ConsultantPsychiatry

Consultant Applied Psychologist

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

Doncaster

Salary

£79,504 – £91,609

Posted

2 weeks ago

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time 8c Psychological Professional. This post is suitable for an experienced psychological professional to join the Doncaster Acute Pathway Psychological Therapies team within our adult inpatients. The RDaSH values lie at the core of our work, alongside the wellbeing of staff, good working relationships and a focus on adults and their families/carers being at the heart of our care. This role is required to support the development,refinement and implementation of our clinical strategic vision for the services, which includes promoting best clinical practice, and working towards clear objectives for the service. You will provide clinical leadership with other senior clinicians and working closely with the Director and Lead of Psychological Professions and the Inpatient Matron . The role includes working alongside peers within RDaSH to ensure parity of provision for service users . You will require a post-graduate psychological practitioner qualification . You will require strategic understanding and excellent communication skills to develop effective relationships with key partners.

As an Inpatient Psychologist you will work embedded within one or two ward MDTs to support the delivery of high-quality, trauma-informed care to service users in acute distress. The role involves direct clinical work, such as assessment, formulation of complex cases, and adding to care plans to support people's smooth transition back to community care. You will also complete indirect psychological work such as facilitating complex case formulation groups for ward staff, providing consultation and training to the teams, and facilitating reflective practice groups to support staff with the impact of the work. You will supervise the clinical work of pre-qualified professionals, including Trainee Practitioner Psychologists, and Assistant Psychologists - who provide psychological skills groups and positive behavioural support plans across the wards. You will work autonomously, with support and regular supervision from the Director of Psychological Therapies The psychologists and services in our area place high value on trauma-informed care and on co-production, quality improvement (QI) and innovation, and on equitable access for people in our diverse and rural communities. We welcome applications from candidates who match these values, and especially those with insight and understanding of the diverse backgrounds and cultures of our local population across Doncaster.

Person specification

Essential

Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical as accredited by the BPS
HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
Evidence of continuing professional development
Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Trained in care co-ordination
Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings.
Exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care as a care co ordinator and leader of a multidisciplinary team.
Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.
Research and development
Project management of quality and service improvement initiatives.
Providing clinical and professional leadership to other qualified and non-qualified members of the profession.
Managing multi-agency service delivery models
Doctoral level knowledge of evidence- based practice relevant to the role
Risk assessment and risk management
Clinical governance
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health and its implications for clinical practice.
Audit and research methodology
Social Inclusion agenda
Highly developed knowledge of: The care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour.
The Trust's Quality Improvement System
Provide effective clinical leadership and demonstrate a senior level of leadership competence.
Communicate highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information effectively, to a wide range of people
Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions in mental health for patients with communication difficulties / learning disabilities.
Provide consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups
Articulate the value added by applied psychology services within the context of multidisciplinary mental healthcare provision.
Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems
Utilise psychometric tests competently
Provide effective teaching, training and clinical supervision for the multidisciplinary team.
Identify, provide and promote appropriate interventions / means of support for carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
Utilise appropriate clinical governance mechanisms within own work and ensure these are adhered to by those working in the team.
Lead on Project Management
Lead on quality and service improvement initiatives
Use approved breakaway techniques
Demonstrate effective keyboard skills
Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional, academic and public settings.

Desirable

Registration with BPS/ ACP