Clinical Psychologist - Major Trauma

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join their team in Nottingham. This role will involve providing psychological support to Major Trauma staff and patients, contributing to service development, and participating in training and supervision. The ideal candidate will hold a professional doctorate in Clinical Psychology and possess significant experience in a clinical setting, ensuring high-quality care in this high-pressure environment.

Benefits

Continuous personal development opportunities

Support for job applications and interview preparation

Qualifications

• Experience as a Clinical Psychologist in healthcare settings.
• Ability to supervise and support healthcare colleagues.
• Well-developed communication skills for sensitive situations.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological care to trauma patients and their families.
• Support staff in dealing with traumatic cases.
• Engage in clinical governance and maintain high professional standards.

Skills

Communication

Analytical Skills

Cultural Sensitivity

Staff Support

Education

Professional doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Registered with Health and Care Professions Council

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical, support, and consultation
• To provide staff support in Major Trauma, when needed, due to the distressing nature and / or circumstances of some patients' traumatic injuries.
• To have a regular physical presence on the Major Trauma unit, in order to be physically available to support staff in a variety of ways, according to specific circumstances and staff-requirements.
• To have availability to support staff by phone or email.
• To plan and review ways of working with senior Psychology staff, MT staff and divisional managers.
• To help provide a coherent approach to MT staff support.
• To work in ways which are sensitive to the needs of staff from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.
• To offer direct clinical (psychological) care to MT patients, when appropriate.
• To offer clinical (psychological) care to family members of patients who are admitted to Major Trauma.
• Core hours are 9am- 5pm, Monday to Friday, but there may be the opportunity to accommodate a degree of flexible working, where appropriate.
• A physical presence in Major Trauma areas is a core part of the role including a readiness and ability to practise in infectious-disease circumstances and the use of PPE.
• Where direct patient care occurs, the post-holder will assess, formulate, and offer direct and indirect intervention in collaboration with other clinical staff (typical problems may include reactive psychological conditions and acute cognitive or communication difficulties).
• To assist in the provision of psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing to direct patient care.
• To provide advice, consultation, supervision and training to other staff as appropriate.
• To work autonomously as a Clinical Psychologist.
• To provide specialist assessment, formulation, intervention, and support.
• To communicate with staff about complex issues relating to circumstantial and systemic pressures.
• To plan and prioritise own activities.
• To provide specialised expert opinion, consultation and supervision to clinical staff.
• To provide training, teaching and supervision to clinical psychologists and other NUH staff.
• To work effectively with professionals with diverse professional backgrounds.
• To work effectively with patients from a diverse range of cultural/ethnic backgrounds, understanding and respecting the impact of difference and diversity.
• To engage in regular clinical supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines.

Communication
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner.
• To maintain the highest standards of record keeping and governance as will become necessary to the role.
Analytical and planning
• To use appropriate conceptual frameworks and models to plan and review the available service(s).
Policy and Service Development
• To contribute to considerations about next steps in the development of the service(s).

Research & Service Evaluation
• To contribute to the development and evaluation of interventions, services, and policies through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
• To undertake complex evaluation and audit with patients and colleagues within and across the service.
• To provide supervision for research activities undertaken by other psychologists and staff as appropriate, including consultation and advice on a variety of research methods/design and data analysis.

Teaching, Training and Supervision
• To disseminate psychological research and theory, and provide teaching and training on interventions, as required.
• To maintain and develop skills in the area of professional pre- and post-graduate training and clinical supervision.

Management, Recruitment Policy and Service Development
• To plan and prioritise own patient workload, service activities, appointments and personal CPD/supervision needs/activities in the best interests of the service being provided.
• To exercise delegated responsibility for managing psychology materials and equipment.
• To participate on service working parties as required.
• To contribute to the systematic governance of psychological practice within the Trust.

Governance/Professional Responsibilities
• To participate in initiating and developing relevant activities related to clinical governance/quality standards of practice in the Clinical Psychology & Neuropsychology Department.
• To work within a recognised evidence base.
• To work in accordance with Nottingham University Hospitals Trust practice guidelines, policies and standards and abide by the current Codes of Practice as outlined by the British Psychological Society, Division of Clinical Psychology, and the HCPC.
• To participate in the annual appraisal system/Individual Performance Reviews.
• To ensure own individual continuing professional development CPD arranged in consultation with the HoS for Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology.
• To ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional standards of knowledge, practice through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programs and maintain an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines/competencies.
• To receive regular appropriate clinical supervision.
• To maintain an up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, issues and guidelines in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.

Administration
• To maintain standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance.
• To collect and supply requested activity data, leave, travel and sickness and maintain records for the Trust.
• To attend meetings of the Clinical Psychology & Neuropsychology Department and other meetings within the Trust as required and to undertake duties arising from such meetings in keeping with the nature and grading of the post.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Professional doctorate or equivalent qualification in Clinical Psychology
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable experience as a Clinical Psychologist working in a staff support and / or patient setting.

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with individuals, staff administrators and managers about highly complex and sensitive matters in situations of potential conflict or psychological/emotional pain.
• Experience of providing support and supervision to healthcare colleagues.
• Ability to create an appropriate environment for clients / staff in a highly emotive situation and respond appropriately.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria

• Skills in the use of psychological assessment, intervention, and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Ability to integrate available highly complex clinical information into a coherent formulation and to apply it in treatment and clinical management.

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential criteria

• Experience of planning and organising own work time and responding to unforeseen situations as they arise.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month's pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Major Trauma Clinical Psychologist (PDF, 440.4KB)
• Major Trauma Clinical Psychologist (PDF, 264.4KB)
• Mindful Employer (PDF, 242.5KB)
• Equality and Diversity (PDF, 122.3KB)
• Equal Opportunities (PDF, 57.4KB)
• Disability Confidence Scheme (PDF, 51.0KB)
• Rehabilitation of Ex Offenders (PDF, 106.0KB)
• Application Process Booklet (PDF, 24.8MB)