[ref. c28705302] Clinical Psychologist Digestive Diseases B8A-Preceptorship available
A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
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.
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.
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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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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Feb 2025