Consultant Clinical Psychologist working into Critical CareNHS
Job summary
An opportunity to join a welcoming Psychology Directorate and to work as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist delivering and shaping services within Critical Care has opened up at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals. If you are interested in making a profound impact in acute healthcare, enhancing the lives of patients, leading a small team of psychologists within this specialty and supporting MDT colleagues in a dynamic and collaborative environment then we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role are to play an active part in the Directorate of Psychology and to lead a small team of psychologist working into the Critical Care specialism in developing and delivering high quality psychological services to patients, families and carers. Supporting colleagues working in this fast paced and challenging environment will be an important element of your role. If you bring adaptability, resilience and creativity to your working life this could be an exciting opportunity to shape provision in a context where psychology is highly regarded and greatly valued.
Job description
The post holder will contribute to the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients of the psychology service and provide psychological work with patients under the care of the ICU team. They will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the delivery of a high-quality service to patients, their families and colleagues. A major requirement of the post will be the provision of clinical supervision to qualified clinical psychologists and other family of psychology, psychotherapy and counselling professionals as appropriate, to trainee psychologists as required, to offer the supervision of clinical research as needed, the provision of reflective discussions groups and consultation for senior clinical teams, counsellors, nurses, AHP colleagues in line with local service level agreements, including some organisations external to the Trust as required. See full Job Description for further details.
About us
The Directorate of Psychology works into multiple specialisms within the organisation both in acute and community contexts. We have excellent working relationships with Talking Therapies colleagues and have forged links with Universities that offer varied opportunities to contribute to the development of the profession via teaching, training and placement delivery. We have a strong work ethic based in trust, empowerment, inclusivity and accountability, and strive to deliver a positive working environment that fosters not only the support of the services that we work into but a healthy work-life balance for all.