Clinical Psychologist - Psychology Health
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Location: Exeter, EX2 5DY & Exeter, EX1 2ED
Salary: £46,148.00 to £52,809.00
Date posted: 29th January 2025
Closing date: 17th February 2025
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Job Description
Are you someone looking for a career in one of the UK's most respected mental health and learning disability trusts? Would you like to be part of a dedicated team committed to making a difference to people's lives to enjoy a better future? We are looking for a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to join the Pain Service working 30 hours per week, based at the Royal Devon University Hospital (RDUH), in Exeter. There are other psychologists in the team and you will work alongside RDUH colleagues such as physiotherapists.
Main Duties of the Job
The role is dynamic and challenging. The post holder would work closely with members of a multidisciplinary Pain Management Rehabilitation Service including other Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Specialists, Nurses, Physiotherapists, and Occupational Therapists. They will also be part of the wider Clinical Health Psychology & Neuropsychology services to the Royal Devon University Hospital (RDUH) Trust. The post-holder will also benefit from established links with Exeter and Plymouth Universities, with opportunities for teaching, supervision, CPD, and research.
You will be part of an innovative and supportive clinical health psychology & neuropsychology service within the Trust serving the RDUH Trust across both its Exeter and North Devon sites. You will have access to professional support and potentially further training initiatives linked to the job role.
The post involves working alongside the other psychologists in the pain psychology service in delivering assessments and individual psychological therapies for people with persistent pain. The psychology team is embedded within the multidisciplinary Pain Management Rehabilitation Team (Occupational therapy and Physiotherapy) and works closely with consultant and nursing colleagues. You will have the opportunity to contribute to MDT meetings, work with other professionals, and be involved in delivering group interventions.
Job Responsibilities
* Providing a Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies service to the Pain Service at the RDUH.
* Contributing to the local clinical leadership, co-ordination, and supervision of staff, trainees, and volunteers employed by or attached to the Pain Management Rehabilitation Service.
* Caring for a specialist caseload of clients, and providing advice and consultancy to patients, family members, carers, and professionals.
* Working autonomously within professional guidelines and exercising responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the health teams and services they will work with.
* Receiving regular professional and clinical supervision in accordance with Trust policy and to Professional Practice Guidelines set out by the British Psychological Society.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Broad knowledge of specialist services and of the services in the NHS where psychology is commonly applied.
* Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality.
* Proficiency in both individual and group therapy approaches is desirable.
Desirable
* Experience of working with complex trauma and with systems working around people who have experienced trauma.
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a wide range of care settings.
* Experience of teaching, training, and/or supervision.
* Experience of neuropsychological assessment and awareness of the impact of neuropsychological symptoms on presentation.
Qualifications
Essential
* Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent) and eligible for Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society.
* Registered with HCPC.
Desirable
* Further training in related area.
* Further training in at least one (other) psychological therapy.
* IT Skills.
Other
Essential
* Ability to integrate complex data; make highly skilled evaluations and decisions; and take a long-term perspective.
* Proven organisational, planning, and time management skills.
* Ability to work independently and use initiative within a service consisting of a network of teams.
* Ability to work as a member of a clinical team.
* Ability to tolerate ambiguity, and maintain own morale and motivation in challenging service delivery contexts.
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.
Employer Details
Employer name: Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address: Clinical Health Psychology & Neuropsychology Services, Church Lane, Heavitree, Exeter, EX2 5DY
Employer's website: https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/
Contact Information
Professional Lead, Clinical Health Psychology: Rachael Carrick, 01392676378
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