Principal Clinical Psychologist, Neonatal Unit

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Principal Clinical Psychologist for its Neonatal Unit in Coventry. The role involves leading high-quality psychological services, providing specialist assessments, and guiding a team in psychological interventions. Successful candidates will have advanced skills in clinical psychology and contribute to service development in a collaborative environment. The position offers a salary ranging from £64,455 to £74,896 per annum pro rata, along with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a clinical psychology setting.
• Advanced theoretical knowledge in psychological assessment and intervention.
• Commitment to best practice standards in psychological services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the provision of high-quality psychological services.
• Develop and deliver specialist psychological assessments and interventions.
• Provide psychological advice and consultation to multidisciplinary teams.

Job description

Principal Clinical Psychologist, Neonatal Unit

To act as a Principal Clinical Psychologist providing high quality, highly specialist clinical psychology services as part of the Local Maternity and Neonatal System across Coventry and Warwickshire.

The post holder will have an active role in leading on the running of a 12 month pilot of a model of psychological care. This care will be delivered across the neonatal services provided at UHCW, Warwick and George Eliot Hospitals.

The post holder will clinically supervise and support the workload of other psychology colleagues, qualified staff, and assistant psychologists. They will offer advice and consultation on patient\'s psychological care to multi-disciplinary colleagues and work co-operatively in order to achieve the 12-month pilot project goals. They will work autonomously within professional guidelines, exercising full clinical responsibility. They will plan and implement service development within the neonatal teams and contribute to multidisciplinary service development along the patient pathway. They will utilise research skills for audit, service development and research. They will be an active member of the local, regional and national professional groups, representing and promoting the hospitals when appropriate.

Main duties of the job

This is an opportunity to join enthusiastic teams who are committed to providing high-quality services. This is a new post and provides opportunities for service development work, which will be guided by best practice standards and frameworks.

This service sits within a developing neonatal and paediatric psychology service, with opportunities for support from a wider health psychology provision across different departments in all of the Trusts. All psychologists regularly link up and are proactive in having this contact and supporting each other. There are also links with the regional universities for academic and research purposes. In addition, there are close links with community and third sector services, as well as regional and national specialty specific meetings. The postholder will also receive support from the Neonatal Operational Delivery Network Psychology Lead and peer support from another Principal Clinical Psychologist working in another Trust delivering a similar service.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation\'s core values.

Job responsibilities

• To take leadership and clinical responsibility for the provision of high quality psychological services to individuals referred to the psychology services for support.
• The post holder will be expected to have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in order to lead on the development and delivery of highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions.
• They will be responsible for devising and implementing a range of highly specialist psychological interventions for individuals, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
• They will make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical culture and developmental and physical health processes that have shaped the individual or system.
• They will provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals and agencies inside and outside the Trusts when necessary, contributing directly to the patients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
• They will ensure that all members of the multidisciplinary teams have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding the issues for the patients under our care, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory. This may include the provision of clinical supervision, reflective practice and supporting staff where appropriate, in relation the impact of working in this clinical area.

For further details please see the attached job description.

In addition information about the Operational Delivery Network for Neonatal Care can be found : https://www.teamwmcn.nhs.uk/neonatal/

Person Specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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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.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

£64,455 to £74,896 a yearper annum pro rata