, other professionals and trainee Clinical Psychologists

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

CLINICAL

To provide a psychology service to the designated team including assessment and therapy both for individuals and groups as appropriate.

To provide a specialist consultancy service to multidisciplinary teams and other agencies providing care for the client group.

To participate in generic team duties as agreed by the operational manager and Psychology Lead as appropriate, to the needs of the service.

To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Psychology Service.

To maintain accurate records and to monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.

To ensure timely recording of all data required by the Trust.

To support the full implementation of CPA acting as care co-ordinator as appropriate to the needs of the service.

PROFESSIONAL

To adhere to the HCPC policies and procedures.

To fully observe the BPS (1996) Code of Conduct and the DCP Guidelines for the Professional Practice of Clinical Psychology (1995).

To be aware of, adhere to, and where appropriate, contribute to the formulation and review of Trust, Area and Clinical Psychology Service policies and procedures.

To participate in local psychology meetings and Trust wide meetings as appropriate.

To maintain and develop high standards of psychology practice by engaging in continuing professional development and co-operative working/networking with counselling and clinical psychologist colleagues.

To participate in an annual performance appraisal.

SERVICE GOVERNANCE

To participate in service governance processes in the profession, ensuring a safe and effective service.

To support and participate in multidisciplinary clinical audit.

To liaise with other disciplines and agencies to ensure that best practice is shared.

To promote the use of effective interventions in the service.

TRAINING AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT

To provide training, supervision and consultation in psychological approaches to other staff in the multidisciplinary team. This to include joint assessment with care co-ordinators, formulation of psychological problems and planning of interventions to be implemented by care co-ordinators or other team members with service users.

To provide training and supervision to Band 4/5 psychologists, CAPs, work experience placements and trainees (alongside main identified supervisor).

To collaborate with colleagues to develop and offer training courses, workshops and supervision groups to develop skills in psychological interventions.

To contribute to the teaching of students and trainees in psychology, medicine, nursing and other health care disciplines.

To agree a plan of personal development with the Psychology Lead and the post holders line manager

SERVICE AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT

To collaborate with other specialist staff in designated area to extend the range of specialist psychological and group interventions available across the area.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

To engage in research relevant to service priorities as appropriate.

To participate in audit and service evaluation activities examining the effectiveness of current service delivery and leading to development of services relevant to client needs.

To undertake advice, support and consultation to colleagues from other disciplines undertaking research in the area.

COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

With the following staff working and providing services in the designated area:

Specified Teams, specified sites, clinical psychologists and other staff and teams providing specialist psychological therapies and mental health care across the designated area.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Doctoral Clinical Psychology qualification or equivalent, or in final year of training programme that will lead to this qualification
• HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist or in final year of training programme that will lead to registration
• Experience of working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues
• Experience of risk assessment and management

Desirable

• Training in an evidence based psychological intervention for severe and enduring mental health difficulties
• Supervision Training
• Clinical Supervision and Clinical Psychology Trainees

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Psychological Therapies Service, Grovely Unit,

Fountain Way

Salisbury

SP2 7FD

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)