Employer: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Salford Royal Hospital
Town: Salford
Salary: £46,148 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 19/03/2025
Clinical/Counselling/Health Practitioner Psychologist (Band 7/8a)
Job Overview
We are excited to be recruiting a Band 7/8a (preceptorship at Band 7) Clinical/Counselling/Health Practitioner Psychologist specializing in Renal Medicine.
The successful applicant will join the existing renal psychology team in the provision of highly specialist psychological services to Renal Medicine at Salford Royal Hospital as part of the Clinical Health Psychology Department within Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.
This role will involve psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment of patients on an individual and group basis, multi-disciplinary working, consultancy work, liaison, research, teaching, and training/supervision of trainee/assistant psychologists (Band 8a), nursing staff, and others. The role also includes assisting the Clinical Lead in service design and development of clinical pathways.
Main Duties of the Job
* Work individually with outpatients including psychological assessment, formulation, design, monitoring, implementation, and evaluation of therapeutic interventions for patients with complex medical and psychological needs, including high levels of long-term risk assessment and management.
* Manage referrals and own caseload, making autonomous clinical decisions regarding the choice of assessment tools, psychological therapies, and the design of individualized therapy within level of expertise.
* Make recommendations to surgical, medical, and nursing colleagues regarding current and future psychological and clinical management.
* Facilitate groups based on CBT and ACT principles if required.
* Complete live donor psychological assessments and provide recommendations on suitability for proceeding with live kidney donation.
* Work indirectly including liaising with colleagues and other professionals to promote a psychological perspective regarding patient care.
* Provide consultancy, including liaising with multi-disciplinary colleagues, attending MDT meetings, and inter-agency working.
Working for Our Organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Accreditation
* Doctoral level training in Clinical, Counselling, or Health Psychology.
* HCPC registered.
* BSc Psychology (or equivalent recognised by BPS) and post-graduate doctorate training or statement of equivalence from BPS.
Experience
* Experience of working in a Clinical Health Psychology Service.
* An interest in working with people with chronic health conditions, especially renal conditions.
* High level of written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication for various audiences.
* Training in approaches particularly valuable in health settings, such as ACT, CFT, EMDR, including group-based approaches where appropriate.
* Research experience or further doctoral training.
* Understanding of risk assessment in medical settings.
* Familiarity working with patients in a variety of ways including face to face and remotely.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies and will not be liable for fees for candidates submitted speculatively.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve.
As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
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