Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Clinical Psychologist to join the Children's Diabetes Team at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust. The post will sit within a growing Clinical Health Psychology Department. This position is for a Band 8a or 7 depending on experience. This post is advertised as 0.6wte Band 8a, but there is a strong possibility of additional hours being available within other specialties.
If a band 7 candidate is recruited, relevant training, support and experience will be provided to ensure the successful applicant is eligible to develop into the 8a clinical psychology role over the course of 24 months and subject to meeting the agreed criteria.
Clinical and professional supervision will be provided by a Principal Clinical Psychologist who specialises in paediatric diabetes and the successful applicant will be a member of the Clinical Health Psychology Department, which is a small but growing service, offering good opportunities for professional support and development.
There is already an established model of psychology working within the paediatric diabetes service. Yet this is an opportunity suited to someone who is creative and innovative and can demonstrate excellent clinical, communication and leadership skills whilst demonstrating compassion and flexibility within this busy service.
Main duties of the job
The post is specifically working into the Children's Diabetes team to deliver exceptional psychological care to children and their families. This post forms part of the ongoing development of our growing Clinical Health Psychology Service in conjunction with the well-established Clinical Health Psychology Service at Mid Yorkshire NHS Hospital Trust. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the Children's Diabetes multidisciplinary team, who greatly value the input of Clinical Psychology for their patients and staff.
The role will involve providing psychological services and clinical expertise to the Children's Diabetes caseload including working with children and their families and carers. The successful candidate will work closely with specialist nurses and medical staff and a key aspect of the role is the provision of supervision, teaching, training, and consultation to the team. Service-evaluation and audit will also be an important and valued element of the role.
About us
The Trust is an exceptional place to work with many amazing hard working and dedicated staff, delivering high standards of patient care. This is an exciting time for our continuing development, and we are ensuring the organisation is fit for purpose by introducing and embedding new skills and behaviours. The clinical health psychology department, of which the successful candidate will be a valued member of, is a welcoming, supportive, hard-working and rapidly expanding team inputting into a number of specialties. We embrace compassionate practices in supporting each other, our leadership models and in developing our service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As mentioned earlier, the role will involve providing psychological services and clinical expertise to the Childrens Diabetes caseload including working with children and their families and carers. The successful candidate will work closely with specialist nurses and medical staff and a key aspect of the role is the provision of supervision, teaching, training, and consultation to the team. Service-evaluation and audit will also be an important and valued element of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As mentioned earlier, the role will involve providing psychological services and clinical expertise to the Childrens Diabetes caseload including working with children and their families and carers. The successful candidate will work closely with specialist nurses and medical staff and a key aspect of the role is the provision of supervision, teaching, training, and consultation to the team. Service-evaluation and audit will also be an important and valued element of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies, as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- Eligible for Chartered Status of the British Psychological Society
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children, young people and their families who have long term conditions.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and offering systemic interpretations to have impact on the team functioning in patient care.
Desirable
- Experience of working with children with diabetes and with their families
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and offering systemic interpretations to have impact on the team functioning in patient care.
- Relevant experience of developing and setting up new services
Training
Essential
- Completion of formal clinical supervisor training sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Special Knowledge/Expertise
Essential
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health
Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to exercise the full clinical responsibility for patient's psychological care and treatment within the clinical specialty and to co-ordinate the psychological care provided by others.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
Desirable
- Ability to provide emotional support, consultation and professional mentorship to multidisciplinary team members
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies, as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- Eligible for Chartered Status of the British Psychological Society
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children, young people and their families who have long term conditions.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and offering systemic interpretations to have impact on the team functioning in patient care.
Desirable
- Experience of working with children with diabetes and with their families
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and offering systemic interpretations to have impact on the team functioning in patient care.
- Relevant experience of developing and setting up new services
Training
Essential
- Completion of formal clinical supervisor training sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Special Knowledge/Expertise
Essential
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health
Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to exercise the full clinical responsibility for patient's psychological care and treatment within the clinical specialty and to co-ordinate the psychological care provided by others.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
Desirable
- Ability to provide emotional support, consultation and professional mentorship to multidisciplinary team members
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
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Additional information
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).
