Principal Clinical Psychologist

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Job overview

This is a permanent post for a Principal Clinical Psychologist in the Cleft Lip and Palate service.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative clinical psychologist interested in an opportunity to gain experience, knowledge and skills in working with young people and adults in the South West Cleft Service. You will be part of an experienced multidisciplinary specialist team and will have excellent opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills in working with young people and adults and the multidisciplinary team around them.

The post will involve travel to support the psychologists and clinics across the South West and provide leadership to the local psychology teams. You will be supported by an experienced Band 8C clinical psychologist in the post.

Professionally, the post-holder will be part of a larger group of clinical psychologists within Psychological Health Services working within a variety of paediatric and adult specialties in this large acute Trust. We are a valued, well-established and supportive service with a strong commitment to clinical supervision, continuing professional development, innovative service development and research, with well-established links to clinical psychology training courses in the South West.

Main duties of the job

1. To enhance the quality of psychological support for cleft families across the south west
2. To work in close collaboration with other providers of cleft services
3. To lead on the development, delivery and evaluation of the service with the support of the consultant lead
4. To support the other staff support posts and deliver line management as required.
5. To work in partnership with all key stakeholders.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Doctorate in clinical psychology or equivalent
• Current registration as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council
• Training in the supervision of trainee clinical psychologists / other staff

• Management/leadership training

Knowledge and Experience

• Post qualification experience of working as a specialist practitioner clinical psychologist providing psychological consultation, case management supervision and training to a range of multi-professional and multi-agency teams
• Post qualification experience of working as a specialist practitioner clinical psychologist undertaking consultation and service development work within multi-disciplinary physical health speciality or specialities
• Post qualification experience working in paediatric psychological health services and delivering psychological interventions as a core part of your post
• Post qualification experience co-creating/co-designing services with the end user
• Extensive formal teaching / presentation experience to health and other professionals
• Demonstrable understanding of the roles of a principal clinical psychologist within a network / programme lead role in relation to the professional staff team(s) and the organisation.
• Demonstrable knowledge of legislation and guidance pertaining to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, consent, confidentiality and standards of psychological care within relevant NICE and other guidance
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology

• Experience working with teams and delivering team-based support
• Knowledge of psychological theory and interventions developed specifically for supporting staff across the network

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to generate systemic and individual psychological formulations and interventions based on applying psychological theories and models to the complex information generated by the client
• Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information to and from patients and their families in a developmentally and culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations. This will include the ability to provide complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner.
• Ability to access, record and manage information and data pertaining to the work undertaken in medical and psychology notes, data bases and electronic records as required.
• Ability to prioritise and manage available time for clinical, managerial and professional activities effectively and safely
• Able to provide leadership cover for the wider cluster team as required (e.g. be the cover when other 8b leads are on leave)
• Work with some flexibility across the week when required
• Able to travel to Exeter, Plymouth & Truro as and when required as well as working on site in Bristol

Aptitudes

• Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information in a culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations. This will include the ability to provide complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner.

• As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
• The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
• UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
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Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

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