East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
An opportunity has arisen to provide high quality psychological services to children and young people with diabetes in East Kent. This is a new post and is based at William Harvey Hospital, Ashford with the children's diabetes team. We are looking to recruit a clinical psychologist with an interest in working with children and young people with diabetes to work alongside our senior psychologist in the team. We welcome applications from those newly qualified or about to qualify.
With one of the largest services for children and young people with diabetes in the South East Coast and London network, we can offer you a rewarding, flexible and supportive role building long term professional relationships with children, young people, and their families. We are on an exciting improvement journey and can offer you a rewarding and supported role with our care group.
Here at East Kent Hospitals, we value diversity in our workforce and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If you believe there may be any barriers to your consideration of this role, we encourage you to contact us for a further discussion. Informal enquiries and visits are welcome and encouraged.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide psychological services to children and young people with diabetes and related health conditions and their families seen within the East Kent Hospitals University Foundation children's diabetes team. This will be mainly outpatient-based assessment and intervention, addressing psychological issues associated with diabetes. There may be some inpatient work. The psychologist will be based in the Paula Carr Diabetes Centre with the Children's Diabetes Team; the post will involve some provision of clinics at other locations across the Trust.
Roles and responsibilities will include psychological assessment and intervention with children and families, group work, staff training, consultation and support, and provision of psychological advice as part of the multidisciplinary team, working autonomously within professional guidelines and departmental policies and practices, with appropriate support and supervision from senior psychological staff as needed.
In addition to casework, the post includes duties in multi-agency liaison, contributing to training of other professionals, utilizing skills in service evaluation and audit, and providing supervision of undergraduate placement students and clinical psychologists in training on placement as necessary.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected, and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families, and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK, you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. We are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Job responsibilities
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If you have further queries, please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Clinical training and professional registration with the HCPC as a clinical psychologist
* Training/qualifications in specialist skills relevant to the post e.g. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Experience
* Experience of working with a range of client groups including children, young people, and families - This may be through placements during clinical training.
* Experience of working in multi-disciplinary care
* Experience of working with children and young people with health conditions
Skills
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, and management.
* Evidence of developed clinical skills and knowledge.
* Able to manage own time and caseload
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
* Theory and practice of specialized psychological assessments and therapies relating to children and young people
Knowledge
* Doctoral level knowledge of research and evaluation methodology, as practiced within clinical psychology.
* Knowledge of issues, legislation, guidelines, and policy in relation to children and young people with chronic illness including diabetes and of children and young people's mental health.
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.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata per annum
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