Clinical Psychologist

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A health care organization in Bradford is seeking a clinical psychologist to provide evidence-based therapy, assist in service development, and work with patients suffering from long-term health conditions. The ideal candidate has a doctoral degree in clinical psychology, a proactive approach, and excellent time management skills. The role offers flexible work arrangements and a focus on employee health and wellbeing.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Health and wellbeing support packages

Development and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Evidence-based psychological therapy skills.
• Experience with long-term health conditions.
• Enthusiastic and proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological therapy and clinical supervision.
• Assist in service development and research activities.
• Collate and present data for audits and reviews.

Skills

Psychological therapy

Time management

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Provide evidence based psychological therapy, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice. Provide clinical supervision, consultation and advice on psychological therapies and psychological elements of care. Assist the Team Manager/Clinical Lead with operational duties and service development, including research and development activities.

We have an exciting opportunity for a clinical psychologist / psychological therapist to work with both long term health pathways: Persistent Physical Symptoms and Staff Long Term Health Conditions. The postholder will be enthusiastic, have good time management skills and an interest in the links between long term conditions and complex psychological problems. The postholder will use a range of psychological therapies on an individual, group and consultation basis. This post involves working with a wide range of psychological difficulties and requires close multi-disciplinary working, consultation and training. The post holder will also be involved in the collation, analysis and presentation of data as well as participation in audit, research and service development. Regular supervision and CPD opportunities will be provided.

Our core values

• We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
• We Listen – We understand people\'s views and respond to their individual needs
• We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

Benefits and work arrangements

• We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
• Increase mileage rates for > 3500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.
• We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
• BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.