band 7 psychologist

NHS Jobs; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in London-area is seeking a clinical psychologist specialist to conduct comprehensive psychological assessments of referrals within the team, integrating data from tests, interviews and rating scales to inform care plans.

The role involves planning and delivering formal psychological treatment, refining formulations across models, and advising other professionals to support accurate diagnoses and effective management for clients and their families.

Qualifications

• Specialist psychological assessments using diverse data sources.
• Treatment planning based on evidence-based frameworks.
• Formulation development across multiple explanatory models.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments using data from tests, self-reports and interviews to inform care plans.
• Plan and implement formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients' mental health problems.
• Deliver a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups and refine formulations over time.
• Evaluate and decide on treatment options considering historical and developmental factors affecting the client.
• Discharge and oversee clients whose care is governed by standard psychological care plans.
• Offer specialist psychological advice and consultation to other professionals contributing to client formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans.

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care. To plan and implement formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy. To implement a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To be responsible and accountable for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan

£55,524 - £62,652 Per annum, inclusive of Outer London HCAS