Preceptorship Clinical Psychologist Band 7-8a

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

Preceptorship Clinical Psychologist Band 7-8a

Available as a Band 7 Preceptorship for newly/recently qualified practitioner

We are seeking a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist who is highly motivated and enthusiastic about working with adults with a learning disability. We are pleased to consider applications from recently qualified practitioners to commence in a Preceptorship Post (commence at AfC Band 7).

This post is based at Rowan View Medium Secure Unit, within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. We are committed to supporting your professional development, with service development opportunities and regular clinical supervision.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to work as part of our established and highly supportive multi-disciplinary team. Core clinical functions include aspects of assessment, intervention, consultation, clinical team formulation, training, working with and across multi-disciplinary teams and systems, and supporting our programme of audit and research.

The post is supervised by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist and jointly with the Principal Clinical Psychologist. You will be joining an expanding group of psychologists with a wide range of experience and interests.

Job responsibilities

1. To provide a qualified clinical psychology service according to a plan agreed with the multi-disciplinary team and within the overall framework of policies and procedures.
2. To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy while offering advice and consultation on service users' psychological care to psychologist and non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines.
3. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
4. To provide highly specialist psychological assessments of service users referred to psychology based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from various sources.
5. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service user's mental health problems.
6. To evaluate and make skilled decisions about treatment options considering theoretical and therapeutic models.
7. To provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to service user formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
8. To actively undertake and coordinate risk assessment and risk management for individual service users.
9. To work as a member of a community-based and ward-based multi-disciplinary team.
10. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of service users under their care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A First or Upper Second honours degree in psychology OR a lower class with a post-graduate qualification, (e.g.: Master's degree).
• Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Registration with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.

KNOWLEDGE/ EXPERIENCE:

• Assessed experience of work for a minimum of six months within the field of learning disability.
• Post-qualification experience of working with individuals with histories of complex problems.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology in relation to working with people with learning disabilities.
• Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to identify and employ clinical governance mechanisms.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.