Clinical Psychologist, Staff Advice and Liaison Service

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

To provide specialist psychological expertise to the organisation in understanding the emotional complexity of meeting healthcare needs for all staff and developing opportunities for reflective practice for all (clinical and non-clinical).

Provide psychologically focused assessments and interventions to staff on individual, group and team bases with a view to exploring and managing the emotional impact of work to increase effectiveness and wellbeing at work.

To provide specialist psychological input to the Staff Advice & Liaison Service (SALS). This will involve undertaking individual and team focused assessments based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured observations and semi-structured interviews with staff members and relevant networks.

To make judgements involving highly complex facts, which require analysis and interpretation and comparison of a range of options. To formulate and implement plans of specialist psychological intervention or management of psychological problems, based on an appropriate multi-factorial and multi-theoretical psychological understanding of the presenting issues and employing methods based upon current evidence-based practice, across the full range of staff support and organisationalsettings.

To evaluate and make decisions about intervention options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors regarding historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, team or organisational process.

To exercise autonomous professional judgment and responsibility for the psychological management of staff including assessment, formulation, intervention, discharge and effective communication of these plans where appropriate with SALS colleagues, and other internal and external services where indicated.

To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to the multi- disciplinary formulation of appropriate psychosocial approaches or intervention plans and be involved in or oversee and co-ordinate specialist psychological aspects of their implementation in collaboration with other staff.

Contribute to the delivery and further development of Schwartz Rounds in the organisation along with the wider Alder Hey community and national Schwartz Team.

Contribute to the delivery and further development of SALS Pals, a community wide network of wellbeing champions within the Trust.

To undertake psychologically based risk assessment and management for staff where appropriate and to provide advice on the psychological aspects or risk assessment and management to other professions.

To provide and receive in a skilled and sensitive manner, highly complex, sensitive and sometimes contentious information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans to staff and colleagues in an empathic and supportive way, using the highest levels of interpersonal skills in situations which could be highly emotive and sometimes antagonistic.

To effectively monitor the progress of both uni and multi-disciplinary interventions.

Work alongside HR colleagues and actively support the Trusts Learning & Development department in the provision of training for organisational psychology interventions by providing information and expertise.

To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programme in consultation with professional and operational managers and within the HCPC and BPS, CPD best practice guidance and requirements.

To prepare for and attend an Annual Review/Personal Development Plan. To provide evidence of CPD undertaken e.g., in the form of a CPD logbook. To collaboratively set aims and objectives and systematically monitor progress.

To maintain the highest standards of record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.

To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to organisational development and staff support.

To take part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintain an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and relateddisciplines.

Education and Training

In common with all clinical psychologists, to receive regular clinical supervision and professional management, according to good practice guidelines, from a highly specialist or consultant clinical psychologist and where appropriate clinical supervision from other senior professional colleagues.

To further develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision of the psychological aspects of the clinical work of other MDT members, as appropriate.

To provide professional and clinical supervision of assistant / graduate psychologists and, as appropriate, to contribute to the supervision of individual cases for trainee clinical psychologists.

To contribute to the pre and post qualification teaching of clinical psychology, asappropriate.

To provide specialist advice, consultation and training to clinical and non-clinical staff across the organisation.

To work with managers and colleagues to continually improve the quality of services within the overall Trust governance frameworks.

To contribute to the delivery of national and local priorities as set out in the Trusts corporate objectives.

To perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade, which may be required from time to time by psychology managers.

To comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines including those relating to equal opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information.

This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.

All individuals will have some risk management responsibilities with which they are required to comply, for details of your responsibilities please refer to the current Risk Management Strategy, which is available on the intranet in the Local Strategiesfolder.

Equality and Diversity

It is the responsibility of every member of staff to understand our equality and diversity commitment and statutory obligations under the current equality legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, the Equality Act 2006 and the Race Regulations (Amendment) Act 2000 and to:

Act in ways that support equality and diversity and recognise the importance of peoples rights in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures and good practice.

Valuing people as individuals and treating everyone with dignity and respect, consideration and without prejudice, respecting diversity and recognizing peoples expressed beliefs, preferences and choices in working with others and delivering appropriate services.

Recognise and report behavior that undermines equality under the Trust policy.

Be consciously aware of own behaviour and encourage the same levels of behaviour in colleagues.

Acknowledge others different perspectives and recognise the diverse needs and experiences of everyone they come into contact with.

Person Specification

Essential and Desirable

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 and/or clinically sensitive information to service users and other professional colleagues within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology including specifically models ofpsychopathology,clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Registration with the British Psychological Society as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist (or in the process of).
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
• 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 behavior.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to mental health.
• Knowledge of and interest in the application of psychological theory to understanding the emotional impact of work in healthcare or other public sector settings
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology and/or other fields of applied psychology
• A passion for supporting staff to thrive and reach their potential, enabling them to deliver the best possible clinical care.
• Experience of working within a multi- cultural framework.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust

East Prescot Road

Liverpool

L14 5AB

Employer's website

https://alderhey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)