Clinical Psychologist

Wight Healthcare; Southampton; Vor Ort; GBP 52.000 - 68.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an autonomous psychologist to provide expert assessments and therapy within the Southern Gambling Service. Responsibilities include complex assessments, consultancy to colleagues, supervision of trainees, and contributing to policy/service development, with opportunities for research.

The role supports flexible working options, including part-time, full-time, and remote working, with standard hours 9-5 and occasional

Qualifikationen

• DClinPsy or DCounsPsy accreditation required.
• HCPC registration required.
• UK professional registration required.

Aufgaben

• Provide psychological assessments and therapy within the Southern Gambling Service scope.
• Undertake complex assessments and consultancy for colleagues.
• Comment and propose changes to policy or service development.
• Provide supervision for trainee psychologists and multi-professional staff.
• Engage in research, audit and service development.

Kenntnisse

Psychopathology models

Clinical psychometrics

Neuropsychology

Lifespan development

Multiple therapies

Ausbildung

DClinPsy or DCounsPsy

HCPC Registration

UK professional registration

Jobbeschreibung

To work with patients included in the Southern Gambling Service scope, providing psychological assessments and therapy. This will include working with functional and mental health and organic presentations including neuropsychological assessment. This includes work with carers and families and collaboration with appropriate community services and voluntary sector organisations.

To work as an autonomous, independent practitioner responsible for own work and intervention and for the interpretation of agreed guidelines and policies in providing a highly specialist Psychological Therapies Service. To undertake complex assessments and consultancy, providing expert advice to Psychological Therapies Services colleagues and the wider clinical multi-professional team. To provide specialist treatment for complex cases and plan and prioritise own clinical workload. To comment and propose change to policy or service development within the area psychological service and team. To provide specialist supervision for trainee psychologists and to provide psychological guidance and supervision for multi-professional clinical colleagues. To undertake research and development and develop and encourage a research culture within the wider clinical team. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.

The service will operate from 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. However, an out of hours clinic is planned in the future (one evening a week until 8pm). Therefore, the postholder will be expected to work outside of normal working hours as part of their role. Treatment options offered to patients would include treatment workshops, evidence-based psychological therapy (short and long term) and pharmacotherapy.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person specification

Qualifications

DClinPsy or DCounsPsy including, specifically, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.

HCPC Registration.

Assessed by application form, interview and certificates.

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.

UK Professional Registration

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

Band

Band 8a

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-Time, Full-Time, Flexible Working, Home or Remote Working

Reference number

348-SSW-12748

Job locations

College Keep
4-12 Terminus Terrace
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 3DT