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Job overview
A fantastic opportunity for a Practitioner Psychologist to join the South West Cleft Service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative adaptable practitioner psychologist keen to develop experience, knowledge and skills in working in the South West Cleft Service. Contributing to the care provided by a range of multidisciplinary specialists. The postholder will work alongside other psychologists in the South West Cleft Service, including a consultant lead.
Psychological Health Services is an award-winning department, recognised for a commitment to leadership and the development of Trustwide psychological services.
As a university teaching trust research and quality improvement forms part of UHBW's mission to support excellence in delivery of patient care, alongside education and applied research of the highest quality.
We are engaged in high profile national professional networks at a senior level across BPS, NHS and charitable sector organisations.
We have strong links to local and regional universities providing access to support research and clinical training with honorary appointment up to professorial level. Psychological Health Services has an expanding research portfolio and provide and support opportunities to develop this further.
Main duties of the job
To work as a member of the Psychological Health Services team working into the South West Cleft Service to provide specialist psychological services, including assessment, formulation and implementation of psychological interventions for adult and child patients and their families receiving care from this team.
To work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and provide psychological consultation as required.
To support audit, research, and service development projects within the South West Cleft Service and wider psychology department.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of clinical work with children adolescents or adults
* Experience of presenting psychological formulations, assessments and interventions to multi-professional teams
* Experience of formal teaching/training to health and other professionals
Desirable criteria
* Experience of work within a health setting
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
* Well developed therapeutic and interpersonal skills.
* Reasonable autonomy with regard to decision making within supervised practice
* Well developed professional skills as a practitioner psychologist.
* Excellent communication and organisational skills.
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
* Able to assess the psychological needs of patients and their families in a physical health setting. This will include the use of standardised, psychometric tests and assessments.
* Able to generate systemic and individual formulations and interventions based on applying psychological theory to the complex information generated by the family, health and social care systems.
* Able to demonstrate an understanding of the psychological implications of a health condition for patients and families across the lifespan
* Able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles of a clinical / counselling psychologist in relation to a patient/ their family/ the staff teams/ and the wider organisational systems around them
* Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information in a developmentally and culturally appropriate manner and in highly emotive situations, including end of life care
* Ability to communicate highly complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner (written, verbal, electronic)
* Able to record and provide information and data pertaining to clinical work, activity and outcomes (written, electronic)
* Able to demonstrate successful use of strategies to prioritise and manage time when there are conflicting demands
* Able to demonstrate a realistic awareness of the potential for work related stress and distress in this type of clinical work plus strategies to manage this
* Able to travel to regional clinics across the South West (Truro, Exeter, Plymouth, Gloucester), meetings and home visits as required
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
* Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling psychology or equivalent
* Current registration as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* Band 7 Practitioner Psychologist job description and person specification (PDF, 376.4KB)
* Policy Statement - Ex Offenders (PDF, 424.6KB)
* UHBW Behaviours and Values (PDF, 299.3KB)
* UHBW Staff Benefits Book (PDF, 12.5MB)
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