Job Overview
The successful candidate will have existing or recent extensive experience of working in Cancer Services – either in a training or qualified post.
We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to develop your career within our friendly and dynamic Physical Health Psychology Service. The Physical Health Psychology Service is a team of psychologists, psychotherapists, and counsellors who aim to assist people in adapting to and developing creative solutions for living with physical health problems. The Black Country Healthcare Physical Health Psychology Service currently operates across 3 geographical areas (Dudley, Wolverhampton, and Sandwell and West Birmingham) with a number of contracts in each area. Due to service developments and staff promotions, a number of vacancies are available and we would welcome conversations with those who would like to consider a single vacancy or combination of roles.
BCHFT are committed to investment in our Psychology staff so you will have access to a psychology-specific dedicated CPD budget to support your professional growth.
Main Duties of the Job
* Provides highly specialist psychological assessment of clients with highly complex and contentious conditions based on the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of data from a variety of sources, which may include neuropsychological testing.
* 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 highly specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management and the high physical risks inherent in the client group.
* Formulates plans for highly specialist psychological therapy and/or management of clients’ mental health conditions based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence-based practice. Negotiates the implementation of such plans with clients and/or their carers.
* Implements a range of highly specialist psychological therapies for individual clients, carers, families, and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations as required.
* Undertakes highly skilled evaluations and makes decisions about treatment options.
Working for Our Organisation
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
Across the whole of the region we provide:
* Adult and older adult mental health services.
* Specialist learning disability services.
* Mental health services for children and young people.
* Community healthcare services for children, young people, and families in Dudley.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies, and lifespan developmental psychology.
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
* HCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist with Chartered Status.
* Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees.
* Registration with BPS.
* Experience of working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings.
Desirable Criteria
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Highly developed knowledge and skills in the care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities, or severely challenging behaviour.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £53,755.00-£60,504.00 per year
Expected Hours: 25.5 per week
Benefits:
* Additional leave.
* Childcare.
* Company events.
* Company pension.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Discounted or free food.
* Employee discount.
* Free or subsidised travel.
* Gym membership.
* Health & wellbeing programme.
* On-site parking.
* Referral programme.
* Store discount.
Schedule:
* Flexitime.
* Monday to Friday.
* Weekend availability.
Licence/Certification:
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in Psychology (required).
* HCPC Registration as an Applied Psychologist (required).
* Registration with BPS (required).
* Clinical supervision/supervision of doctoral trainees (required).
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 285-8865K-MH
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