Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 32 hours per week (over 4 days to be agreed according to department needs)
- Job ref
- 388-6396524-SM
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- John Parkes Unit
- Town
- Torbay
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Paediatric Clinical Health Psychology team as a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist for 4 days a week. We are looking to recruit someone with an interest in working with children, young people and families and experience ideally in health settings. We are a large team, and we are keen to promote personal and professional development and there are lots of opportunities for CPD, training and service development within the role.
The post involves supporting children, young people and their families through specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention, indirect work including providing consultation, supervision and training to multi-disciplinary staff, and utilising research skills for audit, policy, and service development.
Main duties of the job
To enhance psychologically informed care through the direct delivery of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence based psychological interventions for children and young people with physical health difficulties and their families, and indirectly through providing interventions such as teaching, training and consultation with teams and non-psychologically trained practitioners, and service development.
The service will be provided across a number of bases in the acute and community setting as well as some home working. The main base for the service is at Torbay Hospital. We operate a Hybrid-Model of working which involves a combination of remote and physical face-to-face interactions.
To work autonomously, within the Trust’s and the HCPC’s and the BPS’s professional guidelines, as well as liaise and work closely with paediatric colleagues and other staff who work internal and external to the Trust and who provide services to children, young people and their carers and families.
Working for our organisation
We are a progressive service and are passionate about the uniqueness of Clinical Health Psychology. You will work within the Paediatric Clinical Health Psychology team as part of the wider Clinical Health Psychology (CHP) service. We have a mix of Psychological professions in the team and welcome individuals who are keen to embrace the challenges and strengths that this brings to our working and professional identity. We pride ourselves on our flexibility of working practices and our family first approach to working which allow people to work hard while maintaining healthy boundaries.
As a Trust we have introduced agile working and as a Directorate we are committed to supporting our teams and colleagues in adopting this approach. The team have been trained in ACT and EMDR and there is a strong commitment to both evidence and practice based short-term interventions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Eligibility for BPS Chartered Clinical Psychologist status
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
- A post-graduate doctoral level qualification in Clinical Psychology
Desirable criteria
- Other related academic qualifications to Masters or Doctorate level
- Additional specialist training in assessment and intervention with children and young people with chronic health conditions such as diabetes
- Additional training in psychological therapies relevant to paediatric psychology such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systemic therapies or Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Accredited supervisor training
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate post qualification experience of working as a clinical / counselling / health psychologist with children and families where there are psychological and physical health concerns
- Demonstrate post qualification experience of using a range of specialist psychology assessment skills, which include risk assessment
- Demonstrate post qualification experience of developing and providing specialist psychology interventions and intervention packages for children, young people and their carers and families
- Demonstrate post qualification experience of working within multidisciplinary and multi-agency settings
- Demonstrate post qualification experience of providing consultation to healthcare staff and professional and nonprofessional groups
- Demonstrate post qualification experience of providing teaching and training to other psychologists and other unqualified and qualified groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical / counselling / health psychology
- Knowledge of legislation relevant to the client group
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within an Acute hospital setting
- Experience of providing supervision to other psychologists and to other professionals who work with children and young people and their carers and families
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to physical illness and or disability, particularly diabetes
- Knowledge of quality improvement methods and experience of implementing and maintaining service developments
- Experience of line managing psychology staff and/or other professionals
Specific Skills
Essential criteria
- A high-level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS
- Evidence of continuing professional development as stated by HCPC and as recommended by the BPS
- Keen to develop research interests
- Able to be flexible and adapt to the changing needs of the service
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Bhav Studley
- Job title
- Interim Lead of Paediatric Psychology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01803 654 573
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