Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

3.1 Clinical

3.1.1 To support survivors to engage with the ISTS from their first contact with the service, with the understanding that their experiences of institutionalised abuse make it more difficult to engage with health and social care systems as adults.

3.1.2 To provide psychological assessments of referred clients, using interview, formal psychometric and other assessment methods as appropriate.

3.1.3 To formulate and devise psychological treatment and management plans for referred clients with a high-level of severity and complexity, including those who struggle to engage, and to provide psychological treatment for such clients, using a range of psychological interventions appropriate to the service.

3.1.4 To provide psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of clients.

3.1.5 To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.

To liaise with other health and social care staff, from a range of agencies, and survivor support networks in the care provided to clients, where appropriate.

To access individual clinical supervision, as well as the supervision groups available through the wider Traumatic Stress Clinic

3.2.1 To utilise evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

3.2.2 To take a lead in developing research projects and undertaking appropriate research in the ISTS, and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.

3.2.3 To participate in and contribute to clinical audit and service evaluation with colleagues within the service, to help evaluate and improve service provision, proposing changes to working practice and procedures for own work area as required.

3.3.1 To provide professional and clinical supervision, where required, of qualified clinical or counselling psychologists, trainee psychologists and assistant psychologists.

3.3.2 To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision, where appropriate, to other health and social care staff working with the client group.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate level training as counselling/clinical psychologist and HCPC registration

Experience

Essential

• Completion of two years post-doctoral post-qualification supervised clinical experience with complex trauma
• Experience of case management, MDT working and liaison

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision in the area of trauma and PTSD

Skills

Essential

• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention (EMDR and tfCBT)and management of complex and acute PTSD.

Knowledge

Essential

• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised evidence-based psychological therapies, one of which is relevant for the treatment of PTSD.

Knowledge

Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Knowledge and experience of conducting audit and research in the clinical setting

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

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Traumatic Stress Clinic, St Pancras Hospital

4 St Pancras Way

London

NW1 0PE

Employer's website

https://www.candi.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)