Job summary
We
are seeking to recruit a part-time (25 hours per week) Clinical Psychologist to join our highly-motivated MTD team of Doctors, Nurses, Dietitians and support staff in providing care to children with
diabetes in our services based
in the localities of Sunderland and South Tyneside. Working as a member of the
MDT you will be working
in hospital-based clinics in the two localities and will also provide some outreach work into schools
or family homes undertaking psychological assessments including management and
treatment for children as required.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible
for providing a specialist psychological role within the South Tyneside and
Sunderland Children and Young Peoples Diabetes Service and will be part of an
MDT which operates from two base sites in Sunderland and South Tyneside. The Service provides comprehensive care to approximately 320 children and young
people (age 0-19 years) with diabetes. This will involve providing a lead role
within the Service. You will also provide specialist psychological assessment
and therapy, as well as clinical supervision, advice, and consultation to
colleagues on psychological aspects of assessment, formulation, care and
treatment.
Informal
discussions about the job are encouraged.
Family Care is an
exciting place to work that will provide you with an opportunity to grow and
develop. Many of our staff work flexibly, including part-time, and we are
committed to supporting flexible approaches to work wherever possible for our people. Please
enquire to see how we might work flexibly with you in this role.
If you are interested in becoming part of our
fantastic team then we would welcome your Application.
About us
Please add your telephone number to your application form so we can contact you quickly if required.
One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.
We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.
The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.If you use AI,
and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we
may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working with the wider multi-professional teams across South Tyneside andSunderland you will lead the Psychological Services to children withdiabetes ensuring the Service provides specialist psychological assessment,interventions, specialist training, supervision and consultation in-line with local andnational guidelines and frameworks.
PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working with the wider multi-professional teams across South Tyneside andSunderland you will lead the Psychological Services to children withdiabetes ensuring the Service provides specialist psychological assessment,interventions, specialist training, supervision and consultation in-line with local andnational guidelines and frameworks.
PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE.
Person Specification
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings.
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions or long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these.
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self harming or aggressive behaviour.
- Ability to manage physical and verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology and two or more distinct psychological therapies including CBT.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Ability to use the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written in order convey / receive highly-complex / sensitive information effectively requiring empathy and reassurance in a highly-emotive atmosphere.
- Ability to make clinical and service-related judgements involving complex facts requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison.
- Excellent organisational skills to manage a range of clinical activities.
- Advanced knowledge of theory and practice of specialised therapies for people palliative care and for the management of their care.
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice.
- Knowledge of current issues in, and opportunities for, applying clinical psychology in a physical healthcare setting.
Desirable
- Experience of working as a line manager.
- Undertaken a leadership Course.
- Experience of selection and recruitment.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second-class honours Degree or higher in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership with British Psychological Society (BPS).
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical / Counselling Psychology accredited by HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- Post-graduate therapy qualification i.e. CBT/CAT. Diploma or equivalent relevant to palliative care.
- Evidence of continued professional development as required by HCPC.
- HCPC registered as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Completed training course in clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields or applied psychology.
- Significant experience as a senior psychologist.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work autonomously and manage a range of clinical activities.
- Ability to create effective working relationships across a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Interest for a broad range of psychological phenomena, models of service delivery and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services to the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Able to effectively manage a team.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist in a children's setting.
- Experience of undertaking delegated leadership roles appropriate to a specialist clinician.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature alongside a palliative care diagnosis.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary physical health context including facilitating CBT-based group programmes as well as work in this context.
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists / psychological therapists and junior qualified staff, having completed the relevant supervision training.
- Experience of participation in recruitment.
Desirable
- Relevant additional clinical experience as appropriate to clinical area.
- Experience of NHS service planning / improvement / development.
- Experience of service development through research/audit.
- Experience of publishing psychology articles in peer-reviewed publications.
Person Specification
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings.
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions or long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these.
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self harming or aggressive behaviour.
- Ability to manage physical and verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology and two or more distinct psychological therapies including CBT.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Ability to use the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written in order convey / receive highly-complex / sensitive information effectively requiring empathy and reassurance in a highly-emotive atmosphere.
- Ability to make clinical and service-related judgements involving complex facts requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison.
- Excellent organisational skills to manage a range of clinical activities.
- Advanced knowledge of theory and practice of specialised therapies for people palliative care and for the management of their care.
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice.
- Knowledge of current issues in, and opportunities for, applying clinical psychology in a physical healthcare setting.
Desirable
- Experience of working as a line manager.
- Undertaken a leadership Course.
- Experience of selection and recruitment.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second-class honours Degree or higher in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership with British Psychological Society (BPS).
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical / Counselling Psychology accredited by HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
- Post-graduate therapy qualification i.e. CBT/CAT. Diploma or equivalent relevant to palliative care.
- Evidence of continued professional development as required by HCPC.
- HCPC registered as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Completed training course in clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields or applied psychology.
- Significant experience as a senior psychologist.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work autonomously and manage a range of clinical activities.
- Ability to create effective working relationships across a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Interest for a broad range of psychological phenomena, models of service delivery and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services to the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Able to effectively manage a team.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist in a children's setting.
- Experience of undertaking delegated leadership roles appropriate to a specialist clinician.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature alongside a palliative care diagnosis.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary physical health context including facilitating CBT-based group programmes as well as work in this context.
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists / psychological therapists and junior qualified staff, having completed the relevant supervision training.
- Experience of participation in recruitment.
Desirable
- Relevant additional clinical experience as appropriate to clinical area.
- Experience of NHS service planning / improvement / development.
- Experience of service development through research/audit.
- Experience of publishing psychology articles in peer-reviewed publications.
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).
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