Job overview
We are seeking a clinical psychologist who is keen to work with us for 11 months to cover maternity leave. The post is based in the 17 bedded in-patient Buckinghamshire Neurorehabilitation Unit in Amersham Hospital. You will be joining a supportive and friendly MDT (which includes a 0.5 consultant clinical psychologist and a 1.0 assistant psychologist) that has patient care at the heart of everything we do. Your work will be 1:1 work with patients and providing support and training to your non-psychologist colleagues.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide psychological assessment and interventions to the 17 patients on the unit. This includes psychological assessment and management of mood, neuropsychological cognitive screening and assessment and cognitive rehabilitation. As part of a collaborative MDT, the applicant will integrate into a wider team and work jointly with a number of other health professionals. Alongside this there will be elements of monitoring and developing different processes within the team, for example goal planning.
This role would suit an applicant who has good experience of working with patients with neurological conditions, and who is interested in developing skills in working with patients with complex cognitive and psychological needs within an inpatient setting.
The applicant will be confident in working with patients with a range of difficulties, physical, cognitive and communication, and be able to demonstrate ability in considering their needs and implementing necessary treatment plans. They will be comfortable in working within an MDT, able to voice psychological opinions and viewpoints while listening to others and working together to achieve the best outcome for the patient.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
7. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
8. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
9. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
10. Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
11. Supervised experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the life span and presenting with a wide range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings: including outpatient, inpatient, community, and residential care settings.
12. Assessed experience of working clinically within a neuropsychology setting.
13. Experience of working within an inter or multidisciplinary team
14. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
Desirable criteria
15. Experience of teaching, training and-or professional and clinical supervision
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
16. Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
Desirable criteria
17. Formal post-doctoral training in Clinical Neuropsychology to qualify for Full Practitioner Membership of the British Psychology Society’s Division of Clinical Neuropsychology (or equivalent training/experience).
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
18. Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration and complex motor skills coordination
19. Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
20. Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
21. Skills in designing and implementing cognitive rehabilitation programmes.
22. Skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Desirable criteria
23. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
24. Post-doctoral level knowledge of neuropsychological themes, such as neuro-anatomy and neurological disorders
25. Knowledge of legislation in relation to patients with neurological disorders and mental health difficulties
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
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Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
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