Job summary
We
are looking for a 0.6wte Clinical Psychologist to work primarily in the Exeter-based
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Psychology Service. We provide psychological
interventions to people aged 18 plus, who have a diagnosis of FND with
functional seizures. We are part of a wider FNS pathway that involves
professionals from other disciplines to support people living with this
diagnosis.
You will work alongside Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists, Medics,
Speech and Language therapists, Social Workers and Community Nurses. You will
maintain and develop relationships with partner agencies and local providers.
You will receive regular clinical and management supervision from within the
wider health and neuropsychology team.
The Clinical Psychology team is a valuable and valued part of the
Community Health and Social Care Team service. We work closely with our
colleagues in a caring and mutually supportive culture. We are committed to
compassionate, respectful and equitable care for people with long-term health
conditions.
We are looking for candidates with an
interest in and experience of working with individuals with long term health
conditions, particularly neurological conditions or persistent physical
symptoms.
Main duties of the job
- To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality psychological service to patients seen within the FND Psychology Service and will include managing a waiting list with support from the relevant Professional Lead.
- To regularly attend, chair and contribute to the FND MDT
- To carry a specialist caseload of patients and providing advice and consultancy to patients and professionals.
- To provide clinical supervision to less experienced staff and trainees working in the service.
- To provide teaching to other DPT staff, and consultation for complex and challenging case work.
- As directed by the Professional and Strategic Leads embed practice-based evidence and evidence-based practice across service area. This will include implementing and collating data from service outcome measures to support key performance indicators and to demonstrate the impact of the service, as well as working with people using the service to ensure their involvement in service design and evaluation.
- The post holder will work collaboratively to ensure a whole systems integrated approach to service delivery and development and will support wider Integrated Psychological Medicine (IPMS) developments. All staff within the CHNP services will be responsible for ensuring involvement and experience, social inclusion and race equality agendas inform and support their work.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and
Responsibilities
Communication
and Working Relationship Skills
- Clients,
family and carers: To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner with
clients who may have specific difficulties in understand and/or communicating
and who may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotionally disturbed.
- Multidisciplinary
team colleagues: To work closely with colleagues from both Devon Partnership Trust
and the Acute Trust in the
multi-professional integrated mental health/physical health and wellbeing
service on a day to day basis
- Health
& social care staff: To communicate with a wide range of health & social care staff
in hospital and in community settings in a highly skilled and sensitive
manner, complex and sensitive information concerning the assessment,
formulation and treatment plans of clients under the services care. To
provide support & guidance in the application of psychological principles
and techniques, and to foster reflective practice.
- Senior
managers & professional staff: To maintain and build good working relationships
with senior professional staff and managers across the Trust and the Acute
Trust and to foster a positive approach to the integrated mental health and
wellbeing service and to enable effective negotiation.
Analytical
and Judgemental Skills
- To
provide specialist clinical/counselling psychology expertise and advice.
- To
provide psychological therapies, developing specialist psychological
formulations and assessments of clients, formulating plans for their
psychological treatment and implementing specialist psychological
interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups. Proficiency in in
both individual and group therapy approaches is desirable.
- To support the Professional Head, General Manager, Practice and
Strategic Development Leads and Professional Leads by undertaking service
development and redesign projects and coordinating the resulting work within
the team.
- To provide complex assessment of specialist
conditions
Planning
and Organisational Skills
- The psychology service: To plan and organise own work within the service setting
and to contribute to the development and improvement of provision of
psychological services within the commissioned integrated mental health and
wellbeing service to best meet the organisations strategy and priorities.
- The multidisciplinary service: To provide psychology/therapy supervision
to the multi-professional planning, development and marketing of mental
health and wellbeing services
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment
and Therapy
- Assessment & intervention: To provide expert psychological
therapies, developing specialist psychological formulations and assessments
of clients, formulating plans for their psychological treatment and
implementing specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families
and groups, and to demonstrate awareness of diversity issues.
- Consultation & guidance: To provide advice, guidance and
consultation on psychological aspects of patient care to colleagues, other
service providers, patients, supporters and families
Responsibility
for Policy and Service Development Implementation
- The post holder is accountable for their own professional
actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures and Professional
Practice Guidelines.
- Policy & service: To implement policies and procedures for the provision of
psychology and therapy services within own service and other services within
the Trust.
- R & D: To support the R&D activities of the Clinical Health
and Neuropsychology Department (CHNP).
Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision,
Training, HR Advice and Management
- Leadership & supervision: To lead and professionally supervise
less experienced psychology/therapy staff, trainees and volunteers.
- To provide placement responsibilities for trainee staff.
- To contribute to the provision of therapy supervision for
non-psychology/therapy staff providing psychological therapies within other
Trust teams.
- To support placements for trainee staff in line with
professional guidelines
Responsibility
for Information Resources and Administrative Duties
- To maintain accurate records, compliant with Trust
Practice Standards.
- To be responsible for using an email account to generate,
monitor, and respond to the e-mail traffic by which the Trust conducts much
of its internal communication.
Responsibility
for Research and Development
- To utilise theory, evidence-based
literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work
within the CHNP.
- To conduct project work including
specific areas of audit, research or service evaluation
- As a
clinician to be responsible for collecting clinical practice and outcome data
that contributes to building practice based evidence and service evaluation.
To participate in service audits and relevant research projects.
Freedom
to Act
- The post holder is accountable for
their own professional actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures
and Professional Practice Guidelines
- To work autonomously within clinical professional guidelines and
exercise responsibility for the governance of psychological practice within
the locality/specialty. Interpretation of professional and Trust guidelines, and implementing
policies in conjunction with peers, Head of Profession and General Manager.
- To provide expert and specialist
clinical psychology expertise and advice guidance
and consultation on psychological aspects of patient care to colleagues,
other service providers, patients, supporters and families.
Any
Other Specific Tasks Required
- To ensure all clinical care and treatment provided by
psychologists/psychotherapists/therapists is carried out under appropriate
supervision and leadership.
- To ensure that all relevant staff groups continuously
update the skills and techniques relevant to their clinical work
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and
Responsibilities
Communication
and Working Relationship Skills
- Clients,
family and carers: To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner with
clients who may have specific difficulties in understand and/or communicating
and who may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotionally disturbed.
- Multidisciplinary
team colleagues: To work closely with colleagues from both Devon Partnership Trust
and the Acute Trust in the
multi-professional integrated mental health/physical health and wellbeing
service on a day to day basis
- Health
& social care staff: To communicate with a wide range of health & social care staff
in hospital and in community settings in a highly skilled and sensitive
manner, complex and sensitive information concerning the assessment,
formulation and treatment plans of clients under the services care. To
provide support & guidance in the application of psychological principles
and techniques, and to foster reflective practice.
- Senior
managers & professional staff: To maintain and build good working relationships
with senior professional staff and managers across the Trust and the Acute
Trust and to foster a positive approach to the integrated mental health and
wellbeing service and to enable effective negotiation.
Analytical
and Judgemental Skills
- To
provide specialist clinical/counselling psychology expertise and advice.
- To
provide psychological therapies, developing specialist psychological
formulations and assessments of clients, formulating plans for their
psychological treatment and implementing specialist psychological
interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups. Proficiency in in
both individual and group therapy approaches is desirable.
- To support the Professional Head, General Manager, Practice and
Strategic Development Leads and Professional Leads by undertaking service
development and redesign projects and coordinating the resulting work within
the team.
- To provide complex assessment of specialist
conditions
Planning
and Organisational Skills
- The psychology service: To plan and organise own work within the service setting
and to contribute to the development and improvement of provision of
psychological services within the commissioned integrated mental health and
wellbeing service to best meet the organisations strategy and priorities.
- The multidisciplinary service: To provide psychology/therapy supervision
to the multi-professional planning, development and marketing of mental
health and wellbeing services
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment
and Therapy
- Assessment & intervention: To provide expert psychological
therapies, developing specialist psychological formulations and assessments
of clients, formulating plans for their psychological treatment and
implementing specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families
and groups, and to demonstrate awareness of diversity issues.
- Consultation & guidance: To provide advice, guidance and
consultation on psychological aspects of patient care to colleagues, other
service providers, patients, supporters and families
Responsibility
for Policy and Service Development Implementation
- The post holder is accountable for their own professional
actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures and Professional
Practice Guidelines.
- Policy & service: To implement policies and procedures for the provision of
psychology and therapy services within own service and other services within
the Trust.
- R & D: To support the R&D activities of the Clinical Health
and Neuropsychology Department (CHNP).
Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision,
Training, HR Advice and Management
- Leadership & supervision: To lead and professionally supervise
less experienced psychology/therapy staff, trainees and volunteers.
- To provide placement responsibilities for trainee staff.
- To contribute to the provision of therapy supervision for
non-psychology/therapy staff providing psychological therapies within other
Trust teams.
- To support placements for trainee staff in line with
professional guidelines
Responsibility
for Information Resources and Administrative Duties
- To maintain accurate records, compliant with Trust
Practice Standards.
- To be responsible for using an email account to generate,
monitor, and respond to the e-mail traffic by which the Trust conducts much
of its internal communication.
Responsibility
for Research and Development
- To utilise theory, evidence-based
literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work
within the CHNP.
- To conduct project work including
specific areas of audit, research or service evaluation
- As a
clinician to be responsible for collecting clinical practice and outcome data
that contributes to building practice based evidence and service evaluation.
To participate in service audits and relevant research projects.
Freedom
to Act
- The post holder is accountable for
their own professional actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures
and Professional Practice Guidelines
- To work autonomously within clinical professional guidelines and
exercise responsibility for the governance of psychological practice within
the locality/specialty. Interpretation of professional and Trust guidelines, and implementing
policies in conjunction with peers, Head of Profession and General Manager.
- To provide expert and specialist
clinical psychology expertise and advice guidance
and consultation on psychological aspects of patient care to colleagues,
other service providers, patients, supporters and families.
Any
Other Specific Tasks Required
- To ensure all clinical care and treatment provided by
psychologists/psychotherapists/therapists is carried out under appropriate
supervision and leadership.
- To ensure that all relevant staff groups continuously
update the skills and techniques relevant to their clinical work
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent) and eligible for Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society. Registered with HCPC.
- Further training or experience in clinical specialism
- Further training in related area
Desirable
- Further training in at least one (other) psychological therapy
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Broad knowledge of specialist services and of the services in the NHS where psychology is commonly applied.
- Extensive knowledge of the skills, practice and knowledge base of Clinical/Counselling Psychology.
- Highly skilled in specialist interventions with the client group.
- Advanced psychological assessment and formulation skills including risk assessment.
- Knowledge of the policy context of specialist psychological services within the organisation and of clinical leadership arrangements in both mental health and physical health settings.
- Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills
- Strong leadership qualities, resilience and ability to handle ambiguity and uncertainty.
- Skills in managing conflict, negotiation and achieving consensus in complex situations in the pursuit of agreed strategic aims
- Ability to integrate complex data; make highly skilled evaluations and decisions; and take a long term perspective.
- Good communication skills when presenting / facilitating to varying groups of people
Desirable
- Project management skills / experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of work in adult mental health services or in physical health services or agencies and working with people with severe and complex mental health difficulties and comorbid physical health needs.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi disciplinary, multi agency contexts.
- Experience of working with complex trauma and with systems working around people who have experienced trauma
Desirable
- Experience of clinical health psychology assessment and awareness of impact of physical health conditions or symptoms on presentation
- Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality.
- Proficiency in in both individual and group therapy approaches is desirable.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent) and eligible for Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society. Registered with HCPC.
- Further training or experience in clinical specialism
- Further training in related area
Desirable
- Further training in at least one (other) psychological therapy
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Broad knowledge of specialist services and of the services in the NHS where psychology is commonly applied.
- Extensive knowledge of the skills, practice and knowledge base of Clinical/Counselling Psychology.
- Highly skilled in specialist interventions with the client group.
- Advanced psychological assessment and formulation skills including risk assessment.
- Knowledge of the policy context of specialist psychological services within the organisation and of clinical leadership arrangements in both mental health and physical health settings.
- Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills
- Strong leadership qualities, resilience and ability to handle ambiguity and uncertainty.
- Skills in managing conflict, negotiation and achieving consensus in complex situations in the pursuit of agreed strategic aims
- Ability to integrate complex data; make highly skilled evaluations and decisions; and take a long term perspective.
- Good communication skills when presenting / facilitating to varying groups of people
Desirable
- Project management skills / experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of work in adult mental health services or in physical health services or agencies and working with people with severe and complex mental health difficulties and comorbid physical health needs.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi disciplinary, multi agency contexts.
- Experience of working with complex trauma and with systems working around people who have experienced trauma
Desirable
- Experience of clinical health psychology assessment and awareness of impact of physical health conditions or symptoms on presentation
- Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality.
- Proficiency in in both individual and group therapy approaches is desirable.
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).
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