Clinical Psychologist
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
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Job overview
We are seeking a clinical psychologist to cover maternity leave for a colleague established in this role. The post holder will work across the lifespan in Diabetes care and be embedded in the MDT for children, young people (0.4 wte) and adults (0.2 wte). You will be working in two established out-patient diabetes multi-disciplinary services; the paediatric and young persons’ team and the adult diabetes team
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work across the life span (children & young people with diabetes 0.4 WTE and adults with diabetes 0.2 WTE) and, with psychological therapist colleagues, provide a clinical psychology service in the diabetes multidisciplinary teams.
Providing Psychological assessment and intervention for CYP and adults who have Diabetes.
Working within the MDT, mainly in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, taking the lead on Psychological care and supporting and consulting with the MDT to enhance the psychological experience of each patient.
Ensuring annual psychological assessment for all CYPs as required for Best Practice Tariff
Alongside your Clinical psychology colleague providing the CYP service for Diabetes in Wycombe Hospital, developing and leading psychological groups and also contributing to general Diabetes patient education groups
Running the psychological therapy service to adults with Diabetes by screening all referrals and allocating and supervising those referrals that are seen by the local Talking Therapies CBT therapist working in Diabetes
Risk assessment & liaison with outside mental Health agencies and social care as necessary to ensure safety of the CYP and Adults in your care
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 and those who trained abroad) as accredited by the BPS, or with a statement of equivalence from the BPS
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the British Psychological Society and HCPC
- Is HCPC registered as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Post-doctoral training (e.g. in a therapeutic model)
- Leadership qualification / evidence of training in leadership
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria- Supervised experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the lifespan and presenting with a wide range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings (e.g. outpatient, inpatient, community and residential care settings)
- Experience of working with people with long term health conditions
- Experience of individual psychological interventions with clients with both acute and long term physical health problems
- Experience of working with children and Young people and their families and carers
- Experience of liaising with related services which may be required for patient care e.g. IAPT, Psychiatry liaison services, CAMHS
- Experience of interdisciplinary working in a physical healthcare setting
- Experience of teaching and training to a variety of professional groups, including nurses
- Experience of supervising qualified clinical psychologists, trainee clinical psychologists and physical healthcare staff such as doctors, physiotherapists and nurses
- Experience of leadership
- Experience of planning and implementing changes in a service, even against resistance
- Experience of working effectively in an unstructured and constantly changing environment
- Experience of managing resources and allocating these strategically to meet the various demands on/needs of the service
- Experience of leading and conducting research within clinical settings
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria- Skills in assessing people with complex psychological, health and social difficulties
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate orally effectively, especially when under pressure
- Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Able to identify psychological difficulty in a short time frame and to be able to act appropriately to address the person’s needs
- Able to provide highly specialist advice regarding patient care
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional groups.
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- Skills in working as part of a team and engaging in organisational innovations.
- Able to identify priorities for service development, identify resources required and put forward a case to managers
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to mental health.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Has good skills in influencing and networking
- Able to work independently
- Enthusiasm for the application of psychological models in an acute hospital setting.
- Passion for working in multidisciplinary teams and improving team working
- Knowledge and understanding of Integrated Care Systems
- Skilled in managing projects; prioritising, planning, adapting plans and resource planning
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria- Able to travel to travel between Trust sites and to the CAMHS service
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
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