University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Would you like to join a friendly, compassionate and ambitious team, committed to improving the lives of children and young people and their families with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in Derbyshire and Derby City? Our team's aim is to build a brighter future for the young people we work with.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a forward-thinking creative team who are passionate about their work and supporting one another. We would love to hear from individuals who may be newly qualified or have experience and share our passion and values and desire to continually improve the service we provide.
We are fortunate that our trust is committed to continued professional development and training opportunities. Some of our clinicians have specialist interests in OCD, ARFID, Girls with ASD, Differential Diagnosis, Compassion Focused Therapy, ACT, and many other areas.
We are a Uni-disciplinary team and have additional specialist teams including Paediatric Psychology, Children with an Intellectual Disability, Positive Behaviour Support, and a Youth Offending Service.
We also work closely with other professional groups. We have close ties with the Trent Clinical Psychology Course and supervise trainees and CAP's regularly.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high-quality clinical psychology service to children, adolescents, and their families in a specialist ASD team, delivering both specialist diagnostic assessments and interventions.
Working as part of a team and also autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Trust's policies and procedures.
In addition, the role would involve advice and consultation on clients' psychological assessment and care to non-psychological colleagues and to other non-professional carers, providing teaching and supervision to other psychologists including Assistant Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists, and Graduate Clinical Associates. Undertaking evidence-based clinical practice, service development, service evaluation, and clinical audit.
Closing date of applications: 23 December 2024
Interview date: 7 January 2025
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people, and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness, and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
* Completion of a BPS accredited postgraduate doctoral training course or equivalent in Clinical Psychology
* Registered with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
* Further training in new wave models of intervention such as ACT and CFT
* Training in the use of the ADOS 2 and diagnostic interviews for Autism
Experience
* Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings
* Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, and management
* Knowledge of legislation and NHS plans in relation to children and families
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.
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