Job responsibilities
Communication and working relationships
Maintain effective communication in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, and build effective working relationships with a range of health and social care staff across all levels, both within and outside of the organisation
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to ensure that any correspondence is of a high standard
Provide excellent, professional communication and care when representing our service
To liaise and work collaboratively with colleagues within the department. To be respectful and value the people you work with
To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, highly complex, sensitive or contentious condition specific information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients, where there may be barriers to acceptance and within highly emotive environments
To maintain and build good working relationships with senior professional staff and managers to ensure co-ordination of work in the Clinical Health Psychology service
Planning and organisation
Under guidance from supervisor or line manager be able to plan and organise daily workload
Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills to meet an ever-changing workload
Be responsive to change and able to work in an environment which has constant interruptions
Help to plan and organise any teaching/training, seminars, workshops under the direction of service lead
Analytical and judgement
To monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care
To make skilled and complex assessments, formulations and decisions about treatment options considering a range of options which draw on both theoretical and therapeutic models
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant individual clients and to provide both general and specialist advice for psychologists and other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management
To provide clinical consultation to other health and social care staff and foster reflective practice in teams
Responsibility and Accountability
Act with integrity and professionalism, ensuring that you are demonstrating responsible behaviours at all times, in accordance with our Trust values
To be accountable for own professional actions and to fully observe the BPS (2009) Code of Conduct/BABCP guidelines and the DCP Generic Professional Practice Guidelines (2008). To reflect and learn from our mistakes
Be responsible for your dedicated workload
To make highly skilled assessments and decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models
To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of a clients health problem, employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings. Psychological interventions may be for individuals, carers, families and groups
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant individual clients and to provide both general and specialist advice for psychologists and other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management
To provide psychological consultation to staff working with this client group within health, education and social services, both at a policy and individual client level
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan
Ensure that all work is of a high standard and meets regulatory compliance
To provide clinical consultation to other health and social care staff
To observe the requirements of government legislation, local and national policies and associated initiatives
Responsibility for Patients and Client Care
To make highly skilled assessments, formulations and decisions about treatment options and individualised programs of care considering both theoretical and therapeutic models
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant individual clients and to provide both general and specialist advice for psychologists and other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management
Policy and service responsibility
To participate in developments within the services, the wider organisation and community to facilitate the appropriate provision of services
To contribute as appropriate to service evaluation, research and audit
All staff have a responsibility to ensure that the needs of the service are met in a timely and efficient manner
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
Everyone has a responsibility to ensure effective and conservative use of resources
Maintain paperless filing wherever possible (excluding where any statutory duty may exist). Do not print/ photocopy unless necessary
Ensure conservative use of stationery, not using equipment to excess
Ensure that any stationery or resource needs are reported to the appropriate person for future orders
Responsibility for supervision, leadership and management
To assist in assessing and evaluating trainees skills and competences
Where applicable and qualified to do so to supervise the work of less experienced members of the Clinical Health Psychology team
To provide advice, consultation, training and clinical supervision to other members of the team for their provision of psychological care
To receive supervision from an experienced Clinician in the Clinical Health Psychology Team
To provide teaching to the local Clinical Psychology/ IAPT training courses as appropriate
Work flexibly to ensure the department collectively achieves its goals
Work with colleagues, seeking or offering support as required
To develop leadership skills through the organisation training
Information Technology and administrative duties
To ensure information governance is adhered to in all aspects of your work
Toensure you are adhering to GDPR regulations/Data Protection Act 2018
To be proficient in use of trust IT systems
To keep up to date with patient related admin (e.g. patient records and letters) and be able to co-ordinate and communicate well with the admin team
Responsibility for Research and Development
To contribute as appropriate to service evaluation, research and audit
