Senior Practitioner Psychologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Grimsby; Vor Ort; GBP 52.000 - 66.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Senior Practitioner Psychologist to lead highly specialist assessment and therapy for patients at end of life and their families. You will advise colleagues and managers, develop the Woodlands Hospice psychology service, and supervise junior staff across sites.

Requires HCPC registration, BPS accreditation, and post-qualification experience in physical health settings.

Qualifikationen

• Doctoral training in clinical, counselling or health psychology accredited by the BPS (or equivalent for those trained before 1996)
• Eligibility for the BPS Register of Chartered Psychologists

Aufgaben

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy for patients approaching the end of life and their families
• Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to professionals contributing to patients' treatment
• Provide expertise and consultation to managers developing palliative care services
• Take specific responsibility for developing the psychology service at Woodlands Hospice, including liaison with stakeholders
• Directly supervise the clinical work of junior qualified and pre-qualification staff

Kenntnisse

Advanced health psychology

Neuropsychological testing

Psychometric testing

Leadership

Communication skills

Ethics knowledge

Ausbildung

Doctoral training in clinical, counselling or health psychology acc. by the BPS

Eligibility for the BPS Register of Chartered Psychologists

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Practitioner Psychologist at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, supporting patients and families across Woodlands Hospice and the specialist palliative care ward at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Core work is specialist psychological assessment and therapy for people nearing the end of life, with consultation to colleagues and to managers developing palliative care services. The post also develops the psychology service at Woodlands Hospice and supervises junior staff, with travel between sites. Doctoral training and HCPC registration are required.

What the job involves

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy for patients approaching the end of life and their families
• Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to professionals contributing to patients' treatment
• Provide expertise and consultation to managers developing palliative care services
• Take specific responsibility for developing the psychology service at Woodlands Hospice, including liaison with stakeholders
• Directly supervise the clinical work of junior qualified and pre-qualification staff

What’s required

Qualifications

• Doctoral training in clinical, counselling or health psychology accredited by the BPS (or equivalent for those trained before 1996)
• Eligibility for the BPS Register of Chartered Psychologists

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist

Experience

• Post-qualification experience as a practitioner psychologist
• Experience as a qualified psychologist in a physical health setting
• Working with a wide range of adult client groups at the full range of clinical severity, in outpatient and inpatient settings
• Exercising full clinical responsibility, including as care co-ordinator within multidisciplinary care plans
• Teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
• Maintaining professionalism when dealing with highly emotive and distressing problems

Skills & knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of clinical health psychology and highly specialised psychological therapies
• Doctoral-level research methodology, research design and complex data analysis
• Complex assessment methods, including psychometric and specialist neuropsychological testing
• Highly developed written and verbal communication with patients, families and colleagues in sensitive or contentious situations
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, DoH policy and the BPS Code of Ethics and Conduct
• Demonstrable leadership and high-level negotiation skills

Other

• Willingness to travel between sites as required

Nice to have

• Experience in cancer services
• Specialist knowledge of psycho-oncology
• Post-qualification experience of research in a physical health setting
• Publication in peer-reviewed clinical or service-related journals
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas
• Experience in service development and/or innovation
• Evidence of management skills
• Membership of national professional or interprofessional groups