Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Provide specialist psychological assessment of service users referred for treatment of addiction, linking together the complex domains of substance use, social challenges and physical and mental health problems.

2. Collaboratively formulate and implement plans of specialist psychological treatment or management of service users psychological problems, based on a multi-factorial understanding and current evidence-based best practice.

3. Undertake a range of evidence-based psychological therapeutic and rehabilitation interventions, drawing on a range of psychological models and employing a range of modalities (individual, family and group) adapted and tailored to the needs of the individual and their context. Providing ongoing evaluation of outcomes of the intervention.

4. Exercise autonomous professional judgement and responsibility for the psychological management of service users on own case load.

5. Work in own scope of practice and refer on to specialist services if required.

6. Provide a specialist psychological perspective in the multi-professional assessment, using formulation to communicate a psychological understanding of client needs to other involved services to enhance care.

7. Undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant service users and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to the multi-professional team.

8. Take the lead role in developing and overseeing the delivery of evidence-based psychological and psychosocial interventions in the service, ensuring MDT colleagues have the training, competencies and supervision to deliver these to the required standard.

9. Support the MDT to deliver trauma-informed care. This may involve formal training followed by ongoing regular consultation and support to apply this to the everyday work of the team.

10. Teach and support in a psychology lead approach to other professionals and trainees in collaboration with other clinicians and trainers.

11. If appropriate to service Clinically supervise, appraise and participate in the management of Assistant Psychologists in line with the guidance from professional and regulatory bodies (eg HCPC, BPS DCP and DCoP, ACP-UK)

12. Offer training and placements to Psychology training programmes around working with substance use.

13. Offer clinical supervison and specialist advice to operational and clinical team members. in line with the guidance from professional and regulatory bodies (eg HCPC, BPS DCP and DCoP, ACP-UK), to non-psychologist colleagues around the competent delivery of evidence -based psychosocial interventions to people using substances, and their families / concerned significant others.

14. Evaluate the delivery and impact of psychosocial interventions in the service.

15. Work with the central Clinical Department and operational colleagues in leading the development of a psychological approach to substance misuse treatment throughout the organisation.

16. Work alongside the team to ensure all standards required by the Care Quality Commission CQC are met and maintained.

17. Undertake continuing professional development including participating in clinical supervision, performance reviews and attending training as/when required from an appropriately experienced psychological professional, in line with the guidance from professional and regulatory bodies (eg HCPC, BPS DCP and DCoP, ACP-UK).

18. Develop therapy-specific competencies and participate in CPD and supervision to maintain registration with the relevant professional bodies.

19. Work in accordance with all relevant legislation, policies & procedures and guidelines both internal and external. This includes Humankinds clinical governance framework.

20. Keep abreast of policy and professional development within your area of professional expertise.

21. To promote, adhere to and live our workplace values of being honest, committed and inventive.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Proficient in Microsoft Office programmes.
• Ability to research, analyse and manage complex, multi-factorial clinical
• information from a range of sources.
• Ability to integrate complex multi-factorial clinical information into a formulation, utilising a variety of psychological perspectives.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Psychology, accredited by BPS for Graduate Basis Registration (GBR) or equivalent.
• Doctorate in clinical psychology approved by the HCPC (or equivalent) accredited by BPS.

Experience

Essential

• Experience or a demonstrative interest in substance misuse and addiction work.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation in relation to the service user group.
• Coaching, teaching and mentoring of a multi-professional team.
• Experience delivering clinical supervision.

Desirable

• Experience in performance management.
• Generation and implementation of initiatives.
• Awareness of social context of drug misuse and the wider implications of the behaviour.
• Awareness of national strategies impacting on drug and alcohol services.
• Experience of clinical research and clinical audits.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Humankind Charity

Address

McLintocks Building

Barnsley

S70 2NZ

Employer's website

https://humankindcharity.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)