Principal Clinical Psychologist (XR09)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Leeds is looking for a Clinical Psychology Manager to oversee trainee clinical psychologists. The role includes direct management, governance policy development, and multi-disciplinary collaboration. Candidates must have post-graduate clinical psychology training and experience in clinical supervision. Opportunities for audit and service evaluation are encouraged, along with flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Postdoctoral training in specialized areas of clinical practice required.
• Registration as a Clinical Psychologist with HCPC necessary.
• Significant experience as a qualified clinical psychologist required.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct line management of trainees in clinical psychology.
• Attend clinical governance meetings and develop governance policies.
• Conduct assessments and develop psychological management plans.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Communication skills

Crisis intervention

Patient assessment

Education

Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Completion of formal clinical supervisor training

Job description

Thisis an exciting opportunity to join a small team within a well establishedDepartment of Clinical and Health Psychology (DHCP). The role as to work asdirect line manager for trainee clinical psychologists on the Doctor ofClinical Psychology Programme at the University of Leeds, currently thirtytrainees per year. The team consists of the Joint Programme Director, twosenior managers and two administrators who together ensure the smooth runningof the management of the trainees within Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trusts.This involves regular meetings with trainees, and liaison with the Programmestaff team at the University of Leeds

Main duties of the job

The role will involve direct line management of trainees: trainees are allocatedto a manager at the start of their three year training programme with anexpectation that this person will be managerially responsible for this personthroughout. Responsibilities therefore include: health, safety and riskissues; annual, sick and other leave; expenses; mandatory training, supportneeds etc. The role will involve attendance at clinical governancemeetings within the DCHP and the development of governance policies in linewith both NHS and University requirements. It will also be a requirement toattend the Doctor of Clinical Psychology Programme team meetings and awaydays as appropriate. Where necessary training will be provided, alongsideon-going supervision and support.

About us

TheDepartment of Clinical and Health Psychology is academically ambitious withstrong links to the regional clinical training programme and schools ofpsychology, medicine and healthcare at the University of Leeds. There areopportunities for service-evaluation, audit, and delivering supervision.

LTHTprovides a range of high profile and expert clinical services. It is anambitious trust with core values of empowerment, fairness, collaboration,accountability and patient-centred care. It is in this context that thedepartment has flourished over the past decade and now has over 50 cliniciansorganised in consultant-led teams. Funded by HEE it has hosted the traineeclinical psychologists for over twenty years. We are a friendly team whovalue balancing our work and home life. We wish to encourage diversity withinour team and would value applications from people for minority groups. Weencourage flexible working.

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Job responsibilities

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JOBPURPOSE

Toprovide a qualified specialist clinical psychology management service totrainee clinical psychological staff who are working across all sites andsectors of care by:

Providing specialist psychologicalmanagement for clinical psychologists in training

Offering advice, supervision andconsultation regarding staff well-being for these staff

Developing, supporting andmaintaining effective working relationships with other disciplines including HR, OH, University staff

Using research skills for audit,policy and service development and leading on research projects

Proposing and implementing policychanges within the specialist area served

Working autonomously in thedelivery of these duties within professional guidelines, the evidence-basedliterature and the overall framework of the Team, Department of Clinical& Health Psychology and Trust policies and procedures.

JOBDIMENSIONS

Core:

Develop and maintain communicationwith people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations

Develop oneself and contribute tothe development of others

Monitor and maintain health, safetyand security of self and others

Contribute to the improvement ofservices

Contribute to improving quality

Promote equality and valuediversity.

Healthand wellbeing:

Plan, develop and implementapproaches to promote health and wellbeing and prevent adverse effects onhealth and wellbeing

Assess complex health and wellbeingneeds and develop, monitor and review plans to meet those needs

Contribute to protecting people atrisk

Monitor and manage physiologicaland psychological functioning when there are complex and/or undifferentiatedabnormalities, diseases and disorders and develop, monitor and review relatedmanagement plans

Plan, deliver and evaluatemanagement interventions when there are complex issues and/or seriousillness.

General:

Plan, deliver and reviewinterventions to enable people to learn and develop

Test and review new concepts,models, methods, practices, products and equipment

Prioritise and manage the ongoingwork of services and/or projects

Plan, allocate and supervise thework of a team.

Person Specification

Additional Requirements

• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy.

Qualifications

• Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society
• Further training in a specialised area of clinical practice through formal post-doctoral training (diploma or equivalent). Or
• A combination of specialist short courses together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice
• Completion of formal clinical supervisor training sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees
• Registration as a Clinical Psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council (or other domain title as agreed)
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.

Experience

• Assessed significant experience and competencies from working as a qualified clinical psychologist including significant post qualification experience within the designated specialty
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• Qualified experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams and supervising healthcare staff.
• Experience of working in the role of direct line manager to staff
• Knowledge of specialist therapy models (such as ACT, CFT and EMDR) and their application in staff support
• Experience of representing psychology in meetings with service planners/commissioners to plan the pathways across a variety of services.

Skills & behaviours

• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and in context of MDT
• Experience of teaching, training and provision of professional and clinical supervision.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for specific difficult to treat groups.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to staff well-being, mental health and the management of NHS staff.

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.