Job summary
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen
for a Practitioner Psychologist to work alongside our multi-disciplinary
colleagues at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals in the neonatal services. The
service comprises an 18 bedded neonatal unit with the ability to accommodate 2
intensive care cots, 4 high dependency cots and 12 special care cots. The
Transitional Care Unit is 9 bedded and is based on the post-natal unit where
mothers can stay with their well babies who are not yet ready for discharge
home. There is also a seven day neonatal
outreach community service.
Main duties of the job
During admission to neonatal care, the practitioner psychologist
will provide assessment, formulation and specialist evidence-based individual
and group-based intervention in relation to parent and infant wellbeing. The work will include patient and family
support as well as working with the staff team and wider system to contribute
to and develop a trauma-informed neonatal environment.
Professoinally reporting to the Lead Consultant Psychologist, with
line management from the Lead Medical Consultant the post holder will attend to
the psychological needs of infants, families, staff and the wider neonatal
environemnt; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the
overall framework of the service.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
Job description
Job responsibilities
During admission to neonatal care, the practitioner psychologist
will provide assessment, formulation and specialist evidence-based individual
and group-based intervention in relation to parent and infant wellbeing. The work will include patient and family
support as well as working with the staff team and wider system to contribute
to and develop a trauma-informed neonatal environment.
Professoinally reporting to the Lead Consultant Psychologist, with
line management from the Lead Medical Consultant the post holder will attend to
the psychological needs of infants, families, staff and the wider neonatal
environemnt; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the
overall framework of the service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
During admission to neonatal care, the practitioner psychologist
will provide assessment, formulation and specialist evidence-based individual
and group-based intervention in relation to parent and infant wellbeing. The work will include patient and family
support as well as working with the staff team and wider system to contribute
to and develop a trauma-informed neonatal environment.
Professoinally reporting to the Lead Consultant Psychologist, with
line management from the Lead Medical Consultant the post holder will attend to
the psychological needs of infants, families, staff and the wider neonatal
environemnt; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the
overall framework of the service.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 2 years of experience working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist within a relevant area
- Sufficient training and experience to be recognised as a suitably qualified psychologist to offer placements to trainee Applied Psychologists
- Training and experience in the application of psychological knowledge for children and young people
- Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions with children or people experiencing complex physical health difficulties.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
- Experience of working with highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of multi-agency/ multidisciplinary working
- Therapeutic expertise in working jointly and with groups
- Experience of consultation to non-psychology staff
- Experience of designing and delivering teaching and training
Desirable
- Experience of working in neonatal, perinatal, or paediatric psychology
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting (and supporting the families and carers of patients)
- Understanding of specific issues that might arise through working in an acute hospital settings.
- Experience of using systemic knowledge and skills in a healthcare setting.
- Experience of representing psychology within the multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of strategic planning and service development
- Experience of teaching or training psychologists on a doctoral training course
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in psychology
- Post graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Post qualification training in specific, evidence-based techniques for use with clients with complex psychological presentations and/or physical health difficulties
- Evidence of regular further professional training and experience as required by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the BPS
- Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
- Eligible for registration as a Practitioner member of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology
- Registered with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Desirable
- Training, study days or conferences relating to the delivery of psychological care on a neonatal unit
- Training in the supervision of other Psychologists
- Training in support needs of staff
- Training in therapeutic approaches for use in neonatal care (e.g. CFT, EMDR, VIG, NBO, Schwartz Round, TRIM, CISD)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 2 years of experience working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist within a relevant area
- Sufficient training and experience to be recognised as a suitably qualified psychologist to offer placements to trainee Applied Psychologists
- Training and experience in the application of psychological knowledge for children and young people
- Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions with children or people experiencing complex physical health difficulties.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
- Experience of working with highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of multi-agency/ multidisciplinary working
- Therapeutic expertise in working jointly and with groups
- Experience of consultation to non-psychology staff
- Experience of designing and delivering teaching and training
Desirable
- Experience of working in neonatal, perinatal, or paediatric psychology
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting (and supporting the families and carers of patients)
- Understanding of specific issues that might arise through working in an acute hospital settings.
- Experience of using systemic knowledge and skills in a healthcare setting.
- Experience of representing psychology within the multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of strategic planning and service development
- Experience of teaching or training psychologists on a doctoral training course
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in psychology
- Post graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Post qualification training in specific, evidence-based techniques for use with clients with complex psychological presentations and/or physical health difficulties
- Evidence of regular further professional training and experience as required by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the BPS
- Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
- Eligible for registration as a Practitioner member of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology
- Registered with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Desirable
- Training, study days or conferences relating to the delivery of psychological care on a neonatal unit
- Training in the supervision of other Psychologists
- Training in support needs of staff
- Training in therapeutic approaches for use in neonatal care (e.g. CFT, EMDR, VIG, NBO, Schwartz Round, TRIM, CISD)
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
