Job summary
We are looking for psychological professionals who would like to work within community physical health services. We have a number of posts across community physical health and neurorehabilitation services and would be keen to design the post around your areas of interest.
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 opportunities that working in community physical health services offer? Are you interested in working with and highly respected neurorehabilitation services and developing you neuropsychological practice?
We would welcome candidates who are interested in working in physical health and who are interested in part-time or flexible working opportunities. If you are interested in working in the area but are not currently looking for this grade of post, please do contact me for further discussion. Newly qualified psychologists would be supported with a preceptorship plan to work towards the 8a position. Please call Dr Jane Everett, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 07879694717 / 0300 2000 395 for an informal discussion about the posts.
Main duties of the job
We are a growing and very friendly clinical health psychology team. The Community Clinical Health Psychology Service works very closely with our multidisciplinary colleagues to enable to best possible outcomes for the persons physical and mental wellbeing. Our work is community based allowing us the privilege of meeting the person in their own home or providing clinic-based work. Meeting the psychological needs of people with physical health difficulties has national focus and you would be encouraged to develop service provision . We encourage and support professional development opportunities and would look to embed this learning across the Trust's Directorate.
About us
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) has taken the decision to no longer continue to provide Adult Physical Community Services, as there are more suitable providers within the wider NHS local system.
Following a review of suitable providers to take forward the contract, the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) has confirmed its intention to award the contract for the provision of Adult Physical Community Services to University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW). This change is anticipated to take effect from 1st July 2024.
Your application to work in Adult Physical Community Services will not be adversely impacted by the change in provider. Should you commence employment prior to the transfer, your contract of employment (that is your terms and conditions of service as at the point of transfer) will automatically transfer to the new organisation, under the "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" (TUPE) as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014".
Should you commence employment after the transfer, your contract of employment will be issued by the new provider of Adult Physical Community Services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and personal specification.
Please call Dr Jane Everett, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 07879694717 / 0300 2000 395 for an informal discussion about the posts.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and personal specification.
Please call Dr Jane Everett, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 07879694717 / 0300 2000 395 for an informal discussion about the posts.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good honours degree in Psychology. Eligibility for Graduate membership of the BPS.
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with HCPC
- Pre and post qualification training in specialist assessment and treatment of adults with cognitive and neurological impairments, or health psychology
- Post-doctoral training or equivalent experience in one or more specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of inter-disciplinary care.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care assessment and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of an interdisciplinary care plan.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adults with physical health conditions or a neurological and cognitive impairment?across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional group.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least 2 specialised psychological practices
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work independently and using own initiative.
- Ability to communicate effectively and empathically
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and to 'hold' the stress of others
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good honours degree in Psychology. Eligibility for Graduate membership of the BPS.
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with HCPC
- Pre and post qualification training in specialist assessment and treatment of adults with cognitive and neurological impairments, or health psychology
- Post-doctoral training or equivalent experience in one or more specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of inter-disciplinary care.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care assessment and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of an interdisciplinary care plan.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adults with physical health conditions or a neurological and cognitive impairment?across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional group.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least 2 specialised psychological practices
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work independently and using own initiative.
- Ability to communicate effectively and empathically
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and to 'hold' the stress of others
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).
