Clinical Psychologist - Hyperacute Neurorehabilitation Team

The Methodist Church in Britain; Packmoor; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a 12-month fixed-term clinical psychologist post in the HyperAcute Rehabilitation in reach team. The role focuses on specialist assessment, formulation, treatment and consultancy for complex rehabilitation needs including brain injury.

It includes teaching and research within a small team and requires HCPC registration. The successful candidate will work closely with a consultant and allied health professionals to develop

Qualifications

• Honours degree in psychology at 2:1 or above.
• Doctoral qualification in clinical psychology, or equivalent for those trained before 1996.

Responsibilities

• Carry out highly specialist psychological assessment using interviews, observations, questionnaires and tests.
• Develop specialised plans for psychological intervention based on assessment.
• Deliver a range of psychological interventions across teams with formulations.
• Explain complex formulations to patients and families and write clear formal reports.
• Provide training, supervision and consultancy to the multidisciplinary team.
• Take part in setting up and developing the 12-month proof-of-concept service.
• Manage behaviours that challenge and maintain records and outcomes.

Skills

Post-doctoral knowledge in clinical

High-level assessment skills

Communication skills

Research and audit

Education

Doctoral qualification in clinical psychology

Honours degree in psychology 2:1 or above

Job description

A new 12-month fixed-term clinical psychologist post, one day weekly, in the HyperAcute Rehabilitation in reach team at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on specialist assessment, formulation, treatment and consultancy for people with complex rehabilitation needs, including brain injury and other neurological conditions. It is a proof-of-concept pilot within a small team of a consultant, allied health professionals and rehabilitation assistants, with teaching and research included. Candidates need doctoral clinical psychology training and HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist.

What the job involves

• Carry out highly specialist psychological assessment, using interviews, observation, questionnaires, neuropsychological tests and medical investigations, and give a clinical opinion
• Use well-developed manual skills to administer physical test materials accurately, allowing for distractibility and comprehension
• Develop specialised plans for psychological intervention based on assessment and formulation
• Deliver a range of psychological interventions across teams, refining formulations and holding several provisional hypotheses
• Evaluate treatment options against theoretical models and complex historical and developmental factors
• Explain complex formulations to patients and families, including highly distressing material and communication difficulties
• Write clear formal reports and liaise with clinical colleagues on assessments and interventions
• Provide training, supervision and consultancy to the multidisciplinary team
• Provide teaching and training, and carry out research and evaluation relevant to hyperacute rehabilitation
• Take part in setting up and developing the 12-month proof-of-concept hyperacute rehabilitation service
• Work closely with other health professionals and represent the team within the wider organisation
• Manage behaviours that challenge, including verbal abuse and risk of physical aggression, and keep electronic records and activity and outcome data

Qualifications

• Honours degree in psychology at 2:i or above
• Doctoral qualification in clinical psychology, or equivalent for those trained before 1996

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist

Experience

• Post-qualification clinical practice with a very high degree of autonomy
• Specialist assessment and treatment across all care settings, including inpatient, with individual, group and family work
• Clinical work managing common mental health problems and working with people with physical health conditions
• Teaching, training and clinical supervision

Skills & knowledge

• Post-doctoral knowledge of clinical psychology and high-level assessment and treatment skills
• High-level knowledge of theory and practice of at least two specialist psychological therapies relevant to spinal injuries
• Highly developed communication, and skills in service research, audit and clinical governance

Other

• Commitment to high-quality care and service provision
• Training trained and trainee psychologists and other professionals
• Reflective practice and professional attitude to own performance, using supervision to develop clinical skills
• Coping effectively under pressure, with initiative and autonomy
• Relating to others with sensitivity and coping with disability in others
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills

Nice to have

• Relevant post-doctoral training
• BABCP accreditation
• Experience of working in acute neurorehabilitation
• Specialist knowledge of working with people with brain injury and other neurological conditions