Duties and Responsibilities Communication and Working Relationship Skills To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner complex and sensitive information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of people with learning disabilities under the services care. To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner to people with learning disabilities who may present with behaviour that challenges service delivery or who may have complex neurological deficits which affect their understanding, communication and behaviour Analytical and Judgemental Skills To undertake highly skilled assessments and make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about assessment, treatment and discharge, and about the psychological management of clients (including management of risk). Planning and Organisational Skills To plan, organise and prioritise own workload, balancing the demands of direct client care, support and guidance of carers and professionals, service research and developmental activities. Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy To provide Psychological Therapies to the community team for people with learning disabilities, developing specialist psychological formulations and assessments of people with learning disabilities, formulating plans for their psychological treatments and implementing specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to other professionals, paid and non-paid carers contributing directly to a service users formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan. Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation Policy & service: To follow policy guidance in own role and to identify and comment on proposed policy changes and service developments. Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources Careful use of equipment and resources as provided Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and Management There is a requirement to support learners on a regular basis which includes the achievement and updating of profession specific training to the required standard to fulfil this role.
In common with all Clinical Psychologists, the post holder will receive regular professional and clinical supervision in accordance to Trust policy and Professional Practice Guidance set out by the British Psychology Society and the Health Professions Council. The post holder will be supported by the senior psychologists within the speciality and will be expected to use the expertise of others within the service to further develop their clinical skills with this group of people who use services. To supervise the work of Assistant Psychologists and/or Trainee Clinical Psychologists as required. To provide supervision and Consultancy to Health and Social Care colleagues within the area ATT Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties To maintain accurate records To be responsible for using an email account to generate, monitor, and respond to the e-mail traffic by which the Trust conducts much of its internal communication.
Responsibility for Research and Development To undertake service relevant research and development activity agreed with the Learning Disability Health and Social Care Partnership, and to organise the R&D activities of assistants and/or trainees as required Freedom to Act The post holder is accountable for their own professional actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures and Professional Practice Guidelines. To work autonomously within clinical professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the governance of psychological practice within the Health and Social Care Partnership for People with Learning Disabilities. To provide expert and specialist clinical psychology intervention, expertise and advice guidance and consultation on psychological aspects of clinical care to colleagues, other service providers, clients, supporters and families. Any Other Specific Tasks Required To ensure that skills and techniques relevant to clinical work and demands of this post are continuously updated.