Employer University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Lancaster Infirmary Town Lancaster Salary £70,417 - £81,138 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/05/2024 23:59
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
8C
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to join our Integrated Community Stroke Team (ICST) and contribute to our Stroke pathway improvement journey at UHMB.
We have been successful in a funding application to the national Stroke SQuiRE programme to improve access to psychology for patients on the Stroke pathway across Morecambe Bay.
This is a fixed term post for 12 months, providing 1 day a week of psychology advice and supervision to the team. The hours can be split over 2 days and can provided virtually to support agile and flexible working.
The post holder will work closely with other senior clinical and operational staff within the team & care group to provide a psychological perspective to our UHMB Stroke Strategy & service transformation plans.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will offer -
-psychological advice and supervision to the Integrated Community Stroke Team ( ICST) via a virtual MDT meeting.
-specialist education/training to the ICST team/ wider stroke MDT
-contribution to wider project planning and evaluation to inform psychological provision to the Stroke Pathway across the Lancashire and South Cumbria area.
Working for our organisation
We operatefrom three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, andUlverstonCommunity Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Qualifications
* Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
* HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist (clinical)
* Eligibility for Consultant Clinical Psychologist appointment approval from external BPS assessor
* Evidence of CPD as required by HCPC
* Chartered status with the British Psychological Society and membership of the division of Clinical Psychology
* Post doctoral training in one or more additional special areas of psychological practice in relation to speciality
Experience
* Substantial post qualification experience including experience within the designated speciality/type of service
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course.
The Behavioural Standards Framework
Everybody’s responsibility in everything we do
PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.
The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities andaim to be EffortlesslyInclusive .
The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.
We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert
If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £38 for Enhanced and £18 for Standard clearance for will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.
Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.
We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us atUHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new roleincluding: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this linkhttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding .
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
#J-18808-Ljbffr