Highly Specialist Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

Behave consistently with and promote the values and beliefs of the organisation

Use their initiative, be responsible and accountable for providing a systematic psychology service, specialist psychological interventions, clinical and research supervision and training to other health and care staff as agreed with the service lead/manager.

Work with managers and team leaders to develop services and improve quality in consultation with the service lead.

Participate in national and regional professional speciality meetings and seminars as appropriate

Meet and maintain targets within the adult mental health service

Evaluate referrals, undertake the assessment, treatment and management of patients with psychological difficulties with a varying range of complexity and aetiology with reference to clinical need and service capacity.

For full details of the duties and criteria of the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in psychology
• Post graduate Doctorate or equivalent in Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
• Registered with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
• Evidence of regular continuing professional development through further professional training and experience, as required by the HCPC and the BPS
• Post qualification training in specific, evidence based techniques for use with clients with complex psychological presentation and/or physical health difficulties, across the age span.
• Eligible for registration as a Practitioner member of the BPS Division of Clinical/Counselling Psychology

Experience

Essential

• Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
• A minimum of 2 years of experience working as a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within the relevant area
• Sufficient training and experience to be recognised by the Division of Clinical/Counselling Psychology as a suitably qualified psychologist to offer clinical placements to trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologists
• Training and experience in he application of psychological knowledge within a number of different specialties
• Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions to patients presenting with the full degree of clinical severity and across a range of clinical mental health presentations
• Experience of conducting clinically relevant research

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Rose Cottage

Belle Orchard

Ledbury

HR8 1DD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers