Job summary
We are a welcoming team of psychologists seeking colleagues who share our passion for the mind-body relationship, whether you have health psychology experience or are interested in applying your skills to a new area.
We are offering an exciting opportunity supporting people living with cancer (0.6wte 22hrs).It may be possible to offer a small number of additional extra hours working into other areas the department at Band 8A in addition to this post- if that might be of interest to you we can discuss this as part of the application process.
You will provide specialist clinical interventions and support multidisciplinary teams to develop psychologically informed care. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues delivering a 2-year pilot to extend psycho-oncology provision in North Derbyshire.
The role provides ample opportunity to develop your skills in leadership and service development with an added focus on tackling health inequalities and developing trauma-informed practice.
Our team is well established and highly valued with a supportive culture committed to CPD and innovation. We are located in North Derbyshire, close to the beautiful Peak District.
For candidates seeking additional hours we also have opportunities in our core Heath Psychology service.
We are open to considering candidates from alternative training routes that would not meet the full essential criteria but have significant level of clinical and professional experienceon a Preceptorship at a lower banding.
Main duties of the job
Provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and clinical interventions in specialist clinical areas, delivering high quality evidence-based services.
Co-design and implement innovative strategies to influence uptake, retention and effectiveness of clinical interventions and provide consultation, training, and supervision to junior colleagues, working within professional guidelines and Trust policies and procedures and engage with key partners.
Work autonomously on specific projects into one or more geographical or service areas including: clinical outpatient clinics, MDT rehab programmes, psychological insights team and our integrated outreach psychology in DCHS.
Use research skills for audit, evaluation and research and contribute to future business cases and strategic development, supporting delivery of corporate, divisional and service objectives and operational plans.
About us
You will develop clinical and leadership skills and experience representing our team and profession in high profile projects. You will be well supported with training, supervision and peer support.
Our team provides psychological services into a range of physical health condition pathways, including the core Clinical Health Psychology service, Pain Management, Cancer Services, Specialist Weight Management, Diabetes Education, Post Covid Psychology and our public health Psychological Insights Team.
The evolving nature of our service means there are constantly emerging opportunities to apply our psychological models and behaviours insights across the organisation. You will have lots of colleagues to draw on in your role offering a wide range of experience in different therapeutic modalities.
DCHS employs 4,200 staff, providing community health services to over 1 million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
Job description
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Job description
Job responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good honours degree in Psychology. Eligibility for Graduate membership of BPS
- Post-graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology. (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer as accredited by the B.P.S. Those coming through other practitioner psychology post graduate routes must have equivalent accreditation with a professional body.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist and entitled to use the title 'Clinical Psychologist' and be eligible to be chartered with the BPS or A full member of the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK. Registration with an equivalent professional body required for those coming through alternative practitioner psychology routes.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of a range of psychological therapies and models.
- Extensive knowledge of psychological issues related to physical health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a broad range of health psychology settings
- Clinical experience using a range of psychological therapies and models
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to psychologists.
- Experience of involvement in patient and public engagement activities.
Desirable
- Clinical experience in cancer or transferable skills
- Experience of providing consultation, supervision and training to health care staff, other than qualified psychologists.
- Experience of working with couples, families and /or carers
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work harmoniously with other disciplines.
- Very high level of interpersonal and communication skills enabling written and oral presentation and receipt of complex and sensitive information, to facilitate acceptance and relate effectively in an emotive and hostile environment.
- Ability to make judgements in complex clinical situations through assessment, analysis and interpretation of information and deciding on appropriate action from a range of options.
- Assessment and therapeutic skills related to complex, severe and enduring psychological problems experienced by adults with physical health conditions.
- Clinical supervision skills.
- Ability to adapt communication and make "reasonable adjustments" to aid client understanding and engagement
- Ability to provide consultation to other non-psychology colleagues, and teaching and training skills Psychological therapy skills.
- Good written communication skills with the ability to tailor these to varying contexts
- Awareness of, and ability to assess and manage risk.
- Ability to fulfil travel requirements for the post.
- Full driving licence, or ability to travel between locations as part of daily workload
Desirable
- The ability to complete complex psychometric assessments that require manual dexterity,
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good honours degree in Psychology. Eligibility for Graduate membership of BPS
- Post-graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology. (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer as accredited by the B.P.S. Those coming through other practitioner psychology post graduate routes must have equivalent accreditation with a professional body.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist and entitled to use the title 'Clinical Psychologist' and be eligible to be chartered with the BPS or A full member of the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK. Registration with an equivalent professional body required for those coming through alternative practitioner psychology routes.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of a range of psychological therapies and models.
- Extensive knowledge of psychological issues related to physical health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a broad range of health psychology settings
- Clinical experience using a range of psychological therapies and models
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to psychologists.
- Experience of involvement in patient and public engagement activities.
Desirable
- Clinical experience in cancer or transferable skills
- Experience of providing consultation, supervision and training to health care staff, other than qualified psychologists.
- Experience of working with couples, families and /or carers
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work harmoniously with other disciplines.
- Very high level of interpersonal and communication skills enabling written and oral presentation and receipt of complex and sensitive information, to facilitate acceptance and relate effectively in an emotive and hostile environment.
- Ability to make judgements in complex clinical situations through assessment, analysis and interpretation of information and deciding on appropriate action from a range of options.
- Assessment and therapeutic skills related to complex, severe and enduring psychological problems experienced by adults with physical health conditions.
- Clinical supervision skills.
- Ability to adapt communication and make "reasonable adjustments" to aid client understanding and engagement
- Ability to provide consultation to other non-psychology colleagues, and teaching and training skills Psychological therapy skills.
- Good written communication skills with the ability to tailor these to varying contexts
- Awareness of, and ability to assess and manage risk.
- Ability to fulfil travel requirements for the post.
- Full driving licence, or ability to travel between locations as part of daily workload
Desirable
- The ability to complete complex psychometric assessments that require manual dexterity,
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
