Undergraduate Student Psychologist

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An opportunity to join our Clinical Health Psychology team has arisen for the Academic year 2024-2025. The successful applicant would complete this honorary post as their sandwich year during their undergraduate psychology degree.

This is an honorary post and not a paid position for the academic year.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to learn about the varied roles a Clinical Psychologist and Psychological Therapists within a Clinical Health Psychology Service.

Shadowing Clinical Psychologists and psychological therapists in their work e.g., observing therapeutic assessments, intervention sessions and developmental assessments
Attending and contributing to referral and other departmental meetings and regional meetings (e.g. special interest group meetings such as Paediatric Psychology Network meetings)
Shadowing other members of the wider multidisciplinary teams including: Nurses, Paediatricians, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Play Specialists and learn about different roles and dynamics
Contributing to service development (e.g., collating and analysing outcome data regarding service users experience; contributing to audits; co-facilitating focus groups regarding service user feedback and analysing the resulting qualitative data)
Supporting the team to deliver teaching to nursing staff and doctors and practising disseminating psychological knowledge to a range of audiences
Gaining an understanding of the importance of clinical governance, note keeping, consent, confidentiality and safeguarding issues in the NHS
Contributing to Continued Professional Development/service development by performing literature searches on specific topics of interest

About us

The placement would span assisting clinicians working across the ages, however would primarily be hosted within Paediatrics. The Paediatric Clinical Psychology team is comprised of a team of four Clinical Psychologists. The wider health psychology team is comprised of Clinical Psychologists, Psychological Therapists, Clinical Associates in Psychology (CAP) as well as Trainee Clinical Psychologists.

The paediatric service supports children, young people and families across Torbay and South Devon when children and young people have physical health problems. The service operates a hybrid face to face and remote service, although more and more clinics are now tending to be face to face. Face to face clinics operate out of John Parkes Unit, Torbay Hospital Annexe.

The paediatric team work with children, young people and their families to support them with living alongside a health condition. For example work may involve topics such as, coping and adjustment to illness, adhering to medical treatment, coping with the impact of past bullying, support with developing relationships at school, managing changes (e.g., moving to a new school or to adult services). Psychological interventions focus on helping children and young people in a holistic way. This may entail individual work with parents, children, siblings or group work. We also work closely with other teams who may contribute to a child's care (e.g., health, education, children's services).

Date posted

20 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

Depending on experience This is an honorary post and is not a paid position

Contract

Honorary

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

388-5947569-AHP

Job locations

Hengrave House

Torbay Hospital, Lowes Bridge

Torquay

TQ2 7AA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and responsibilities

Communication and working relationships

o Maintain effective communication and build effective working relationships within the Clinical health Psychology Service.

o Excellent written and verbal communication skills to ensure that any written work is of a high standard.

o To liaise and work collaboratively with colleagues within the department.

o To be respectful and value the people you work with.

Planning and organisation

o To be able to plan and organise your daily workload (under guidance from your supervisor)

o Help to plan and organise any teaching/training, seminars, workshops (under guidance from your supervisor)

Responsibility and accountability

o Act with integrity and professionalism, ensuring that you are demonstrating responsible behaviours at all times, in accordance with our Trust values.

o To be proactive and seek opportunities within the department and wider hospital teams

o Shadow work of the Clinical Psychology Team, to develop an understanding of the role of a Clinical Psychologist, formulation, assessment and intervention skills

o Ensure that all work is of a high standard

o Ensure you attend for work (whether that is remote or in person)

Policy and service responsibility

o To assist in developments within the services, the wider organisation and community to facilitate the appropriate provision of services.

o To contribute as appropriate to service evaluation, research and audit

o Encourage and welcome feedback to ensure that we as individuals, and as a collective team, learn and continually improve.

Responsibility for finance, equipment and other resources

o Everyone has a responsibility to ensure effective and conservative use of resources.

o Maintain paperless filing wherever possible (excluding where any statutory duty may exist). Do not print/ photocopy unless necessary.

o Ensure conservative use of stationery, not using equipment to excess.

o Ensure that any stationery or resource needs are reported to the appropriate person for future orders.

Responsibility for supervision, leadership and management

o Work with colleagues, seeking or offering support as required.

o Attend supervision for at least an hour per week. Informal supervision will be available from anyone in the team when required by the student. We are a very supportive and cohesive team

Information technology and administrative duties

o To ensure information governance is adhered to in all aspects of your work.

o To ensure you are adhering to GDPR regulations/Data Protection Act 2018.

o To be proficient in use of trust IT systems

o To keep up to date with admin and be able to co-ordinate and communicate well with the admin team

Responsibility for research and development