Job overview
This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. Sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds, and any role-specific criteria.
University Hospitals Sussex is a regional teaching hospital across several sites following recent merger of 2 large trusts.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our neuropsychology team providing specialist clinical psychology input to patients with neurological conditions within our specialist regional neurosciences centre.
As part of the department you will joining a vibrant, highly experienced and supportive team. You will have opportunities to grow your skills and be supported in further training needs. You will also have access to a wider Sussex based peer support network.
Main duties of the job
• To provide a specialist clinical neuropsychology outpatient service to patients within University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust regional neurosciences services.
• To provide assessment, intervention and rehabilitation to adults presenting with stroke, acquired brain injury and neurological conditions, as needed.
• To offer advice and consultation on psychological and neuropsychological care to members of the interdisciplinary team other relevant healthcare professionals, carers, and significant others.
• To work autonomously within professional practice guidelines.
• To identify and implement audit and research projects.
• Involvement in the training, continuing professional development and supervision of qualified staff, trainee clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists and other healthcare professionals.
Working for our organisation
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Candidate information pack - University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Communication
·Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of service users under the care of the service.
·Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner with member of the team and other professionals.
·To use electronic methods of communication for the efficient transfer of information within the service, complying with Trust and national guidelines on the confidentiality of information.
·To develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Service delivery and improvement
·Work as a specialist clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible clinical neuropsychology service, taking responsibility for implementing developments as agreed.
·Contribute as required to the planning and development of operational policies and delivery of services through agreed-to project work.
·Identify and implement audit and research projects within the area served by the team.
·Participate fully in supporting the activities of the psychology profession within the trust, including attending relevant meetings.
·Support the professional development and knowledge of members of the interdisciplinary team through formal teaching, training and other appropriate learning activities related to neuropsychology.
·Contribute towards meeting the targets required to achieve University Hospitals Sussex objectives regarding clinical governance.
·Where appropriate, to provide teaching support to students of relevant clinical psychology courses.
·Where appropriate, to participate in the training and/or clinical supervision of other clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists and assistant psychologists, ensuring that the individual acquires the necessary skills, competencies and experience to provide an appropriate level of neuropsychological care.
·Where appropriate, to participate in the provision of clinical placements and supervision for trainee clinical psychologists, ensuring that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to good neuropsychological care through the assessment and evaluation of such competencies.
·Where appropriate, to contribute to the specialist training of other healthcare professionals on issues of relevance.
·Where appropriate, to teach, advise and consult with carers and community groups.
·Where appropriate, to provide specialist consultation to non-statutory organisations involved in the care of service users.
People management and development
·Where appropriate, manage the workload and take professional responsibility for psychology trainees and/or assistant psychologists within the team.
·Where appropriate, participate in the recruitment of other clinical psychologists and assistant psychologists.
·To work within the Code of Ethics and the relevant professional practice guidelines of the British Psychological Society, Health & Care Professions Council and the professional guidance framework of the Trust.
·To exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of your own practice.
Patient care delivery
·Provide specialist psychological assessment of adults with stroke or neurological conditions using appropriate methodology and to integrate this information into a psychological formulation.
·Formulate and deliver specialist psychological treatment and rehabilitation.
·Consult with and provide specialist guidance to significant others including carers and families of service users.
·Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and provide a specialist psychological perspective in the interdisciplinary formulation of appropriate treatment plans. To be involved in or oversee the implementation of these plans in collaboration with other staff.
· Undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for service users and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to other professionals involved in their care.
·Take professional responsibility and exercise autonomous judgement regarding clinical professional practice.
·Manage own workload appropriately and autonomously and meet deadlines within the framework of the service policies and procedures.
·Make available and enter, where appropriate, information required for the service databases including activity measures and patient data considering issues of confidentiality and consent.
·Use computer literacy skills to obtain clinical and service information electronically.
·Contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest standards of professional practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with professional and service managers.
·Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the Health Professions Council, British Psychological Society and NHS Trust policies and procedures.
·To participate fully in supporting the activities of the psychology profession within the Trust, including attending relevant meetings.
·To undertake any other duties at the request of the service managers which are commensurate with the role, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover.
Learning and development
·Attend mandatory training updates as required.
·Undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with the line manager as part of the personal development process.
·Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales.
·Identify own learning needs and jointly plan training requirements with your line manager
·Participate in the Trust’s appraisal process to discuss how your role will help deliver the best possible care to our patients and help to deliver any changes in service.
·Participate in regular clinical and management supervision and appraisals and to maintain an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines.
·Keep up to date with the CPD and continued registration requirements of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Person specification
registration
Essential criteria
1. DClinPsych
2. HCPC registration
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Essential criteria
3. Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
4. Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
Important information for applicants:
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