Clinical Psychologist

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Worthing; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for a motivated clinical psychologist to be an integral member of our dynamic Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team covering the South areas of West Sussex (including Worthing, Shoreham, Lancing, Henfield).

You will be part of a small specialist clinical psychology service led by a Senior Clinical Psychologist across SCFT Neurological teams.

The role is based in Worthing with some travel expected across the area. Sessions can be delivered through a combination of face-to-face, telephone and video consultations, as clinically appropriate.

The role is part time.

Main duties of the job

1. To work as a core member of the multidisciplinary neurological rehabilitation team
2. Carrying a clinical caseload and ensuring the provision of a high quality specialist neuropsychology service to adults living with a neurological condition and to their carers
3. Offering specialist advice and consultation to patients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to non-professional carers
4. Providing consultation, training, and support to the MDT and to other professionals working with people with neurological conditions.
5. To receive supervision from a senior Clinical Psychologist specialising in Neuropsychology. Potentially offering supervision to Graduate Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists and working together to develop the service.
6. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice.
7. To utilise research skills potentially for audit, policy and service development and research.
8. To propose and implement policy changes within the Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team.
9. The post holder is expected to drive between visits using their own car and will be required to travel to other office/ hospital based locations across the Trust for meetings, training and supervision.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Assesses and treats own specialist caseload of clients and maintains associated records.
2. Provides, develops, and manages highly specialist interventions.
3. Clinically supervises assistant psychologists as well as potentially graduate psychologists and doctoral trainees.
4. Works in the community with individuals, families, and other teams and services involved.
5. Co-ordinates provision of a specialist service and provides specialist advice and consultation to other professions and carers.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

1. A Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology.
2. HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist.

Desirable

1. Specialist training relevant to neuropsychology.

Experience

Essential

1. Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at a specialist level within neuropsychology.
2. Well established knowledge and skills in using a broad range of advanced assessments and tests relevant to neurological clients.
3. Substantial experience of providing psychological and neuropsychological interventions to adults with progressive and/or acquired neurological conditions.

Skills

Essential

1. Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies relevant to psychology and neuropsychology.
2. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

Other requirements

Essential

1. UK driving licence and car driver with access to a car for work purposes.

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.