Job summary
Are you a Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about delivering compassionate support to families accessing the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit?
Do you want to make the most of an exciting opportunity to join an innovative multidisciplinary team?
Do you want to work creatively to develop clinical psychology as part of the NICU MDT?
Are you ready to step into a leadership post?
Main duties of the job
This is a varied Clinical Psychology role; providing assessment, formulation and intervention to families accessing the NICU; working creatively to support staff teams providing care in a challenging but rewarding setting; with support, developing psychology as part of the NICU MDT. You will also represent the LMNS in the local neonatal workstream and provide clinical supervision to other clinical psychologists working locally.
You will join our friendly multi-disciplinary team based on the NICU, working closely with the expanding perinatal psychology team (within community perinatal mental health services).
We offer excellent clinical supervision and support. There are a wide range of CPD opportunities available. The post is hospital based and will involve a combination of face to face and remote working.
Interview can be online or in person.
About us
The Neonatal Unit at Royal Stoke University Hospital, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, is a busy and dynamic Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The Neonatal Unit at UHNM supports approximately 600 admissions per year. We provide care at all levels, to babies and their families, from within Stoke and Stafford area, regionally within the West Midlands Neonatal Network, and beyond.
The NICU Team works collaboratively within the Multi-Disciplinary Team and with Allied Health Professionals to deliver high quality care to every baby and family admitted to the NICU. We support research and audit, and strive to provide best practice in all areas of our service.
We care for babies and families who need our care and support, for the entirety of their neonatal journey. We recognise that every admission to the NICU is unplanned, and parents & families require different levels of support throughout their journey by all members of the Neonatal Team, and will be signposted to additional support services, where indicated. Every family will experience feelings of stress and anxiety, fear of the unknown and loss of control following their admission to the NICU. We aim to support and guide every family through the service, ensuring that they feel listened to and supported.
Joining the NICU Team at RSUH, UHNM will mean that you are joining a driven and motivated team, who strive to provide care, with babies and families, at the core of everything we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the design, development and delivery of clinical psychology services in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Royal Stoke University Hospital. The goal is to ensure an optimum quality of care to parents and families of babies within the unit, offering psychological and emotional support where appropriate. Additionally, the post holder will be able to work dynamically with the care system to influence psychologically informed care. The role will require extensive MDT working on the unit.
The post holder will work collaboratively with families and teams, in a holistic and insightful way, offering the most appropriate support, signposting and additional support services as required. This will involve working closely with antenatal, post natal and community services to provide a seamless service all families. An innovative and flexible approach to psychological assessment, formulation and intervention will be required.
The local community is diverse and as such, the post holder will work with people from all cultural backgrounds and ages, being committed to promote health equality. The post holder will work very closely across a multi- agency partnership.
The post holder will also provide support, training and consultation to the staff team, with the goal of promoting a psychologically and trauma informed service.
The post requires an enthusiasm for service audit and evaluation, as well as ongoing service development.
The post holder will provide psychological leadership within the clinical setting, as well as in neonatal care in the wider system. For example (where agreed), providing specialist clinical supervision to other psychological professionals in neighbouring units, and occasional work across the unit at UHNM and other neighbouring units (for example leading cross-unit debriefs where applicable).With support from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, the post holder will also represent neonatal psychology on the LMNS neonatal workstream.
This is an exciting new post and there will be a requirement to, with support, develop the clinical psychology provision for the unit. The post holder will be linked in with the local community perinatal mental health team, including the Principal and Senior Clinical Psychologists. Clinical supervision will be provided by a Clinical Psychologist, also based at the hospital within clinical health. In addition, there will be a local link with paediatric psychology at Royal Stoke. There will also be support and oversight from the West Midlands Neonatal Operational Network, in terms of both ensuring the service provides care that is joined up with (and consistent with) other neonatal psychology services in WMNODN, as well as the post holder being supported by the Psychological Professionals Forum.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the design, development and delivery of clinical psychology services in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Royal Stoke University Hospital. The goal is to ensure an optimum quality of care to parents and families of babies within the unit, offering psychological and emotional support where appropriate. Additionally, the post holder will be able to work dynamically with the care system to influence psychologically informed care. The role will require extensive MDT working on the unit.
The post holder will work collaboratively with families and teams, in a holistic and insightful way, offering the most appropriate support, signposting and additional support services as required. This will involve working closely with antenatal, post natal and community services to provide a seamless service all families. An innovative and flexible approach to psychological assessment, formulation and intervention will be required.
The local community is diverse and as such, the post holder will work with people from all cultural backgrounds and ages, being committed to promote health equality. The post holder will work very closely across a multi- agency partnership.
The post holder will also provide support, training and consultation to the staff team, with the goal of promoting a psychologically and trauma informed service.
The post requires an enthusiasm for service audit and evaluation, as well as ongoing service development.
The post holder will provide psychological leadership within the clinical setting, as well as in neonatal care in the wider system. For example (where agreed), providing specialist clinical supervision to other psychological professionals in neighbouring units, and occasional work across the unit at UHNM and other neighbouring units (for example leading cross-unit debriefs where applicable).With support from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, the post holder will also represent neonatal psychology on the LMNS neonatal workstream.
This is an exciting new post and there will be a requirement to, with support, develop the clinical psychology provision for the unit. The post holder will be linked in with the local community perinatal mental health team, including the Principal and Senior Clinical Psychologists. Clinical supervision will be provided by a Clinical Psychologist, also based at the hospital within clinical health. In addition, there will be a local link with paediatric psychology at Royal Stoke. There will also be support and oversight from the West Midlands Neonatal Operational Network, in terms of both ensuring the service provides care that is joined up with (and consistent with) other neonatal psychology services in WMNODN, as well as the post holder being supported by the Psychological Professionals Forum.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Working as a qualified applied psychologist with a wide variety of client groups, with a range of clinical severity across care settings.
- Experience of taking full clinical responsibility for clients with risk issues and range of complex psychological and physical health problems.
- Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.
- Experience in providing consultation to non-psychology staff including medical professionals.
Desirable
- Experience working as a qualified psychologist within a relevant clinical setting (e.g. NICU, perinatal mental health, paediatrics, acute hospital settings, parent-infant mental health, CAMHS, LAC/ adoption, neurodevelopmental services).
- Lead and development of research projects
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of: evidence-based practice relevant to the role
- Highly developed knowledge and skills in the care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Proven ability and experience of devising and delivering specialist training in a range of subjects relevant to the clinical area
Desirable
- A commitment to the audit and evaluation of services.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Working as a qualified applied psychologist with a wide variety of client groups, with a range of clinical severity across care settings.
- Experience of taking full clinical responsibility for clients with risk issues and range of complex psychological and physical health problems.
- Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.
- Experience in providing consultation to non-psychology staff including medical professionals.
Desirable
- Experience working as a qualified psychologist within a relevant clinical setting (e.g. NICU, perinatal mental health, paediatrics, acute hospital settings, parent-infant mental health, CAMHS, LAC/ adoption, neurodevelopmental services).
- Lead and development of research projects
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of: evidence-based practice relevant to the role
- Highly developed knowledge and skills in the care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Proven ability and experience of devising and delivering specialist training in a range of subjects relevant to the clinical area
Desirable
- A commitment to the audit and evaluation of services.
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).
