Clinical Psychologist Palliative Care & OOH band 8a/7 development

Job summary

Are you looking to work with people at a point when you can make a significant impact on their quality of life and that of the people that matter to them? Do you enjoy working collaboratively with your multidisciplinary colleagues to support delivery of psychological approaches? Would you enjoy the opportunity that working in Palliative Care and wider physical health services offer?

We are a psychology service that spans multiple physical health disciplines, providing psychological assessment and treatment for people with long term conditions in Coventry. This includes neurorehabilitation and palliative care provision. There is an exciting opportunity to work with our multidisciplinary teams supporting patients, families and their carers. Our work is community based allowing us the privilege of meeting the person in their own home or providing clinic-based work. This role will span all the disciplines but your focus will be in Palliative Care. We encourage and support professional development opportunities.

We would welcome candidates who are interested in working in palliative care and physical health to call Dr Jane Everett, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 02476237034/ 07879694717 or Nicola Elliott, Head of Integrated Palliative Care Services on 02476 237001 for an informal chat about the post.

Main duties of the job

• To support the systematic provision of a high quality specialist Clinical Psychology Service to a wide range of patients receiving palliative care and long term conditions, and their families and carers.
• To work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary colleagues in Integrated Palliative Care Services and OOH services within the Community Health and Well-being Directorate.
• To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other clinical members of the teams who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
• To provide specialist advice and consultation to a range of multi-agency professionals and non-professional carers, and utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development.
• To offer training and supervision to multi-disciplinary colleagues
• To propose and implement policy changes within the areas served by the team/service.
• To work autonomously within the professional guidelines and overall framework of the Trust and teams policies and procedures.
• To assist in the quality and activity monitoring systems
• To adhere to the lone worker policy

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.