Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Dudley Cancer Services Band 8a
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist 8a Dudley - Clinical Health Psychology Cancer, Palliative & Bereavement Service 12 month fixed term
BAND 8a (7 - 8A preceptorship applicants welcomed)
We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to develop your career within our friendly and dynamic Clinical Health Psychology Service. The Clinical Health Psychology Service is a team of psychologists, psychotherapists, and counsellors who aim to assist people in adapting to and developing creative solutions for living with physical health problems. The Black Country Healthcare Clinical Health Psychology Service currently operates across 3 geographical areas (Dudley, Wolverhampton and Sandwell and West Birmingham) with a number of contracts in each area. Due to service developments and staff promotions, a number of vacancies are available, and we would welcome conversations with those who would like to consider a single vacancy or combination of roles.
Main duties of the job
This role will offer the opportunity to provide assessment, formulation, and psychological intervention with patients receiving their cancer care in Sandwell and West Birmingham. The post will be within the cancer service, allowing for close working relationships with the MDT. The post is part of a large team of Psychological Professionals working in physical health, which is part of a wider Trust-wide network of Psychological Professionals. This brings opportunities in terms of professional support, access to supervision, and professional development.
The post holders will benefit from joining a supportive and enthusiastic team of practitioner psychologists and other psychological professionals who utilize a varied range of therapeutic approaches. There are opportunities to engage in CPD and supervision across a range of models, including EMDR, psychodynamic, attachment, humanistic, and 3rd wave approaches. In each role, you will work alongside a Principal Psychologist and other applied psychologists and psychological professionals, with support from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist. A robust leadership and supervision structure is in place, alongside operational management.
Job responsibilities
1. Provides highly specialist psychological assessment of clients with highly complex conditions based on the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of data from a variety of sources, which may include neuropsychological testing.
2. Responsible for recognizing the potential for or signs of client harm, abuse, or neglect, including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns and taking all reasonable steps to protect the client. Responsible for identifying and reporting concerns regarding the safeguarding of children who may be at risk.
3. Undertakes risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and provides specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
4. Formulates plans for highly specialist psychological therapy and/or management of clients' mental health conditions based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence-based practice. Negotiates the implementation of such plans with clients and/or their carers.
We welcome applications from experienced clinicians as well as newly qualified (or soon to be qualified) psychologists. The successful applicant will be banded according to their experience and offered an individualized and structured programme of professional development within the role as part of a preceptorship if necessary. Experience of working in a physical health setting is desirable, but we are also keen to hear from applicants who have been working in other specialties, who feel they have transferable skills. The most important qualities are good communication skills, working cooperatively, and thinking creatively.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in Applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies, and lifespan developmental psychology.
* HCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
* Working within a Physical Health Setting
* Multi-disciplinary team working
Knowledge
* Evidence-based practice relevant to the role
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Skills/ Personal Qualities
* Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake care co-ordination/lead practitioner responsibilities
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Depending on experience
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