Neonatal Clinical Psychologist

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, autonomous and highly skilled Clinical Psychologist to join the new Paediatric Clinical Psychology Team at James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston.

Suitable candidates, currently at Band 7, would be considered as a development post.

Main duties of the job

With this new post you will form part of a growing Clinical Psychology team; with interesting opportunities to be involved in service development, innovation, improvement and team working, as we expand the areas of paediatrics we cover at the hospital. You will be part of a dedicated team, who already work alongside the multidisciplinary paediatric teams at JPUH within the specialities of diabetes, epilepsy, functional neurological disorders, gastroenterology, orthopaedics and general paediatrics. This new post will focus on psychology expansion into the Level One, Special Care Neonatal Unit at JPUH. Working with the existing multidisciplinary team, who are very keen to welcome a Clinical Psychologist onto the Team.

We are a small Paediatric Clinical Psychology team that offers excellent opportunities for professional support and development. We always have trainees on placement with us from local ClinPsyD programmes; for core placements, specialist placements and research. This post would also be supported by a well-established wider network of Clinical Psychologists working in neonatal units in the East of the Region.

About us

We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the Job Description and person specification for further details of main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
• Eligible for Full Membership of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology.
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in other fields of applied psychology.
• Post-qualification training in approaches and therapies appropriate for the Neonatal context e.g. working with attachment, trauma, systems/ family therapy and bereavement.

Knowledge and Experience

• Specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
• Undertaking psychological assessment and interventions relating to Neonatal service area.
• Working with a wide variety of patient groups within this specialism, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
• Representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care.
• Working clinically in health and medical settings relevant to service area.
• Working effectively with other professionals in multidisciplinary settings.
• Experience working psychologically with a client group or in a setting relevant to Neonatal Psychology e.g. Paediatrics, Infant mental health, working with families, Perinatal or Maternity settings.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of line managing psychological staff.
• Experience of working through an interpreter.

Skills and Knowledge

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment intervention and management.
• Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Good time management and prioritisation skills.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• 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.

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.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

177-ELEC-6860363-B

Job locations

James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata