NHS - Principle Clinical Psychologist
NHS Jobs Runcorn
Clinical: To provide highly specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the Psychological Service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, forensic history, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, psychodynamic, adult attachment and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and other involved in the clients care.
To contribute to diagnosis, often pertaining to highly distressing circumstances. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients complex mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficiency, across the full range of care settings.To be responsible for implementing a range of specialised psychological interventions for individuals and groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models, legal obligations and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individuals, family, or group.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients who problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans. To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other professionals which contributes directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
To provide directly and indirectly, a psychologically grounded framework of understanding to guide care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group. To ensure that comprehensive risk assessments on all patients within the service are carried out in line with Mental Health Care Division policy.
To contribute to multi-disciplinary diagnostic assessment of complex cases, and to share advice and recommendations. To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under enhanced CPA including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
To communicate and record in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni and multi-disciplinary care.
To provide clinical leadership for therapy interventions for people within the Recovery Team to manage the referral process and waiting list. To lead on assessment, intervention, evaluation and risk assessment. Teaching, Training and Supervision: To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from professional colleagues.
To gain additional highly specialist experience and skills relevant to psychological/nursing needs as agreed with the Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist. To apply and continue to develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs psychological work as appropriate.
To provide professional clinical supervision of qualified, assistant level, and trainee staff. To contribute to the pre and post qualification teaching of clinical psychological/nursing service staff, as appropriate, including the development of reflective practice interventions, enhanced by PhD.
Study outcomes. To provide advice consultation and training to staff working with client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate. Management, Recruitment and Service Development: To develop and apply professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit to enhance development, evaluation and monitoring of the multidisciplinary teams operational policies and services.
To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological/nursing and/or organisational matters need addressing. To be involved, as appropriate, in the shortlisting and interviewing of new staff. Research and Service Evaluation: To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research. To undertake project management, including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop service provision.
To contribute to the dissemination of any work undertaken by promoting the evidence base and by publishing the work in accredited journal and speaking at relevant conferences/workshops. General: To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holders professional service manager(s).
To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychological and nursing approaches across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of psychological/nursing and related disciplines.
To maintain the highest standard of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
To undertake a reasonable duty of care for Trust equipment and facilities used in the course of routine work.
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