Job summary
Are you a passionate, driven individual looking for a new challenge? Then look no further!
We are looking for two Band 5 psychological practitioners to join the Clinical Health Psychology Service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. We welcome applications from qualified psychological wellbeing practitioners, qualified associate psychological practitioners and experienced assistant psychologists. Experience of working psychologically with a range of physical health conditions in medical settings is desirable but not essential.
You will work with both inpatients and outpatients to provide brief, low intensity evidence-based psychological interventions based on a range of cognitive, behavioural and solution focused approaches. There will be opportunities to become involved in service evaluation and audit projects.
Main duties of the job
Under clinical supervision to provide assessments and short-term low intensity psychological interventions for adults with acute and chronic physical health conditions. You will work across a number of clinical areas in the acute hospital setting (This may include; Oncology, Renal, Critical Care, Airways, Burns, Plastics and Dermatology).
Inpatient and outpatient work across the Trust is required.
To assist in service evaluation (including audit), maintenance of databases/spreadsheets, service development and compilation of self-help materials for patients & scoring of questionnaires.
Attending and contributing in Triage meetings and MDT's.
To support with project work as requested by the leadership team within the clinical health psychology service
About us
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be part of an established clinical health psychology service within the Trust and be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team. Regular clinical supervision will be provided by a senior therapist within the service.
You will assist the Clinical Health Psychology Team to provide a high quality, effective service to patients with long term & physical health conditions.
You should be able to demonstrate an enthusiasm for working with people who have acute and long-term health conditions. You will need to be flexible, have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a team.
You will be required to work therapeutically with patients whilst they are inpatients on the wards as well as patients in the outpatient clinics therefore there will be an expectation that you will be onsite for the role.
Duties will include, but not be limited to:
- Contributes to the clinical activity of the psychology service within the Psychology Service.
- Assist in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care. Including the development and compilation of self-help materials for patients and scoring of psychometric questionnaires.
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When opportunity arises, assist in the organisation and delivery of components of psycho-educational group treatment programmes
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Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals.
- Maintain and develop own professional competence and skills within scope of role and provide information to others to help their development.
- Contribute to the management of risk and monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines .
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Supporting the preparation of reports, teaching and/ or psychoeducational materials, service evaluation (including audit and focus groups) and maintenance of databases, all under supervision from the clinical team.
Please note the interview date is subject to change dependent on the volume of applicants.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be part of an established clinical health psychology service within the Trust and be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team. Regular clinical supervision will be provided by a senior therapist within the service.
You will assist the Clinical Health Psychology Team to provide a high quality, effective service to patients with long term & physical health conditions.
You should be able to demonstrate an enthusiasm for working with people who have acute and long-term health conditions. You will need to be flexible, have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a team.
You will be required to work therapeutically with patients whilst they are inpatients on the wards as well as patients in the outpatient clinics therefore there will be an expectation that you will be onsite for the role.
Duties will include, but not be limited to:
- Contributes to the clinical activity of the psychology service within the Psychology Service.
- Assist in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care. Including the development and compilation of self-help materials for patients and scoring of psychometric questionnaires.
-
When opportunity arises, assist in the organisation and delivery of components of psycho-educational group treatment programmes
-
Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals.
- Maintain and develop own professional competence and skills within scope of role and provide information to others to help their development.
- Contribute to the management of risk and monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines .
-
Supporting the preparation of reports, teaching and/ or psychoeducational materials, service evaluation (including audit and focus groups) and maintenance of databases, all under supervision from the clinical team.
Please note the interview date is subject to change dependent on the volume of applicants.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- A BA/BSc (Hons) Psychology (2.1 minimum) - with BPS GBR or a degree/registered qualification in healthcare at graduate level in psychology, nursing, social work, allied health professional.
- And/or has completed accredited PWP course
- And/or has completed accredited TAPP course
Desirable
- Has knowledge/relevant experience of other therapy modalities that are relevant to practice as a PWP, APP or AP (e.g. solution-focused therapy, ACT, CFT).
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem and low-level psychological interventions (e.g. CBT).
- Experience of audit/service evaluation projects
- Knowledge of the application of psychological interventions within a physical health setting.
- Previous experience as a psychological practitioner e.g. trainee PWP, trainee APP or Assistant Psychologist
Desirable
- Experience of working in services where multidisciplinary working was embraced as part of service delivery.
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting with people who have physical health problems.
- Previous experience of psychometric test administration
- Previous experience of audit, service improvements and evaluation aimed at understanding patient experience and improving care
- Experience of managing computerised databases
- Experience of group work
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- A BA/BSc (Hons) Psychology (2.1 minimum) - with BPS GBR or a degree/registered qualification in healthcare at graduate level in psychology, nursing, social work, allied health professional.
- And/or has completed accredited PWP course
- And/or has completed accredited TAPP course
Desirable
- Has knowledge/relevant experience of other therapy modalities that are relevant to practice as a PWP, APP or AP (e.g. solution-focused therapy, ACT, CFT).
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem and low-level psychological interventions (e.g. CBT).
- Experience of audit/service evaluation projects
- Knowledge of the application of psychological interventions within a physical health setting.
- Previous experience as a psychological practitioner e.g. trainee PWP, trainee APP or Assistant Psychologist
Desirable
- Experience of working in services where multidisciplinary working was embraced as part of service delivery.
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting with people who have physical health problems.
- Previous experience of psychometric test administration
- Previous experience of audit, service improvements and evaluation aimed at understanding patient experience and improving care
- Experience of managing computerised databases
- Experience of group work
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).
Additional information
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).
