Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Providing highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and brief intervention for children and families on inpatient wards who are experiencing psychological and emotional adjustment difficulties associated with a range of health conditions.
Providing advice and consultation on patients' psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
Provide specialist mental health training to other professionals.
Supervision/management of other professionals in the mental health workforce (e.g. trainee clinical psychologists, psychology assistants, and health care assistants), to support the professional development of more junior team members.
To contribute to the analysis, development, evaluation and monitoring of operational policies and services, through the deployment of skills in research and service audit.
Risk management and liaison with CAMHS, social care, and other agencies as appropriate to children and young people admitted onto wards within the trust.
Leading on the provision of psychological services and supporting the service expansion by developing and implementing new pathways within inpatient care.
Maintain electronic systems for referrals, appointments, activity, and outcome monitoring.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
* BPS accredited doctorate in clinical psychology
* Registration with HCPC as practitioner psychologist
Desirable criteria
* Formal training in supervision of trainee clinical psychologists
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of working psychologically and providing evidence-based assessment, formulation and intervention for children, young people and their families across a range of settings, including inpatient, outpatient, and community settings
* Experience of working within a multidisciplinary health team and with children and families affected by acute or long-term physical health difficulties
* Understanding of current NHS/Social Care policies/ practices relating to mental health and services, and of safeguarding and child protection policies
Desirable criteria
* Supervision of other clinicians
* Experience of working in an acute hospital setting, and of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
* Evidence of personal resilience and aptitude for dealing with potentially distressing and highly emotive clinical work.
* The application of psychology in different cultural contexts
* Skills in working across multidisciplinary settings and in multi-agency liaison and care planning
* Planning and organisational skills for caseload management and good time-management
Desirable criteria
* Skills in providing consultancy and teaching/training to other professional and non-professional groups
It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.
You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
* Job Description (PDF, 240.6KB)
* Person Specification (PDF, 152.4KB)
* Functional Aspects (PDF, 136.4KB)
* L&D Hospital site map (PDF, 96.8KB)
* Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
* Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
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