Band 7 Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Hemel Hempstead is looking for a skilled Clinical Psychologist to support individuals with learning disabilities. The role involves formulating treatment plans and providing specialist assessments. Registered with HCPC is essential. Experience in the NHS is preferred but not mandatory. Flexible shifts and professional development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Flexible shifts

Career development opportunities

Paid annual leave

Qualifications

• Registered with Health Care Professional Council (HCPC).
• Experience with learning disabilities.
• NHS experience desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Implement plans for psychological treatment of clients.
• Provide specialist psychological advice and consultation.
• Conduct psychological and behavioral assessments.

Skills

Experience of working with patients who have learning disabilities

Registered and accredited with HCPC

Education

Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology

Job description

Trust: BerkshireHealthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Location: University of Reading, Reading RG6 6BZ

Hours: 37.5 hours

Shift Pattern: Mon-Fri, 9.00-5.00pm

Why might this job interest you?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Clinical Psychologist to join the Berkshire Intensive Support Team.

The Intensive Support Team (IST) provides an intensive response to support people with a learning disability at a time when their health needs challenge the service capacity of existing teams.

Main duties of the job

Formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s psychological issues that significantly impair their quality of life based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

Be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within the inpatient service employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses, with particular sensitivity to the therapeutic relationship.

Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

Provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate.

Provide specialist psychological and behavioural assessments of clients referred to the IST upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological (and neuropsychological tests), self-report measures, rating scales, direct structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.

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Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered and accredited with Health Care Professional Council (HCPC).
• Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology.

Experience

• Experience of working with patients who have learning disabilities.
• NHS experience in a similar post is highly desirable but not essential.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.