Clinical Psychologist | £73 - £80k | Jersey

Job responsibilities

• Provide highly specialised psychological assessments for adults, based on the use, interpretation and integration of complex data in order to formulate complex plans for psychological intervention and make highly skilled evaluations about treatment options.
• Implement, monitor and evaluate a range of highly specialised psychological interventions for individuals and groups across a variety of settings and in partnership with other therapists, when necessary, to provide high-quality, timely and tailored support to all clients.
• Develop and co-ordinate intensive multi-agency care packages and therapeutic interventions for adults with complex and acute presentations, necessitating intensive outreach, intensive client support and high-level risk management to ensure that each individual client receives the support they need when they need it.
• Deliver high-level risk assessments regarding risk of suicidality, harm to self and others for adults across a range of community locations, in order to make complex clinical decisions regarding level of risk and appropriate management of this, taking into account the adult's presentation and wider systemic factors.
• Provide advice and support to other professionals working with adults with mental health issues e.g. Listening Lounge, Sexual Assault Referral Unit in order to facilitate a comprehensive multi-disciplinary approach to case management, formulation, and intensive care package
• Provide clinical Supervision to assistant/ trainee Psychologists and high intensity workers.

• Lead the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service through the active demonstration of good management and maintenance of a caseload, undertaking appropriate risk assessment and management and providing consultation and support to other professionals and policy/business planning processes, in order to ensure the service meets agreed protocols, legislative requirements and best practice standards.
• Maintain high standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry and recording and report writing, and preparation of materials to meet legislative requirements and to support the dissemination and understanding of psychological concepts and ideas.
• Carry out small scale research projects applicable to service development and carry out audits of service provision, to support the implementation of evidence-based good practice in the clinical work of the service.
• Be involved and support Line managers in service development and delivery of KPl's.

Experience

Essential

• - Experience of working as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within a competency framework.
• - Experience with routine outcome monitoring.
• - Strong relationship building with both internal and external stakeholders up to and including at a senior level, and especially to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients.
• - Able to understand and manage a range of complex facts or situations requiring analysis.
• - Strong problem-solving acumen.
• - Excellent communication; verbal and written.
• - Communicates effectively across all levels and media.
• - Ability to adapt personal style in order to influence others and gain support for ideas. Demonstrates empathy towards individual clients.
• - Supports the development of and shares learning with other members of staff.
• - Able to remain professional and effective under pressure.
• - Committed to continuous service improvement and also continued professional development for themselves and their team.
• - Self-directed and resourceful.
• - The ability to work between multiple specialisms and with different professions.
• Able to demonstrate a range of information technology skills i.e. an ability to effectively use IT equipment and role critical software.
• - Able to provide clinical supervision to high intensity staff/MDT clinicians/ assistant and junior psychologists in the service.
• - Well-developed skills for assessing clients in specialist caseload.

Desirable

• A minimum of 2 years experience of working with adults who have mental health issues.
• Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Facilitation and tutoring of clinical staff and monitoring the caseloads of assistant/junior psychologists/other members of staff.

Knowledge

Essential

• - Demonstrates advanced theoretical & practical knowledge of psychology and specialist area to inform assessment of clients.
• - Deep understanding of working with common and complex/severe enduring mental health issues and alcohol use disorders within a professional role g and how clients may present in Primary/secondary Care.
• - Understanding of the supervision of others in a professional and clinical capacity.
• - Working knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health/benefits and employment systems.
• - Good understanding/ability to critique use of medication in mental health and alcohol misuse.
• - Knowledge of how to carry out risk assessments within scope of practice.
• - Familiarity with codes of practice of Health and Social Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• - Good understanding of safeguarding
• Criteria relating to Safeguarding
• - Relevant training undertaken in relation to adult/child safeguarding.
• - Knowledge of service procedures and protocols.

Qualifications

Essential

• A recorded/registered doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology and eligible for chartered status with the British Psychological Society.
• Registration with the HCPC.

Desirable

• Two or more qualifications in NICE recommended models of therapy, e.g.: CBT, CAT, EMDR, DBT, Schema therapy

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).