Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
The Neonatal Unit located in University Hospital Coventry provides a range of tertiary care services to premature and sick babies in Coventry, Warwickshire, and beyond from 22 weeks gestation.
The unit is a designated level 3 unit, and as part of the West Midlands Neonatal Operational Delivery Network, we have close links to Birmingham, Worcestershire, Hereford, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Hospitals.
We take pride in the services we provide for babies and their families, and in 2019 this dedication was rewarded as we became the first unit in the Midlands to achieve full Neonatal UNICEF Baby Friendly accreditation. The Neonatal service was also rated as good in the 2018 CQC inspection of UHCW.
We strongly believe in parents being our partners in care when it comes to the needs and decision-making processes. The unit is open for parents to be with their baby any time day or night, and we are working towards completing our Bliss Baby Charter.
As part of our progressive vision, UHCW Neonatal Unit is committed to research and has an active research program.
Our neonatal unit looks after up to 8 Intensive care cots, 8 High dependency cots, 14 Special care cots, and 4 Transitional care cots. We are the hub for the new Outreach service for the Coventry, Warwickshire, and Nuneaton area.
The Psychological Services in this area is expanding. We have recently been chosen to pilot a hub and spoke model for psychological services across the LMNS. This means that you will have the opportunity to work with other psychologists to develop this model of care and evaluate it locally. It is an exciting time to join a truly multidisciplinary team, working closely with a team of allied health professionals to meet the psychosocial needs of infants, parents, carers, and to support all staff in being able to do this safely and effectively, whilst ensuring staff well-being.
1. To provide highly specialist psychological assessments and therapy for parents or infants in the neonatal unit using highly complex psychological data gained from a wide variety of sources.
2. To be responsible for evidence-based psychological interventions with families and carers of babies accessing the service and specifically to promote adaptation and adjustment. To ensure the systematic provision of psychological services, including the responsibility to prioritise work appropriately.
3. To use psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, and semi-structured interviews with parents and family members and others involved in the care of the babies on the unit. To follow up and to re-assess when considered appropriate, using approved statistical methods to make valid comparisons. To communicate both orally, and in written reports, the content of these investigations and resulting formulations to support the work of multidisciplinary colleagues.
4. To work as an independent and autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work.
5. To contribute to the effective working of the multi-disciplinary health team to deliver comprehensive clinical care to families and infants, ensuring that psychological wellbeing is central to the planning and delivery of health care.
6. To provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance, consultation, and supervision to other professionals contributing directly to patient's formulation, diagnosis, treatment plans, and management of clients. This includes provision of advice and support to facilitate the effective use of psychological treatment by other members of staff where appropriate.
7. To ensure that members of staff within UHCW have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding through the provision of advice, supervision, consultation, and the dissemination of psychological research and theory. This will include attendance at MDT's, psychosocial meetings, and service development meetings as appropriate.
8. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
9. To contribute to the development of services in the locality, reviewing service outcomes, designing and participating in audit, research, and clinical governance initiatives and working cooperatively with colleagues to achieve service goals and maximise service effectiveness. This will involve communication with a wide range of clinical and managerial colleagues, within and outside of the Trust.
10. To provide supervision to the Neonatal Counsellor in post, trainee clinical/counselling psychologists on placement, assistant psychologists, psychology Masters students, volunteers, and other colleagues, including professional and doctoral research supervision as required.
Person Specification
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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed.
In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.
UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.
If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.
We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.
Depending on your level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.
All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders.
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Applicant Requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
* Job Description and Personal Specification (PDF, 568.3KB)
* Welcoming Applicants with Disability (PDF, 98.9KB)
* Candidate Information (PDF, 291.8KB)
* How to Complete an Application Form & Values Fact Sheet (DOCX, 874.6KB)
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