Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Key responsibilities

CLINICAL

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care.

To maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures.

To act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005).

To be aware of and implement Safeguarding Adult and Child Protection Policies, Procedures and legislation.

To carry out comprehensive psychological and cognitive assessments and formulation, plan implement and evaluate delivery of psychology interventions and consultations to support young people with specific and complex needs.

To actively involve young people in developing and agreeing their own care plan, to act as an advocate and ensure that there is proper regard for their dignity, choice, self-esteem, racial, cultural, sexual and religious needs and preferences.

To work creatively to adapt verbal and written communication to meet the needs of the young people who use our services.

To undertake comprehensive risk assessments and develop effective risk management plans for young people with complex needs.

POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

To establish and maintain effective partnerships and relationships with colleagues, other agencies, people who use services and their carers and support staff.

To conduct and lead on clinical audit, quality assurance and research, maintaining current knowledge of research findings and development within specific care group

To develop and provide a range of specialist teaching/training packages which can be delivered to a range of multi-disciplinary audiences.

To positively contribute to divisional and team developments in relation to all aspects of psychology practice.

To contribute to the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways.

To contribute to initiatives to ensure that the diverse needs of the young people are addressed within local services and future developments.

To develop and maintain good communication links with the NHS, Social Services, Education and other agencies working in the area of Child Mental Health.

TEACHING, TRAINING, SUPERVISION AND CONSULTATION

To lead on the supervision and Individual Performance Review/Appraisal of assistant psychologists as required.

To be responsible for regularly providing psychological consultation and advice to colleagues from other professions.

In collaboration with a senior Clinical Psychologist to support Clinical Psychology Trainees on placement in CAMHS.

To provide clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists and other staff and contribute to Individual Performance Review/Appraisal of Assistant Psychologists as required.

To act as practice assessor/supervisor/teacher in teaching, facilitating and supporting pre-registration students and junior personnel and to participate in the audit of educational placements.

Assist in appropriate staff recruitment and induction and contribute to the wider strategic plans regarding psychology recruitment.

EVALUATION/ RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT

To remain informed of and critically evaluate current theory and research to support evidence-based practice in own professional work and to contribute this perspective in the multi-disciplinary team

To contribute to the evaluation of the Service by participating in service-related audit, research and evaluation projects. To contribute to the project management of complex audit, assisting colleagues to develop service provision

To initiate and conduct psychologically based research relevant to the care of children with moderate and severe mental health problems, as agreed with the Service Manager and the Professional Lead

To provide advice to members of other professions as required on research design and methodology and be confident in the use of statistical packages such as SPSS

To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards - in partnership with young people who use our services and their carers.

PROFESSIONAL/ADMINISTRATIVE

To participate in regular clinical supervision and to negotiate further specialist supervision, development and training with the Professional Lead, fulfilling the CPD requirement of the HCPC. To participate in regular appraisals with the Service Manager and Professional Lead and to agree standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales.

To work within the Code of Ethics and the relevant professional practice guidelines of the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the professional guidance framework of the Trust.

To work within the framework of the policies and procedures of the Trust and to undertake the mandatory training stipulated in Trust policies.

To be responsible for relevant data collection on work activities, inputting data onto the Trust databases as required, and to maintain a high standard of clinical record keeping.

To maintain and develop Information Technology skills appropriate to the demands of the post. This includes being able to communicate effectively using IT, and to be fully competent in using IT systems to electronically search and gather relevant information related to psychological assessment and intervention.

To participate fully in supporting the activities of the Psychology profession within the Trust, including attending relevant meetings.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
• Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 12 months of commencement in post)
• HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist

Experience

Essential

• Experience of psychological assessment, formulation and interventions with children and young people with mental health difficulties and neurodevelopmental disorders

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

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hope Guildford

57-59 Worplesdon Road

Guildford

GU2 9RS

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)