University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol
GBP 40,000 - 60,000
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6 days ago
Main area: Psychological Health Services - Paediatric diabetes services
Grade Band: 7
Contract: 12 months (Fixed term contract Maternity cover)
Hours:
30 hours per week
Job ref: 387-WC-7204-LH
Site: Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Town: Bristol
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 22/01/2025
As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
A fantastic opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join a thriving Clinical Health Psychology Service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative, adaptable practitioner psychologist keen to develop experience, knowledge and skills in working in Paediatric Medical Specialties. Contributing to the care provided by a range of multidisciplinary specialist services including the paediatric diabetes team. We are advertising a fixed term maternity cover post until Jan 2025. The postholder will work alongside other psychologists in the paediatric diabetes team, including a consultant lead.
Psychological Health Services is an award-winning department, recognised for a commitment to leadership and the development of Trustwide psychological services.
Main duties of the job
To provide psychology services into the paediatric diabetes service including direct and indirect clinical work.
* To provide psychological services including assessment, formulation and implementation of psychological interventions for children/ young people and their families within the diabetes service.
* Deliver these services in ward-based and out-patient settings as needed.
* Provision of psychological advice, consultation, training, and support for other professionals working across this care pathway as assigned by the Specialist Clinical Psychologist, Cluster Lead or Head of Services.
* Support with development and evaluation of the service.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
* Qualified Clinical or Counselling psychologist and registered with HCPC as a practitioner psychologist.
Experience/Knowledge
* Experience of clinical work with children, young people and families within a CAMHS setting.
* Experience of presenting psychological formulations, assessments and interventions to multi-professional teams.
* Experience of formal teaching/presentation sessions to health and other professionals.
* Experience of clinical work with infants, children and/or young people or adults with acute/long term medical conditions.
Skills and Abilities
* Able to assess the psychological needs of children, young people and adults including the use of cognitive and developmental psychometric tests in a physical health setting.
* Able to generate systemic and individual formulations and interventions based on applying psychological theory to the complex information generated by the individual, child, family, health and social care systems.
* Able to demonstrate an understanding of the psychological implications of acute and long term medical condition for children, adults, young people and their families.
* Able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles of a clinical psychologist in relation to a patient/their family/the staff teams/and the wider organisational systems around them.
* Ability to communicate highly complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner (written, verbal, electronic).
* Able to demonstrate examples of successful commitment to team working.
* Able to demonstrate a realistic awareness of the potential for work-related stress and distress in this type of clinical work plus strategies to manage this.
* Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information for children, young people and their carers in a developmentally and culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations including end of life care.
* Able to record and provide information and data pertaining to clinical work, activity and outcomes (written, electronic).
* Able to demonstrate successful use of strategies to prioritise and manage time when there are conflicting demands.
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
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