Job summary
This post is for a CS12 psychologist to lead the psychological provision with the aid of an assistant psychologist within our adult inpatient mental health ward. Psychology is valued with Inpatient Services and has an established and important presence there. This role would include clinical work as well as supervision and delegated line management of the psychology staff based on Orchard House.
The Inpatient Psychology service provides staff support, debriefing and team formulation sessions as well as individual and group work with service users. The post holder will also be expected to be active in supporting service development to help ensure efficient and therapeutic practice across the inpatient environment, good communication, service user involvement, and recovery-orientated and positive risk formulation approaches. An interest in working within complex healthcare systems would be an advantage, as would demonstrable experience of offering training, team formulation, supervision and consultation. For an informal discussion please contact Olivia Card ato.card@health.gov.je
You would work alongside a full multidisciplinary inpatient team, including psychiatry, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, art therapy and HCA specialities. You will lead the assistant psychologist at Orchard House Inpatient unity and be supported and receive specialist supervision from the lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Adult Mental Health employed within the care group.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients admitted to the inpatient service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients psychological problems including developmental background, long term personality adaptations, interpersonal patterns of relating, service, and diagnostic issues. These plans will be based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations which draw upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
About us
Across the Jersey public service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wider range of opportunities to work with recognised experts across teams, learn new skills and develop their careers. We actively look to recruit people from different backgrounds, with diverse perspectives. This creates a richer, more varied environment, where youre exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking and new opportunities, so you can develop an exciting and rewarding career.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
To provide core clinical placements for trainee clinical and/or counselling psychologists, ensuring that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to good psychological care and to be responsible for the assessment and evaluation of such competencies.
To provide post-qualification training (CPD) and clinical professional supervision to clinical psychologists attached to the team.
To provide advice, consultation and training and clinical supervision to other members of the team for their provision of psychologically based interventions to help improve clients functioning.
To provide pre- and post-qualification teaching of clinical and/or counselling psychology as appropriate.
To maintain and develop skills in the area of professional pre- and post-graduate training and clinical supervision.
To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate.
To provide professional management and clinical supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and assistant and senior assistant clinical psychologists working in the service sector to which the postholder is attached.
To take the psychology lead, in the evaluation, monitoring and development of the teams operational policies, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit and ensuring incorporation of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high quality care.
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research including doctoral trainee clinical psychologists and assistant and senior assistant clinical psychologists undertaking research as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
To provide core clinical placements for trainee clinical and/or counselling psychologists, ensuring that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to good psychological care and to be responsible for the assessment and evaluation of such competencies.
To provide post-qualification training (CPD) and clinical professional supervision to clinical psychologists attached to the team.
To provide advice, consultation and training and clinical supervision to other members of the team for their provision of psychologically based interventions to help improve clients functioning.
To provide pre- and post-qualification teaching of clinical and/or counselling psychology as appropriate.
To maintain and develop skills in the area of professional pre- and post-graduate training and clinical supervision.
To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate.
To provide professional management and clinical supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and assistant and senior assistant clinical psychologists working in the service sector to which the postholder is attached.
To take the psychology lead, in the evaluation, monitoring and development of the teams operational policies, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit and ensuring incorporation of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high quality care.
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research including doctoral trainee clinical psychologists and assistant and senior assistant clinical psychologists undertaking research as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent)
- HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist or eligibility for registration
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist for a minimum of 2 years, potentially as a senior psychologist.
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of two years experience of working as a clinical psychologist with adults and families with mental health issues
- Well-developed experience of working with people with severe, complex and/or chronic mental health problems.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervising professional and clinical practise of qualified and unqualified staff.
- Experience of liaison and joint working with other statutory agencies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent)
- HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist or eligibility for registration
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist for a minimum of 2 years, potentially as a senior psychologist.
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of two years experience of working as a clinical psychologist with adults and families with mental health issues
- Well-developed experience of working with people with severe, complex and/or chronic mental health problems.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervising professional and clinical practise of qualified and unqualified staff.
- Experience of liaison and joint working with other statutory agencies.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
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
Health and Community Services
Address
Government Of Jersey
19-21 Broad Street
St. Helier
Jersey
Channel Islands
JE2 3RR
Employer's website
https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)