Band 8c Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, Swindon

Medirest Signature; Swindon; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in Swindon. This role involves leading a clinical psychology service for adults with diabetes, focusing on enhancing psychological care and working with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates must have experience in diabetes care and the ability to work autonomously. Competitive salary and development opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• Experience in enhancing psychological care for adults with diabetes
• Ability to work autonomously within professional guidelines
• Competence in managing and supervising other psychologists

Responsibilities

• Lead the GWH Adult Diabetes Psychology Service autonomously
• Develop, manage, and provide psychological services to adult patients
• Contribute to multidisciplinary interventions and research activities

Skills

Leadership in psychological care

Experience in diabetes and physical healthcare

Capacity for consultancy and training

Job description

Job overview

We are looking to welcome an enthusiastic, compassionate and experienced Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, who can play a significant part in enhancing and developing the psychological care of adults with diabetes across our locality. You will have previous experience of leadership and working in diabetes and physical healthcare settings, and will be looking to apply and expand your knowledge of clinical/counselling psychology in this area further.

The post holder will be joining an established team of psychological professionals working within a range of areas at Great Western Hospital, including Cancer Services, Pain Management, Critical Care, Weight Management, Paediatric Diabetes and Staff Health and Wellbeing. We meet regularly as a team for departmental team meeting, and value CPD, creativity and team wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be the clinical, strategic and operational lead for the GWH Adult Diabetes Psychology Service. This will require working autonomously within professional, trust and departmental guidelines, and exercising responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the diabetes psychology service. They will be responsible for developing, leading, managing and providing an entirely autonomous and systematic clinical psychology service to adult patients of the Diabetes Care team in the general hospital setting. The post holder will be responsible for enhancing the psychological care provided by the specialist diabetes care team in a variety of ways, including consultancy and training with the adult diabetes team, and will carry an appropriate clinical caseload of patients with a wide variety of difficulties and presentations, as well as contributing to appropriate multidisciplinary interventions and pathways within the service. As a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, the post holder will be accountable for his/her own professional actions and will also manage and supervise otherpsychologists working across diabetes and/or endocrinology services. In collaboration with the Lead for Clinical Health Psychology, the post holder will carry out and contribute to audit, policy and service development, and research activities and/or programmes as appropriate and required