Specialist Applied Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

1. Individual therapy in complex cases.

2. Supervision of therapy undertaken by Psychology Assistants, Social Workers andTherapeutic Support Workers and Supervision of Psychological practitioners.

3. To undertake a lead role in providing specialist psychological assessments of clientsreferred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integrationof complex data from a variety of sources including psychological andneuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirectstructured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family membersand others involved in the clients care.

4. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/ormanagement of a clients psychological problems, based upon an appropriateconceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based uponevidence of efficacy.

5. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions forindividuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individuallyand in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upondifferent explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

6. To evaluate, monitor progress and make highly skilled evaluations and decisions abouttreatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models andhighly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that haveshaped the individual, family or group.

7. To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to otherprofessionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatmentplans.

8. To ensure that all members of the clinical team have access to a psychologically basedframework for understanding and care of clients of the service, through the provisionof advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research andtheory.

9. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and toprovide both general and specialist advice to other professions on psychologicalaspects of risk assessment and risk management.

10. To act as lead professional, where appropriate, ensuring the provision of a carepackage appropriate for the clients needs, coordinating the work of others involvedwith care, taking responsibility for arranging reviews as required and communicatingeffectively with the client, the family and all others involved in the network of care,and to monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.

11. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, highly complex informationconcerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under theircare where there may be conflicting views, high emotion and significant barriers tounderstanding and change, and to monitor and evaluate progress during the courseof both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.

12. To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriateprovision of psychological care by all members of the treatment team.

Training

1. To participate with other psychologists in the development, delivery and evaluationof specialist training across HSC in respect of relevant specialty related skills.

2. To participate in clinical supervision and appraisal.

3. To continue to develop expertise in the area of training and clinical supervision.

4. To seek the advice of the Lead Clinical Psychologist within the team regardingprofessional development needs/plans.

Service Development

1. To observe codes of practice of the British Psychological Society (BPS) which relate toprofessional practice, ethics, record keeping, team working and all other guidelinesrelevant to clinical psychologists.

2. To work within appropriate competences and experience and professional selfgovernance.

3. To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from appropriatelyexperienced Clinical Psychologists and if appropriate other senior colleagues anaccordance with BPS practice guidelines.

4. To ensure articulation of best practice in psychology by exercising skills of a reflexiveand reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular supervision and appraisal.

5. To ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highestprofessional standards of practice through active upkeep of CPD training programmesas annually identified and as relevant to service provided.

6. To maintain active engagement with professional colleagues and developments in thegeneral field of Clinical Psychology through participation in service wide psychologyprograms where relevant.

7. To ensure the highest standards of record keeping be they manual or electronic inaccordance with BPS and HSC policies and procedures, and to promote and ensurehighest standards of report writing

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BPS recognized doctoral qualification in Psychology
• HCPC Registration as a practitioner psychologist

Experience

Essential

• Member of British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Practicing Psychologist with recent clinical experience working in the field of looked
• after and adopted children
• Recent clinical experience working in the field of neurodiversity, including Autism
• Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and
• Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
• Teaching/mentoring experience within the multidisciplinary team setting

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

States of Guernsey

Address

Princess Elizabeth Hospital

Le Vauquiedor

St. Martin

Guernsey

GY4 6UU

Employer's website

https://www.gov.gg/ (Opens in a new tab)