1. To provide specialist psychological assessments. These will include psychological and psychometric tests, selfreport measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews
with patients, family members and others involved in the patient’s care.
2. To develop comprehensive biopsychosocial formulations and implement plans for the psychological treatment
and management of a patient’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework
of the patient’s problems and national guidelines (e.g. NICE, MEED).
3. To make decisions and deliver psychological treatments (e.g. at individual, family, group level) taking into
account both theoretical and evidence-based therapeutic models and factors concerning a patient’s historical
and developmental processes.
4. To undertake psychologically based risk assessments and risk management for patients and provide advice on
the psychological aspects of risk to the multi – disciplinary team.
5. To have knowledge and understanding of the principles of the CPA and to support and contribute to the CPA
care planning process for clients on CPA.
6. To communicate information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment of patients in a skilled
and sensitive manner.
7. To provide a psychological perspective, advice, guidance and consultation to MDT professionals within the
service.
8. To disseminate psychological expertise across the service by developing and running treatment programmes
jointly with other staff.
9. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry and recording and
report writing in accordance with the professional codes of practice of the HCPC, BPS