Job summary
Are
you a HCPC-registered Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychologist interested in
supporting people with physical health conditions? Are you looking for a new challenge
or professional development? Do you value in working as part of a welcoming and
dynamic multidisciplinary team (MDT)? If so, an exciting job opportunity has
arisen to join the Portsmouth Severe Asthma Service.
The Portsmouth Severe Asthma
Service (PSAS) is commissioned by NHSE to provide innovative, patient-centred
care for severe asthma patients across 5 counties as part of the regional
Wessex Asthma Network. Our award-winning service provides streamlined tertiary care
championing the benefits of a collaborative approach across the network and
embedding innovation, education and research within the patient pathway. in a
forward-thinking team which has a strong emphasis on personal growth and continuing
professional development. This exciting and unique post forms an integral and
essential part of the MDT in line with the NHSE Severe Asthma Specification.
The hospital benefits from
excellent links to the psychology departments two local universities: University
of Portsmouth, which hosts a Masters Programme in Health Psychology; and the
University of Southampton, which hosts the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training
Programme (DClinPsy) for this region. The development of links to both
universities for the purposes of teaching, research and placement provision
will be encouraged.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Practitioner Psychologist, the successful
candidate will deliver highly specialist psychological support
to adults with severe and difficult to treat asthma on both an inpatient and
outpatient basis. They will develop and embed a psychologically-informed approach
to asthma care through the provision of consultation,
training and supervision to the wider team. To achieve this, the successful
candidatemust be organised, confident and have excellent communication skills
to enable effective liaison with theMDT and to work effectively
with patients and carers with complex needs, leading to the provision of a safe,
effective, responsive and caring service where compassion is embedded and a
positive patient experience is achieved.
The successful candidate will
join a growing team of Practitioner Psychologists responsible for supporting patients with
severe, chronic or life-limiting physical health conditions. They will be line
managed by Interim Lead for Clinical Health Psychology and will receive clinical
supervision from an experienced Clinical Psychologist. The successful candidate will contribute to the ongoing development of
psychological services and there
will be opportunities to connect with other psychologists working in physical
health specialisms across the region.
This is a fantastic
opportunity to work in the field of clinical health psychology with a special focus
on respiratory care.
About us
The Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for our patients and communities and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission report published 2020 and became a University Hospital. We are ranked as the third in the country for research; embedding education and training across the organisation and we continuously strive to achieve our core values which are at the heart of everything we do. The Trusts main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, starting life as a military hospital over a century ago and now one of the largest hospitals on the south coast and you may have seen us on the TV series Nurses on the Ward. The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. The Trust employs over 8,000 staff and are #ProudtobePHU; our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because its the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for providing outstanding care and support for patients, colleagues and our community you will find a home at PHU. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in
terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender
identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans
status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To take a senior role in the provision of a
highly specialist psychological service for adults with asthma, severe asthma
and associated conditions under the care of the Portsmouth Severe Asthma
Network (PSAN) in both an inpatient and outpatient setting.
To undertake psychological assessment, develop
psychological formulations with and for clients, and to provide highly
specialised, evidence-based psychological interventions in individual, couples
or group format.
To provide specialised advice and consultation
on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional
carers.
To contribute specialist psychological input to
the PSAN MDT discussions of patients with asthma, severe asthma and associated
conditions.
To contribute to the delivery of teaching,
training and supervision for non-psychologist colleagues in order to enhance
the holistic, multidisciplinary care provided by the Portsmouth Severe Asthma
Service (PSAS).
To support, as part of the multidisciplinary
team, the delivery of a safe, effective, responsive and caring service where
compassion is embedded and a positive patient experience is achieved.
To provide supervision for less experienced
psychologists including, undergraduate and postgraduate psychology placement
students, assistant and trainee psychologists, with appropriate training and
support.
To utilise research skills for the purposes of
audit, policy development and research as well as contributing to service
evaluation and service development in line with service objectives and with the
aim of meeting national and local guidelines and targets.
To work autonomously within professional
guidelines and to follow the overall framework, policies and procedures of Portsmouth
Hospitals University NHS Trust.
To liaise with multidisciplinary team
colleagues, other health and social care agencies and staff involved with the
care group, and with other psychologists both locally and nationally for
professional development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To take a senior role in the provision of a
highly specialist psychological service for adults with asthma, severe asthma
and associated conditions under the care of the Portsmouth Severe Asthma
Network (PSAN) in both an inpatient and outpatient setting.
To undertake psychological assessment, develop
psychological formulations with and for clients, and to provide highly
specialised, evidence-based psychological interventions in individual, couples
or group format.
To provide specialised advice and consultation
on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional
carers.
To contribute specialist psychological input to
the PSAN MDT discussions of patients with asthma, severe asthma and associated
conditions.
To contribute to the delivery of teaching,
training and supervision for non-psychologist colleagues in order to enhance
the holistic, multidisciplinary care provided by the Portsmouth Severe Asthma
Service (PSAS).
To support, as part of the multidisciplinary
team, the delivery of a safe, effective, responsive and caring service where
compassion is embedded and a positive patient experience is achieved.
To provide supervision for less experienced
psychologists including, undergraduate and postgraduate psychology placement
students, assistant and trainee psychologists, with appropriate training and
support.
To utilise research skills for the purposes of
audit, policy development and research as well as contributing to service
evaluation and service development in line with service objectives and with the
aim of meeting national and local guidelines and targets.
To work autonomously within professional
guidelines and to follow the overall framework, policies and procedures of Portsmouth
Hospitals University NHS Trust.
To liaise with multidisciplinary team
colleagues, other health and social care agencies and staff involved with the
care group, and with other psychologists both locally and nationally for
professional development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical, counselling or health psychology, including models of psychopathology, psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.
Desirable
- Pre or post-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of post-qualification experience within a NHS context.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of liaising with patients, carers and families and external organisations that support these groups.
- Ability to show autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients and liaising with other professionals as and when necessary.
- Ability to undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and families and to provide advice to other professions on the psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
- Evidence of and willingness to undertake continued professional development.
- Experience of working in a health setting with patients who have a physical health difficulty.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, psychological formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. This requires the use of highly developed analytical and judgement skills.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information, including contentious and highly distressing information, to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Planning and organising skills for caseload management.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Skills in self-management, including time-management.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies as applied in a clinical health psychology setting.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of third-wave interventions commonly used in physical health settings such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Approachable and empathic personality, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and able to defuse difficult, volatile situations.
- Understanding of confidentiality.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of practice governance and to support and maintain own and services standards of clinical practice.
- Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from clients and with organisational stress.
- Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions in situations of incomplete information.
- Ability to exercise appropriate levels of self-care and to monitor own state, recognising when it is necessary to take active steps to maintain fitness to practice.
- Motivated towards personal and professional development with a strong CPD record.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical, counselling or health psychology, including models of psychopathology, psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.
Desirable
- Pre or post-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of post-qualification experience within a NHS context.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of liaising with patients, carers and families and external organisations that support these groups.
- Ability to show autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients and liaising with other professionals as and when necessary.
- Ability to undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and families and to provide advice to other professions on the psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
- Evidence of and willingness to undertake continued professional development.
- Experience of working in a health setting with patients who have a physical health difficulty.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, psychological formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. This requires the use of highly developed analytical and judgement skills.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information, including contentious and highly distressing information, to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Planning and organising skills for caseload management.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Skills in self-management, including time-management.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies as applied in a clinical health psychology setting.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of third-wave interventions commonly used in physical health settings such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Approachable and empathic personality, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and able to defuse difficult, volatile situations.
- Understanding of confidentiality.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of practice governance and to support and maintain own and services standards of clinical practice.
- Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from clients and with organisational stress.
- Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions in situations of incomplete information.
- Ability to exercise appropriate levels of self-care and to monitor own state, recognising when it is necessary to take active steps to maintain fitness to practice.
- Motivated towards personal and professional development with a strong CPD record.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
