Job summary
The successful candidate will work within a service offering support and care to individuals living with a palliative condition
and bereaved families within the framework of the Psychology and Bereavement Service.
They will function as a member of the team alongside associated professionals such as counsellors,
creative therapists, administrative staff and a volunteer bereavement support team.
The postholder will work across the lifespan and offer psychological support to bereaved children, patients and
families, acting as a specialist resource and working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team.
*30 hours per week to be worked in accordance with the needs of the service*
Main duties of the job
- To provide specialist advice, consultancy and training to other professions (non-psychologist colleagues within and outside the team), on the psychological
assessments, formulation and treatment, and management of the full range of
psychological problems which may be experienced by the patient group.
- To maintain own caseload of those patients and families with complex needs.
- To ensure the provision education and provide regular updates for the team. You will be
required to attend professional meetings and reviews as relevant and cascade this
accordingly.
- To provide continuing clinical supervision and support for the counselling team.
About us
Mountbatten Hampshire is part of the Mountbatten Group, and its sister Hospice is Mountbatten Isle of Wight.
We pride ourselves on providing expert care and support to our communities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, who are facing death, dying and bereavement.
Our vision at Mountbatten is of a world where all dying people and those closest to them, have access to expert care of the highest quality, provided by compassionate and professional teams.
Our Values
We care about what we do. We appreciate that people are different and we are kind and compassionate to our patients and families, to our local community and to each other
We are experts in our field. We are professional at all times, aspiring to be the best that we can be in everything that we do
We are innovative and bold. We respond quickly and creatively to the changing needs of our society within the scope of our human and financial resources
We respect our community. We exist for our local population, now and into the future, and we believe that we can achieve more together by working in partnership with others
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Tasks:
To implement policies and propose changes to policy, practice, and service development,
addressing areas of need respectively by proposing and implementing policy changes
that may impact both within and beyond the area served by the team/service.
To lead, facilitate and participate in discussion on bereavement and psychological
aspects of palliative care across the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
To provide support for colleagues within the MDT, participating in clinical supervision
and reflective practice.
To provide highly specialised psychological assessments based on the appropriate
use, interpretation and integration of highly complex psychological data from a variety
of sources including psychological (and neuropsychological tests where appropriate),
self report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and
semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the
patients care.
To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that
integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon
psychological theory and evidence, which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural
and biological factors.
To provide clinical placements for Trainee Clinical Psychologists, ensuring that
trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies, and experience to contribute
effectively to good mental health care and to contribute to the assessment and
evaluation of such competencies. To act as placement supervisor for Doctoral Clinical
Psychology Trainees, taking clinical responsibility for the supervisees work.
*PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE FULL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS ROLE*
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Tasks:
To implement policies and propose changes to policy, practice, and service development,
addressing areas of need respectively by proposing and implementing policy changes
that may impact both within and beyond the area served by the team/service.
To lead, facilitate and participate in discussion on bereavement and psychological
aspects of palliative care across the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
To provide support for colleagues within the MDT, participating in clinical supervision
and reflective practice.
To provide highly specialised psychological assessments based on the appropriate
use, interpretation and integration of highly complex psychological data from a variety
of sources including psychological (and neuropsychological tests where appropriate),
self report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and
semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the
patients care.
To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that
integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon
psychological theory and evidence, which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural
and biological factors.
To provide clinical placements for Trainee Clinical Psychologists, ensuring that
trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies, and experience to contribute
effectively to good mental health care and to contribute to the assessment and
evaluation of such competencies. To act as placement supervisor for Doctoral Clinical
Psychology Trainees, taking clinical responsibility for the supervisees work.
*PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE FULL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS ROLE*
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Flexibility in your work role and hours
- Approachable, empathetic personality
Abilities
Essential
- Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly
- emotive and distressing situations
- Able to lead a team
- Able to be assertive when required
Skills
Essential
- A high level of ability to communicate complex and sensitive information
- effectively in both written and oral to both patients, families, carers and other professionals
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of methods suitable for
- presentations within public and professional settings
- Skills in providing consultation and advice to other professional and non-professional groups
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised professional academic qualification (Clinical/Counselling
- Doctorate)
- Registered with HCPC
- Appropriate qualifications in specialty
Experience
Essential
- Experience in healthcare and particularly hospice care
- Experience of working with Loss, bereavement and palliative care
- Evidence of working with children and understanding the impact of illness on families/groups
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Flexibility in your work role and hours
- Approachable, empathetic personality
Abilities
Essential
- Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly
- emotive and distressing situations
- Able to lead a team
- Able to be assertive when required
Skills
Essential
- A high level of ability to communicate complex and sensitive information
- effectively in both written and oral to both patients, families, carers and other professionals
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of methods suitable for
- presentations within public and professional settings
- Skills in providing consultation and advice to other professional and non-professional groups
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised professional academic qualification (Clinical/Counselling
- Doctorate)
- Registered with HCPC
- Appropriate qualifications in specialty
Experience
Essential
- Experience in healthcare and particularly hospice care
- Experience of working with Loss, bereavement and palliative care
- Evidence of working with children and understanding the impact of illness on families/groups
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).
Additional information
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).
