Overview
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Principal Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologist (General Medicine)
An exciting and interesting opportunity is available for a suitably qualified Clinical, Counselling or Health psychologist to join the General Medicine Psychology team within the Clinical Health Psychology Department at Salford Royal Hospital.
You will join a very well-established psychology team providing psychological assessment and care to a range of diagnoses. The post holder will be expected to offer expertise at a senior level in this exciting field of Clinical Health Psychology. Team working will be integral to the role, including involvement in MDT meetings and regular liaison, teaching, and joint working with professional colleagues to support the wider medical/nursing team in relation to psychological aspects of care.
Responsibilities
* Support the Consultant Lead Psychologist to provide senior leadership, supervision and support for the members of the general medicine psychology team.
* Triage and assess referrals from the 15 medical specialisms.
* Lead on service delivery for complex cases within the general medicine service, in collaboration with the service lead.
* Lead on several of the areas of the general medicine service as a special interest, developing links with the specialist nurses, members of the medical team, relevant special interest groups and 3rd sector agencies. To develop teaching for the university ClinPsyD Programmes, Health psychology course and the IAPT training in these specialist areas, as required.
* To contribute to clinical pathways and development of business cases to maintain capacity for this rapidly growing service, in consultation with the service lead.
* Provide specialist assessment and treatment recommendations for individuals accessing the general medicine health psychology service.
* Manage referrals from multiple sources, maintain outpatient clinical psychology waiting lists, and take autonomous management of their own caseload.
* To line manage an assistant psychologist, where needed and contribute to specialist supervision to other members of the psychology team.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciate andinspire - to join our team.
For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Job 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 working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BSc Psychology degree or equivalent (recognised by the British Psychological Society).
* British Psychological Society Accredited Doctoral Degree in Clinical, Health or Counselling Psychology
* Further training in supervision of psychological therapies
* Training in 3rd wave psychological therapies
* Relevant further specialist training in one or more therapy modalities.
* Training in trauma focused CBT or EMDR
* Accreditation as a Supervisor for Psychology and/or Psychotherapy
Professional Registration
* The post holder must be able to satisfy the criteria for HCPC Registration for the advertised role
Knowledge / Experience / Skills
* Experience of working as a qualified psychologist including substantial post-qualification experience within a physical health setting.
* Experience of specialist psychological/ psychotherapeutic assessments and treatments for service users with severe enduring and complex presentations and/or trauma.
* Experience of providing teaching, training and clinical supervision for psychological interventions and treatments within a healthcare setting.
* Experience of developing and delivering therapeutic interventions in various formats, including individual and group.
* Experience of supervising qualified psychologists and/or psychological therapists and other staff working in physical health settings.
* Experience of providing a psychological service to individuals with physical health difficulties, including groups.
* Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and able to hold the stress of others.
* Excellent organisational and data management skills
* Ability to teach and train others using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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