Practitioner Psychologist: Outlook

North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Practitioner Psychologist to join a highly specialist team at Southmead Hospital. In this part-time role, you will lead psychological assessments and interventions for burn-injured patients, contributing to multidisciplinary team reviews and care planning. Your expertise will guide innovative project work aimed at improving patient outcomes while collaborating with surgical and medical teams. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a supportive NHS environment, where your leadership and communication skills will be crucial in fostering effective relationships with patients and colleagues alike.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist is required.
• 5+ years NHS experience in an acute care setting is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality specialist interventions for patients and relatives.
• Develop training and quality improvement programs to support psychology lead.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Leadership capability

Clinical decision-making

Ability to manage competing demands

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology

British Psychological Society accredited

Tools

Clinical governance frameworks

Job description

Main area Practitioner Psychologist Grade 8a Contract Fixed term: 4 months (until 5.4.25) Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (normal office hours primarily at the clinical base, Southmead Hospital) Job ref 339-RUH5403-A

Site Southmead Hospital Town Bristol Salary pro-rata per annum Closing 16/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

A vacancy has arisen, part time (4 sessions) for an experienced practitioner psychologist to join the highly specialist MDT in the burns unit at Southmead Hospital. The post-holder is the lead psychologist in the burns service and undertakes assessment and interventions with burn-injured adults admitted to the unit. The post holder contributes to MDT review and care planning, liaising with members of the team on a daily basis, providing expert opinion, supervision and guidance as appropriate. As the professional lead in this highly specialist area the post holder also represents the service in regional and national meetings and will contribute to the development and local interpretation of clinical guidelines and policies related to burn care.

Main duties of the job

An experienced practitioner psychologist is sought to join the Outlook team at Southmead Hospital. The Outlook team provides interventions and guidance for people affected by appearance concerns either from birth or arising from injury or illness. The post is well-suited to a psychologist wishing to broaden their experience of working in an acute hospital setting liaising with surgical and medical teams based in the hospital and elsewhere as well as innovative project work to further develop effective and impactful methods within the only specialist team of its kind based in an NHS setting. Applicants should be HCPC registered and have NHS therapeutic experience of relevance along with an understanding of the challenges faced by people served by the Outlook team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Overview: The post holder is autonomous and personally accountable for their clinical decisions. It is a requirement that the post holder ensures an appropriate level of consultation/supervision is undertaken and that appropriate overall supervision arrangements are made in accordance with professional practice guidelines.

The post holder will be required:

• To provide high quality, specialist interventions for patients and their relatives
• To develop and deliver training and quality improvement programmes to support the psychology lead and to support an organisational culture of compassionate leadership.
• To build strong relationships with key stakeholders within the acute care setting and with related services
• To ensure outcome and service data is routinely collected, in line with service evaluation and clinical governance requirements.
• To provide clinical supervision to junior Practitioner Psychologist colleagues.
• To adhere to Trust and departmental policies and procedures.
• To liaise with other disciplines and agencies working in the specialism to promote effective interventions and ensure best practice.
• To advise the clinical managers of any identified service gaps, risks, and other needs for change or adjustments.

Person specification

• UK Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, or Psychotherapy, British Psychological Society accredited or with a BPS statement of Equivalence
• Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
• At least 5 years full time NHS experience of clinical practice in an acute care setting encompassing trauma and long-term conditions
• Advanced communication skills relevant to this service setting
• Knowledge of legislation/guidance regarding safeguarding, confidentiality, consent, clinical governance of psychological services
• Able to provide evidence of leadership capability in a work context relevant to this role
• Able to build and maintain effective working relationships with service users
• Able to prioritise and manage competing demands on time and resources

If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.

North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Application numbers

Name: Nick Ambler Job title: Psychology Lead, ASCR Division Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07838978069