Job summary
We have a vacancy available for an 8a Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist in our Long-Term Conditions (LTC) team within Psychology in Healthcare at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals trust. You will join a friendly and innovative department where you will find a strong, compassionate team.
* Interview Date: 12 March 2025
* 22 hours 30 minutes/week
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work into the Cardiac Rehab and Cystic Fibrosis Psychology Services. They will be working alongside psychology colleagues and multi-disciplinary teams to support inpatients and outpatients with psychological issues relating to their health conditions. The role is dynamic with a mix of direct, indirect, group and individual work. Other roles include research, audit, service development and supervision.
The LTC team holds regular meetings and CPD events and has specialist supervision arrangements. We sit under a larger adult team within Psychology in Healthcare. We have a good link to the local doctorate courses and offer trainee placements.
This job will provide an experienced psychologist the opportunity to further develop their skills in supervision and CPD, and will provide opportunities for further training in specific therapies and specialist supervision.
About us
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
* Freeman Hospital
* Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
* Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
* Newcastle Dental Hospital
* Newcastle Fertility Centre
* Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
* Northern Genetics Service
* Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
Job description
Job responsibilities
* Deliver cardiac rehab group session
* Attend transition meetings for CF patients
* 1:1 outpatient and inpatient work
* Involvement in ongoing audit and research
* Supervise junior staff and trainees
* Attend MDT's
Job Purpose
* To provide a specialist clinical/counselling psychology service within the service in which this post is located, providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy.
* Offering advice and consultation on patients psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers.
* To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures.
* To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
* Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent conferring eligibility for registration with HCPC as either a Clinical Psychologist or a Counselling Psychologist) including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
* HCPC registration.
* Doctorate (or equivalent) level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Desirable
* Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or fields of applied psychology.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
* Significant experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
* Post qualification experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
* Computer literate - competent use of email/internet and patient information systems for electronic clinical records and diary management as appropriate.
Desirable
* Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
* Experience of the application of clinical/counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g., personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities, etc.)
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
* Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
* In addition to obtaining the necessary qualifications and experience to practice as a clinical/counselling psychologist, has additional knowledge of working as a clinical/counselling psychologist in the patient population served by this post.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
* Further training in supervision skills required to provide supervision for Doctoral trainees.
* Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
* Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
* Well developed skills in the ability to empathise and communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
* Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post - community-based work.
* Well-developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr