Senior Clinical PsychologistNHS
Job summary
Senior Clinical Psychologist B8a/B7 Preceptorship to 8A - Paediatric Epilepsy
Due to an exciting service development, we are seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to join a newly established Paediatric Epilepsy Psychology Service.
This is an opportunity to help develop a specialist psychology service embedded within the UHNM. The service supports children, young people and families experiencing psychological difficulties associated with epilepsy.
You will provide specialist psychological assessment and intervention, alongside consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues. There will be opportunities to contribute to service development, quality improvement and pathway development.
You will join a small, supportive and enthusiastic Paediatric Psychology Team with strong links across UHNM, Physical Health Psychology and CAMHS. High-quality care, collaborative working, clinical supervision and professional development are priorities.
We welcome applications from psychologists with experience primarily in mental health services, provided they demonstrate a strong interest in working with young people with physical health diagnoses, and an understanding of the impact these can have on mental health.
For newly qualified psychologists, a preceptorship pathway to Band 8a will be considered, with appropriate support, supervision and development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
Provides highly specialist psychological assessment of clients with Epilepsy based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources.
Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of client harm, abuse or neglect, including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns and taking all reasonable steps to protect the client. Responsible for identifying and reporting concerns regarding the safeguarding of children who may be at risk.
Undertakes risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and provides specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
Formulates plans for highly specialist psychological work and/or management of clients' psychological distress, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence-based practice. Negotiates the implementation of such plans with clients and/or their carers.
Implements the use of highly skilled psychological formulations for individual clients, carers, staff, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations as required.
Undertakes highly skilled evaluations and makes decisions about treatment options.
Provides highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other staff contributing directly to client's diagnosis, formulation and intervention plan.
Job description
Facilitates decision-making by planning and mapping processes/interventions with members of the team to determine the most appropriate treatment modality or service for clients.
Communicates in a way which recognises difference and ensures that people feel included and their individual communication needs are met.
Communicates complex and sensitive information to clients during the course of psychological therapy where the atmosphere may be emotive, there may be barriers to understanding or the client may react in an antagonistic manner.
Shares information relating to psychological assessment and formulation with clients, carers and families in a responsive, empathic manner, taking into consideration the possible complexities of the familys circumstances and the highly sensitive nature of the information.
Communicates effectively with all professionals involved in the clients care including all members of the multidisciplinary team, general practitioners, Social Services, education providers, voluntary agencies, user/carer groups etc., to maximise the quality of service delivered to clients and their families and carers.
Analyses complex client information, derived 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 the client, family members and others involved in the clients care.
Adjusts and refines psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
About us
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.