Assistant Clinical Psychologist

Northampton General Hospital Nhs Trust; Northampton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust invites applications for an Assistant Clinical Psychologist to support neonatal psychology services at a regional level across the East Midlands. The role involves contributing to training, data collection, and resource development under supervision.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to improve care for babies and families, and participate in audits and quality improvement projects within NHS Neonatal services.

Qualifications

• Upper second class degree or higher in psychology.
• Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
• Postgraduate training in relevant areas of psychology or research.

Responsibilities

• Support and enhance psychological care for babies and families under supervision.
• Assist with data collection, audits and quality improvement activities.
• Help roll out training for psychological and allied health professionals.

Skills

Communication skills

Data analysis

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Independent working

Education

Upper second class degree in psychology

Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Postgraduate training in relevant areas

Job description

Job summary

This is a very exciting opportunity to work at the regional level supporting the team who work with all the neonatal units across the East Midlands. The East Midlands Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (ODN) is looking to recruit an assistant clinical psychologist to provide support to the lead psychologist and to the lead allied health professional and pharmacy team.

The post holder will be involved in developing resources to support the development of new neonatal psychology and allied health/pharmacy services across the East Midlands. They will also be responsible for supporting with the roll out of training to psychological professionals and allied health professionals working in neonatal care across the East Midlands.

The post will offer regular supervision with a Consultant Clinical Psychologist which will allow the post-holder to develop their clinical skills, reflective thinking and to understand important issues affecting the NHS and service delivery. There are multiple opportunities to contribute to service audit and quality improvement research projects. This post is an excellent opportunity for those wishing to apply for the Clinical Doctorate in Psychology and provides exceptional opportunities for Continued Professional Development, such as BPS-accredited training courses.

Main duties of the job

This post has multiple parts:

• Clinical: The post holder will be required to support and enhance the psychological care of babies and families by helping to organise groups or develop resources under the supervision of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
• Quality improvement, audit and data: Collating and analysis of service data and any other duties as delegated by the Clinical Supervisor / Team. This will include the following: Supporting with data collection and analysis from psychological and allied health/pharmacy professionals and support clinicians in its implementation and to assist in the conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit projects, Quality Improvement (QI) Projects, teaching and project work.
• Training coordination: To assist in the roll out of a training offer for psychological and allied health professionals.

About us

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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Job responsibilities

This post is such an exciting opportunity to experience how psychology is making a difference at a regional and national level. Come and join the East Midlands Neonatal Operational Delivery Network which works with 11 neonatal units across the East Midlands. We support the staff and the teams who support the babies and families accessing neonatal care.

This post is in line with the Neonatal Critical Care review (NCCR) which called for Operational Delivery Networks (ODNs) and trusts to better support families and for staff to be neonatal experts. This assistant psychology post will directly contribute to the East Midlands meeting these aims, through the provision of a programme of training for psychological professionals and allied health professionals working in neonatal units. The post will also work with psychological and allied health professionals across the East Midlands to support audit and research and understand better how we are supporting families and how we might develop provision.

You will be a key player in developing, delivering and evaluating provision to neonatal units. There will be a focus on ensuring that our work improves peoples understanding of the role and value of psychological professionals and allied health professionals.

Post-holders will contribute to regular and ongoing evaluation using qualitative and quantitative methods, and there will be an emphasis on collecting a variety of comprehensive information for various projects. As well as the categories of focus listed above, demographic information, levels of satisfaction and patient feedback will be key targets for data collection, in order to understand how the service is meeting the needs of the families, and providing opportunities for improvement via regular feedback from key stakeholders.

The post-holder will also work on developing resources, such as leaflets and brief videos, and there will be opportunities to deliver consultation and training to MDT colleagues.

The Trust is committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in both how it cares for patients and as an employer. Policies, procedures and practices are reviewed regularly to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works for the Trust or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

One of the key aims of our provision is to provide inclusive healthcare to families and to reduce health inequalities, and the post-holders will be expected to hold these aims in mind when developing and delivering aspects of their role.

Candidates are expected be committed to promoting equality of opportunity through all aspects of working and professional practice with both colleagues and all client groups, and must demonstrate a clear interest in working with babies/children and families and in MDT working.

Appropriately trained individuals from minority groups and/ or with a disability are encouraged to apply. Please note that applicants may need to do some travelling around units in the East Midlands. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process.

Neonatal care is a hugely varied and exciting area, offering vital psychological understanding, care and support for families at one of the most difficult times in their lives. This work is hugely rewarding and even brief interventions have a tremendous positive impact.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

• An upper second class degree, or higher in psychology
• Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
• Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis

Knowledge & Experience

• Previous work experience with people with mental health and/or physical health problems
• Previous work experience with children, young people and families
• Experience of paid work in direct care provision

Skills

• Experience using databases or data-analysis
• High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary staff groups

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes

• Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
• A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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