Band 8a Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham

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GBP 58,000 - 65,000

Part time

6 days ago

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Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Practitioner Psychologist to join the West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Service at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. The role focuses on psychological assessment, intervention and consultation for adults with CF and their families, within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

The post is 0.6 WTE (3 days per week) with opportunities to contribute to service development, research, audit and quality improvement activities while

Qualifications

Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling/health psychology accredited by the BPS.
HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
Evidence of equivalence for overseas qualifications if applicable.

Responsibilities

Provide psychological assessment, intervention and consultation to adults with CF and their families.
Contribute to multidisciplinary discussions and promote formulation-led, person-centred care.
Promote understanding of how emotional, relational and social factors interact with health and quality of life.
Support service development, research, audit and quality improvement activities.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Assessment & treatment

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Professional supervision

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling/health psychology

HCPC registration

Job description

Job Summary

Are you a psychologist who values formulation, curiosity and collaborative working? Are you interested in understanding people within the wider context of their lives, relationships and experiences, as well as the challenges of living with a long-term health condition? Do you enjoy working in multidisciplinary settings where psychological perspectives can contribute to the understanding complex clinical presentations? We are seeking an enthusiastic and reflective Practitioner Psychologist to join the West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Service at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. The service provides specialist care to adults with CF from across the region. Psychology is a valued part of the multidisciplinary team, contributing alongside medical, nursing and allied healthcare colleagues. This is an excellent opportunity to develop specialist skills within a well-established regional service where psychological perspectives are actively sought and integrated into care. You will work within a supportive psychosocial team and have opportunities to connect with colleagues across UHB’s Department of Psychological Services, providing access to a wider network of psychologists, professional support and shared learning. The post also offers opportunities to contribute to service development, research, audit, evaluation and quality improvement activities. You will provide psychological assessment, intervention and consultation to adults with CF and their families/carers, supporting adjustment, coping and emotional wellbeing. You will contribute psychological perspectives to multidisciplinary discussions, promote formulation-led thinking and support person-centred, psychologically informed care across the service. We are looking for someone interested in understanding how emotional, relational, behavioural and social factors interact with physical health, treatment engagement and quality of life. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with complexity, contributing to multidisciplinary decision-making and bringing curiosity, reflection and collaborative working to their clinical practice. Please note that this post is 0.6 WTE (3 days per week).

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

You will provide psychological assessment, intervention and consultation to adults with CF and their families/carers, supporting adjustment, coping and emotional wellbeing. You will contribute psychological perspectives to multidisciplinary discussions, promote formulation-led thinking and support person-centred, psychologically informed care across the service. We are looking for someone interested in understanding how emotional, relational, behavioural and social factors interact with physical health, treatment engagement and quality of life. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with complexity, contributing to multidisciplinary decision-making and bringing curiosity, reflection and collaborative working to their clinical practice.

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Description

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description

Qualifications

Doctoral level training in clinical, counselling or health psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
Candidates for posts who i) possess a qualification in clinical/counselling/health psychology obtained oversees, that does not fully meet UK training requirements; ii) are seeking lateral transfer from another branch of applied psychology; or iii) hold a research degree in a clinical subject, must provide evidence that they have obtained a Statement of Equivalence in awarded by the BPS Committee for the Scrutiny of Individual Clinical Qualifications, further to the satisfactory completion of such additional training as is required by the CSICQ.

Desirable

Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training, health psychology and/or other fields of applied psychology that may be relevant in a clinical health psychology setting.
Pre- or post-qualification training or additional qualifications in an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or other psychological therapy including CFT, ACT, DBT, MBT, brief psychodynamic interventions, systemic therapy, CAT, EMDR.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling/health psychologist, including demonstrable experience within people affected by physical illness.
Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community,primary care and inpatient settings.
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment.
Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
An understanding of the specific needs and difficulties of people affected by the condition or clinical issue for whom the psychology service for this post works with.
Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical/counselling/health psychology.
Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Desirable

Experience of working in acute physical health settings.
Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care (particularly physical health settings).
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Experience of working with people affected by physical illness.
Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
Awareness of legislation and policy in relation to the clinical specialty and mental health
Experience of short-term care provision e.g. brief assessments, short inpatient stays.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. 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.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57528.00 to £64750.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-Time, Flexible Working