Clinical Psychologist
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Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a permanent, Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to the Neonatal Unit at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. This post will primarily be based on the Unit, but hosted by the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Paediatric Psychology Service and well supported by the professional leadership structures in this thriving team of Psychologists.The post will also benefit from the supportive structure of the Neonatal Network Community of Practice.
The Paediatric Psychology Service provides targeted input into several multi-disciplinary teams across Shropshire and works closely with the children’s community nursing team. We are a welcoming, well-established team, with a shared passion for continuously improving the service we provide and promoting positive outcomes for babies, children/young people with physical health conditions.
The post holder will work closely alongside the Band 8a Clinical Psychologist on the Unit. The role will involve working with families and staff on the Unit, becoming embedded into this passionate team of varied Medical and Allied Health professionals.There will be regular opportunities for CPD, neonatal and paediatric peer supervision and collaborating with psychology colleagues within the Neonatal Network and Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin’s Integrated Care System.
We welcome applications from current trainees due to qualify this year.
Main duties of the job
The main duty of this role involves providing evidence-based, psychological interventions for babies and their families on the unit, aimed at reducing distress and promoting positive health and wellbeing outcomes for babies on the neonatal unit and their families.
The role will also involve working indirectly with colleagues, sharing psychological skills and approaches and promoting psychologically informed care, through integrated, multi-disciplinary team working. There will be scope to contribute to service audit, evaluation and development projects as a part of this role.
The successful applicant will be a compassionate and committed team player, with previous experience of working with children and families and a strong passion for making a positive difference to the lives of babies, children and families in this setting.Skills in making psychological theory and approaches accessible to colleagues in other disciplines will be key to this role. This post is advertised at an exciting time, as psychology resource on the neonatal unit grows, enabling opportunity for embedding and further developing psychological practice within this setting.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
The Paediatric Psychology Service sits within the organisation's children and families service delivery group.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria- Degree in Psychology
- Eligible for Graduate Membership of BPS
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
Experience
Essential criteria- Some experience of specialist psychological assessment and intervention with paediatric patients
- Experience of working with a variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the range of clinical severity, across the range of care settings. Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patient’s psychological care and treatment.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
Knwoledge and skills
Essential criteria- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the role
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Others
Essential criteria- Be able to fulfil the travel requirements of the post