Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join the Major Trauma & Burns Teams at University Hospitals Plymouth, as the adult Major Trauma Centre (MTC) for Peninsula Trauma Network & a Burns Facility for the South West Burns Network.   

These  services are responsible for coordinating the care, rehabilitation, repatriation & transfer in of major trauma & burns patients while ensuring seamless case management for MTC & Burns patients within the Trust.

The post-holder will provide a highly specialist & high quality Clinical Health Psychology service for adults who have undergone major trauma or those who have suffered burns injuries, within the Clinical Health Psychology department. Clinical duties will include the assessment & provision of psychological therapy, advice or consultation to patients & professionals within the Trust.

The post holder will need to be enthusiastic, dynamic, excellent communicator & be required to work with multi-disciplinary teams across the organisation.

If you are a motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills looking for a career augmenting opportunity this could be the post for you.

This post provides an opportunity for a newly or recently qualified Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to join our team with a view of being in progressional post role with the potential to develop to a Band 8a role depending on competency achievement & readiness. This will be further discussed as part of the interview process and with the preferred candidate as appropriate.

Main duties of the job

***Please note that applications from temporary workers who have been engaged with the Trust for a minimum of 3 months are welcome.***

To provide a highly specialist psychological service to patients who have suffered burns injuries including those repatriated from regional Burns Units.

To provide a highly specialist psychological service to patients who have been identified as major trauma across the hospital.

 In addition, to provide consultation and supervision to a wide range of staff in both departments, as required, including supervision of therapeutic work to Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Clinical Psychologists where appropriate.

You will be able to work autonomously and support the development of initiatives that support increased psychological provision within this service.

There will be opportunities for involvement in supervision and teaching.

You will work in tandem with and receive supervision from the lead Clinical Psychologist for the Burns Psychology Service. You will also receive supervision and support from the Lead Clinical Psychologist responsible for Major Trauma. You will have the opportunity to work hybrid hours – optimising working remotely/at home as well as within the hospital environment.

Working for our organisation

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.