Highly Specialised Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).
To work as an autonomous practitioner within the Haemophilia, Haemostasis and Thrombosis Service, overseeing the provision of psychological care for children and families with Haemophilia and other related bleeding disorders.
The post holder will be part of the Southern Haemophilia Network (SHN) as an embedded member of the multidisciplinary team. The SHN is unique in providing comprehensive life span care for patients with inherited bleeding disorders across the south of England. Psychology has been an integral and highly valued part of care since 2014 and the post holder will form part of a growing service providing specialist psychological support to children and young people across the network.
Main duties of the job
To provide complex psychological assessment and therapy, at the same time offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other non-professional carers working autonomously within professional guidelines.
To utilise research skills to contribute to qualitative and quantitative research projects that are already underway within the service. To use research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within areas specified by the service, undertaking agreed personal research and development.
To work as an autonomous practitioner who is individually accountable for all clinical decisions within professional guidelines and whilst consulting appropriately with peers and receiving clinical supervision.
To be responsible for formal and informal teaching and training to healthcare staff about the psychological needs of the client group. To attend multidisciplinary clinics and meetings as appropriate to contribute to the wider work of the service.
Job responsibilities
Clinical
* The post holder will agree standards for own work with their line manager, whilst ensuring that the overall pattern of work is in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
* To conduct specialist clinical psychology assessments of children and families referred to the psychology service, based upon appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a wide variety of sources. This will include clinical interview, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observation and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in their care.
* To provide integrated formulations and highly specialised psychological treatments for clients with inherited bleeding disorders with highly complex difficulties.
* To be responsible for implementing a wide range of psychological interventions for individuals and groups and, when appropriate, family members choosing from a range of treatment options or expert opinions, using clinical judgement and knowledge of evidence-based approaches to plan, implement and evaluate treatment plans.
* In making such decisions theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors will be taken into account (such as medical, psychological, historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group).
* To develop, deliver and systematically evaluate services for children and young people with Haemophilia and other related bleeding disorders, providing highly specialised advice concerning their care and treatment.
* To ensure that clients receive well co-coordinated care, through liaison with other staff, attendance at relevant team meetings and relevant meetings involving outside agencies and related administration.
* To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and provide general advice to other professionals working with the individual on psychological aspects of risk management and assessment.
* To participate in professional development and maintain appropriate levels of registration/accreditation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registration with the HCPC
* Post-doctoral training in additional specialised area of psychological practice and/or research methods.
Experience
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, young people and families.
* Experience of delivering tailored psychological interventions (e.g. 1:1, couple, group and systemic interventions) and drawing on a range of therapeutic approaches.
* Experience of implementing service developments informed by audit and outcome data.
Skills
* Doctoral level knowledge of clinical or counselling psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis; skills in using SPSS.
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management of individuals presenting with complex problems, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
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.
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
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