An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Clinical/Health Psychologist in our Clinical Health Psychology Department, which provides specialist psychological therapy to service users experiencing distress because of their physical health conditions. Our service provides psychological intervention, consultation, supervision, and training across a diverse range of physical health specialists, working closely with our MDT colleagues.
We are a full team of Clinical and Health Psychologists working as one team to deliver high-quality psychological care across a range of physical health conditions across St Helens and Knowsley. We also pride ourselves on offering EMDR and receive EMDR Consultant supervision to enable best practice delivery of this service offer. Applicants trained in EMDR are welcomed. EMDR training can be sought as a CPD opportunity for the successful candidate.
There will also be opportunities to utilise complex clinical skills across the specialisms we serve, including stroke services, diabetes, cancer, pain, bariatrics, burns, plastics, and other long-term physical health conditions, both inpatients and outpatients. This is a great opportunity to exercise breadth in clinical work whilst developing your areas of interest further. We are a forward-thinking service and want a dynamic psychologist to help grow, develop, and drive the profile of Clinical Health Psychology. We are an outstanding and award-winning Trust.
Responsibilities
1. To provide a specialist Clinical Health Psychology Service within the Clinical Psychology Service across all sectors of physical health care, in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
2. To offer advice, consultation, and training on patients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to non-professional carers.
3. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Psychology Department’s policies and procedures and to exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the Psychology Service.
4. To utilise research skills to contribute to audit, policy and service development and research within the Department of Psychology.
5. To provide treatment in inpatient settings, outpatient clinics in the department and virtual treatment.
Key Duties
1. To clinically supervise more junior clinicians within the team, including Assistant Psychologists, Psychologists on Trainee placements and Volunteers.
2. To take responsibility for specific projects to continuously improve service delivery.
3. To take part in complex MDT clinics and to provide specialist supervision to nursing, counselling, and other colleagues on psychological aspects of care.
Clinical & Professional Responsibilities
1. To receive regular clinical supervision from a more senior Clinical Psychologist and attend regular management and professional supervision.
2. To provide highly specialist psychological assessments and clinical understanding of patients referred to the Psychology Service.
3. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patient’s psychological health problems.
Administrative Responsibilities
1. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing.
2. To manage your diary against your agreed job plan, clearly and effectively.
Teaching & Training Responsibilities
1. To continuously improve with regular CPD in Clinical Health Psychology.
2. To provide as required professional and specialist skills in clinical supervision and training.
Line Management Responsibilities
1. To advise the Clinical and Professional Service Lead on psychological and/or organisational matters.
2. To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the Psychology Service’s operational policies and services.
Research & Audit
1. To use theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work.
2. To contribute to project management, including complex audit and service evaluation.
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