Job Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. The Child Psychology Team at UHS is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join our friendly and enthusiastic team. Your main responsibility will be to provide input to the Paediatric Intensive Care (PICU) along with another Clinical Psychologist and to take the lead role in supporting children with Long Term Ventilation (LTV) who stay in PICU. This post is an exciting opportunity to provide psychological support to children and their families in a hospital where Psychology is greatly valued.
The Child Psychology team consists of 26 Clinical Psychologists, three admin staff, and trainee and assistant psychologists. We are a friendly and supportive team with good arrangements for supervision and further learning. The team draws from a range of theoretical frameworks, including systemic, ACT, CFT, CBT and EMDR.
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations. Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
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Responsibilities
* Support the delivery of psychologically informed care to the PICU and LTV service.
* Lead the psychological support for children with Long Term Ventilation who stay in PICU.
* Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care to children and families.
* Provide psychological management for children who find it difficult to comply with medical procedures or regimens.
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
* Postgraduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) accredited by the Health Professions Council.
* Experience of assessing and working with children and young people with a whole range of emotional and behavioural difficulties across outpatient, community, educational and residential settings.
* Experience of working in an acute paediatric setting and/or with children and families experiencing loss, bereavement, long‑term medical needs, severe illness or injury.
* Experience of carrying out neuropsychological assessments with children and young people.
* Familiarity with maintaining a high level of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and challenging behaviour.
* Experience of representing Psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care.
* Experience of working in a constantly changing environment.
* Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of one or more specialised psychological therapies (e.g. family therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy).
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, requiring sustained and intense concentration.
* Experience in using and interpreting a wide range of psychometric and neuropsychological tests and standardised assessment measures, and objective observation and analysis of behaviour.
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design, methodology and multivariate data analysis.
* Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to children and young people with mental health problems and complex emotional and behavioural difficulty.
* Ability to identify and employ clinical governance mechanisms for support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
* Good understanding of the meaning of clinical supervision and mentoring.
Desirable Criteria
* Further post‑doctoral training in the assessment and treatment of children and young people with acute and chronic illnesses and life‑limiting conditions, acquired through structured clinical supervision and attendance at relevant courses.
* Training in restraint (e.g. SCIP).
Employment Details
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Health Care Provider
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom
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