Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist (Band 8a) to join the Young Persons Diabetes Transition team based at Southport Hospital.
Clinical Psychologists play an integrative role in this service. This post will be primarily focused on delivering support to individuals and families (both directly and by supervising and supporting MDT colleagues).
We are looking for a clinician who is a strong team player and who has an understanding of the unique nature of the lived experience of transitioning from children's to adults diabetes services.
The successful candidate will be closely integrated into and meet regularly with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). They will be joining a supportive and engaged Clinical Psychology team, MDT and wider service, and will receive regular supervision and CPD as well as informal support.
The ability, means and willingness to travel between multiple sites in the course of performing duties is essential in this post.
Main duties of the job
To deliver a high quality psychological service directly to patients and indirectly through working with families and MDT colleagues, using a highly patient-centric model.
This will therefore involve 1:1 work, family interventions, consultancy and ongoing supervision/training of non-psychology colleagues .
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Job description
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL1. To be a member of the service team and to contribute to, participate in and adhere to the routines and policies of that service.2. To be responsible for the systematic provision of psychological services at a highly specialist level. To adhere to the organisation of the service particularly with regard to membership of the multidisciplinary teams.3. Services will be based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-reportmeasures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, and interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care. Services will include the following:4. Highly specialist one-to-one clinical consultations.5. Highly specialist psychological assessment including issues of risk.6. Psychological interventions for individuals, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.7. Decision making for and evaluating treatment options, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmentalprocesses that have shaped the individual, family or group.8. Exercising autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based intervention plans.9. Staff consultation contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and intervention plan.10. Staff consultation on the use of psychological techniques.11. Staff supervision in the use of psychological techniques.12. In particular, as part of multidisciplinary team working, to provide casework for people experiencing severe psychological difficulties. To prioritise workload to ensure that skills areused to address the more severe and complex psychological presentations within this area of work.13. To supply services within the context of existing multi professional teamwork. To negotiate appropriate professional relationships with both statutory and voluntary agencies to both ensure the referral of appropriate casework and communicate highly complex clinicalinformation.14. To maintain the records of service in line with the information needs of the Trust.15. To provide input to health, social care and community-based services to enable best practice and service user choice in line with local service accessibility. This may include inpatient environments, specialist departments, general practices, health centres, local day centres, andresidential and nursing homes.16. To manage frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotional circumstances and maintain substantial mental effort through frequent and intense levels of concentration and attention.MANAGERIAL1. To support the formulation and implementation of clinical and operational practices and procedures as appropriate.2. Support the implementation, monitoring and updating of an operational policy and philosophy for the clinical area.3. To prioritise workload to ensure that skills are used to address the more severe and complex psychological presentations within this area of work.4. To ensure awareness of the needs for service development and assist in the planning and advocacy of future service provision.5. Ensure the principles of clinical governance are incorporated in service delivery by maintaining a high-quality service based on agreed clinical standards.6. Participate in managerial supervision.
EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT1. To assist the supervision of other psychologists, psychological therapists, nurses, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, assistant psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists within theservice.2. To undertake supervision of other psychologists, psychological therapists, nurses, occupational therapists and psychiatrists qualified clinical/counselling psychologists, assistant psychologistsand graduate mental health workers delegated by the service manager/clinical and strategic lead.3. To prepare for and implement a training placement for a clinical psychology trainee.4. To receive appropriate clinical supervision to ensure quality of professional practice.5. Through the personal appraisal process, to engage in professional development that ensures that Continuing Professional Development requirements are met and that eligibility for Chartering and licensed practice is both achieved and maintained.6. To have access to up to one session per week (pro rata full time) for pursuing professional development following agreement with service manager/professional lead.7. Provide evidence to support development around the Trust Appraisal system which may include the KSF or other competency profiles.8. Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and be committed to continued development.9. Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
RESEARCH AND AUDIT1. To undertake appropriate service audits and assist the research and development agenda by proposing areas of study appropriate to advancing the nature of psychological work within this service specialty.2. To undertake doctoral research projects with trainee clinical psychologists as required.3. To undertake regular audit and evaluation of the teams activity by the derivation, collection and analysis of appropriate data.4. Undertake and participate in appropriate audit, quality assurance programmes and research as directed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL1. To be a member of the service team and to contribute to, participate in and adhere to the routines and policies of that service.2. To be responsible for the systematic provision of psychological services at a highly specialist level. To adhere to the organisation of the service particularly with regard to membership of the multidisciplinary teams.3. Services will be based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-reportmeasures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, and interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care. Services will include the following:4. Highly specialist one-to-one clinical consultations.5. Highly specialist psychological assessment including issues of risk.6. Psychological interventions for individuals, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.7. Decision making for and evaluating treatment options, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmentalprocesses that have shaped the individual, family or group.8. Exercising autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based intervention plans.9. Staff consultation contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and intervention plan.10. Staff consultation on the use of psychological techniques.11. Staff supervision in the use of psychological techniques.12. In particular, as part of multidisciplinary team working, to provide casework for people experiencing severe psychological difficulties. To prioritise workload to ensure that skills areused to address the more severe and complex psychological presentations within this area of work.13. To supply services within the context of existing multi professional teamwork. To negotiate appropriate professional relationships with both statutory and voluntary agencies to both ensure the referral of appropriate casework and communicate highly complex clinicalinformation.14. To maintain the records of service in line with the information needs of the Trust.15. To provide input to health, social care and community-based services to enable best practice and service user choice in line with local service accessibility. This may include inpatient environments, specialist departments, general practices, health centres, local day centres, andresidential and nursing homes.16. To manage frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotional circumstances and maintain substantial mental effort through frequent and intense levels of concentration and attention.MANAGERIAL1. To support the formulation and implementation of clinical and operational practices and procedures as appropriate.2. Support the implementation, monitoring and updating of an operational policy and philosophy for the clinical area.3. To prioritise workload to ensure that skills are used to address the more severe and complex psychological presentations within this area of work.4. To ensure awareness of the needs for service development and assist in the planning and advocacy of future service provision.5. Ensure the principles of clinical governance are incorporated in service delivery by maintaining a high-quality service based on agreed clinical standards.6. Participate in managerial supervision.
EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT1. To assist the supervision of other psychologists, psychological therapists, nurses, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, assistant psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists within theservice.2. To undertake supervision of other psychologists, psychological therapists, nurses, occupational therapists and psychiatrists qualified clinical/counselling psychologists, assistant psychologistsand graduate mental health workers delegated by the service manager/clinical and strategic lead.3. To prepare for and implement a training placement for a clinical psychology trainee.4. To receive appropriate clinical supervision to ensure quality of professional practice.5. Through the personal appraisal process, to engage in professional development that ensures that Continuing Professional Development requirements are met and that eligibility for Chartering and licensed practice is both achieved and maintained.6. To have access to up to one session per week (pro rata full time) for pursuing professional development following agreement with service manager/professional lead.7. Provide evidence to support development around the Trust Appraisal system which may include the KSF or other competency profiles.8. Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and be committed to continued development.9. Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
RESEARCH AND AUDIT1. To undertake appropriate service audits and assist the research and development agenda by proposing areas of study appropriate to advancing the nature of psychological work within this service specialty.2. To undertake doctoral research projects with trainee clinical psychologists as required.3. To undertake regular audit and evaluation of the teams activity by the derivation, collection and analysis of appropriate data.4. Undertake and participate in appropriate audit, quality assurance programmes and research as directed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. Professional registration with the HCPC
Desirable
- Training in a specialist therapeutic modality appropriate to the clinical population served and service requirements eg SFT
Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical &/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Experience of specialist knowledge in the principle and practice of highly patient-centred interventions.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training &/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
Skills
Essential
- Ability to recognise and challenge discrimination
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable
- Personal experience of coping with life stressors.
- Commitment to relational working within the paediatric diabetes field
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. Professional registration with the HCPC
Desirable
- Training in a specialist therapeutic modality appropriate to the clinical population served and service requirements eg SFT
Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical &/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Experience of specialist knowledge in the principle and practice of highly patient-centred interventions.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training &/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
Skills
Essential
- Ability to recognise and challenge discrimination
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable
- Personal experience of coping with life stressors.
- Commitment to relational working within the paediatric diabetes field
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).
