Job Summary
Are you a Clinical Psychologist looking for your next challenge? NHS Professionals need you!
Main Duties of the Job
You'll find solutions to solve everyday problems for patients such as:
1. Providing highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions to support patients' needs.
2. Efficiently managing a caseload to formulate and implement strategies to meet your patients' goals.
3. Working within or alongside a multi-disciplinary team to effectively assess and intervene with your patients' psychological needs.
4. Mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff, including students.
To be successful in applying for this role you will need:
1. BSc Psychology (or equivalent recognised by BPS) and post-graduate doctorate training or statement of equivalence from BPS.
2. Doctoral level training in Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychology.
3. Ability to effectively manage a clinical caseload alongside other professional responsibilities.
4. Experience of working with MDT teams in a medical setting.
5. High level of written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication for different audiences and convey complex and sensitive information.
6. Interest in or experience of working with people with gastrointestinal conditions.
7. Knowledge of risk assessment within medical settings.
It would also be desirable to have:
1. Additional training in approaches valuable in health settings e.g. ACT, CFT, EMDR.
2. Experience of supervising qualified and trainee psychologists.
3. Familiarity with working remotely as well as face to face.
In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of:
1. Relevant Qualifications
2. Registration with the relevant Registration Body
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer Details
Employer Name: NHS Professionals Limited
Address: Department Of Psychological Medicine, Stott Lane, Salford, M6 8HG
Employer's Website: #J-18808-Ljbffr