Consultant Applied Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will provide highly specialist psychological assessment of client's with severe and enduring conditions based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources.

You will be responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of client harm, abuse or neglect, including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns and taking all reasonable steps to protect the client. Responsible for identifying and reporting concerns regarding the safeguarding of children who may be at risk.

You will undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and provides highly specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management and the high physical risks inherent in the client group.

You will formulate plans for highly specialist psychological therapy and/or management of clients mental health conditions based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence-based practice. Negotiates the implementation of such plans with clients and/or their carers.

You will implement highly specialist psychological therapies for individual clients, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations as required.

You will undertake highly skilled evaluations and makes decisions about treatment options.

You will provide expert psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other staff contributing directly to clients diagnosis, formulation and intervention plan.

You will facilitate decision-making by planning and mapping processes/interventions with members of the team or the wider Psychology Service to determine the most appropriate treatment modality or service for clients.

You will lead the multi-disciplinary care team in the development and implementation of multi-disciplinary care plans where appropriate. Monitors progress during the course of multidisciplinary interventions.You will provide expertise and advice to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the wider team across the designated locality.

You will be responsible for identifying and proposing changes to policies and procedures and strategic service improvements which may impact on multidisciplinary teams across the service.

You will maintain active engagement with current developments in the field of psychology and related disciplines and utilises theory, evidenced based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

You will undertake co-ordination and management of research projects including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within and across the service to help develop and improve services to clients and their families.

You will undertake formal psychological research and development pertaining to own clinical speciality, on an on-going basis and supervise doctoral research

You will provide teaching supervision and consultation to other members of staff and doctoral students

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

• Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings.
• Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a care co-ordinator and leader of a multidisciplinary team.
• Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.
• Providing clinical and professional leadership to other qualified and non-qualified members of the profession.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health and its implications for clinical practice.
• Clinical governance
• Evidence- based practice relevant to the role
• Models of management and leadership

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Park Hospital

Edward Pease Way

Darlington

DL2 2TS

Employer's website

https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)