Clinical Psychologist Digestive Diseases B8A-Preceptorship available
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Clinical Psychologist with an interest in clinical health psychology to provide psychological expertise to Cambridge University Hospital (CUH) Digestive Diseases’ Service.
The post holder will provide evidence based psychological provision for digestive diseases areas which will include Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and pre-surgical assessments, post-surgical support and extensive liaison with relevant nursing staff.They will be provided with expert clinical, professional and operational Clinical Psychology supervision.
The post is Agenda for Change Band 8A and the job description reflects this grading. We would also encourage applications from recently qualified or early career clinical psychologists, as a Band 7 preceptorship is available.
If you are currently working towards a HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist which is due to be fulfilled within the next 12 months and would like to apply for this vacancy as a developmental role, please tick the box for HCPC registration, clarifying your course and completion date on the application form.
Main duties of the job
This is a part-time permanent post involves working with a psychologically minded medical team based in CUH, with the flexibility of some remote working.
This post involves being integrative to the medical team and working closely with them in both their inpatient and outpatient settings. There are ample opportunities to collaborate with other relevant services, contribute to national initiatives and develop research opportunities.You would be part of the Psychological Medicine Service which has expertise in a range of therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and there are excellent opportunities to develop skills in clinical health psychology within this well-established and dynamic service.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report
measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structures observations and semi structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
To develop psychological formulations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence, and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural and biological factors.
To develop and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s psychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models.
To evaluate and make decisions and treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, carers or group.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, and manage and maintain a caseload in line with service guidelines and under the overall co-ordination of the Lead Psychologist.
To provide a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
To understand risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures.
To communicate, in a skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressed concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Registered as Practitioner Psychologist with HCPC.
- Relevant post-doctoral training.
- Chartered Clinical Psychologist (BPS).
- Undertaken training in the supervision of Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
Experience
Essential criteria- Substantial experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment, across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups across the whole life course, and the range of clinical severity. Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the delivery of psychological care and treatment.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of working in a physical health care, and in a hospital setting.
- Experience of working within gastroenterology services.
- Experience of teaching, training and clinical supervision.
- Able to demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration requiring the use of highly developed analytical and judgement skills.
- Skills in individual and group work and in programme planning. Planning and organising skills for caseload management. Skills in self-management, including time management.
- Excellent communication skills. Able to communicate verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information including contentious and highly distressing information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance.
- Skills in providing consultation and supervision to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Advanced IT and keyboard skills.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential criteria- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC.
- High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Expert knowledge of clinical health psychology.
- Specialist knowledge of working with this client group.
- Good understanding of other professionals’ theoretical perspectives of this service user group.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the service user group and the setting, and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group.
Other
Essential criteria- Positive approach to older people.
- Recognise people’s right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect.
- Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working.
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude.
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
- Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
- Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
- Children and young people’s mental health services;
- Children’s community services in Peterborough;
- Social care;
- Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
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