We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join our thriving Clinical Health Psychology department. The post-holder will be part of the Long-Term Conditions Faculty, covering services including diabetes, cardiology, and respiratory medicine. We work with patients to support their medical treatment and psychological wellbeing. The successful candidate will work within the diabetes and cardiology psychology teams, supporting the Lead Clinical Psychologists in these specialties.
Clinical work will include assessment, formulation and treatment of psychological difficulties including anxiety problems and low mood related to living with long-term and complex health conditions, persistent symptom management, adherence to treatment, and adjustment to diagnosis and complications. There will be opportunities to work with both inpatients and outpatients, and to provide therapy and psychoeducation groups, and consultation to health professional colleagues. There will also be opportunities to be involved with research, service development, teaching and training.
Interview Date: Thursday 13 March 2025 24 Hours/Week
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
To provide highly specialised psychological assessment, formulation and therapy to adults with psychological problems related to their diabetes, cardiology problems, and other long-term health conditions. To provide advice and consultation to colleagues from other disciplines and work closely within multidisciplinary teams. To contribute to psychoeducation and therapy groups. To be involved with research, service development and evaluation, teaching and training. To contribute to the wider department, for example, through service development and project work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be managed by the highly specialised clinical psychologist working into diabetes psychology. The successful candidate will become a member of a large and supportive department of psychological professionals, and will have supervision and opportunities for continued professional development. The department has links to the local university psychology courses. To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to the long term conditions service including inpatients and outpatients across all sectors of care providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy. Offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society. Registered with HCPC (eligible for HCPC registration at appointment).
Desirable
Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or fields of applied psychology.
Experience and knowledge
Essential
Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings. Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable
Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Skills and abilities
Essential
In addition to obtaining the necessary qualifications and experience to practice as a clinical psychologist, has additional knowledge of National Good Practice of working as a clinical psychologist in Health Services. Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Well developed skills in the ability to empathise and communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities, etc.). High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies. Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Other requirements
Essential
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings. Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour. Computer literate - competent use of email/internet.
Desirable
Experience of working within a multicultural framework. Car driver.
Employer details
Employer name
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
317 Trustwide
NE1 4LP
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Clinical work will include assessment, formulation and treatment of psychological difficulties including anxiety problems and low mood related to living with long-term and complex health conditions, persistent symptom management, adherence to treatment, and adjustment to diagnosis and complications. There will be opportunities to work with both inpatients and outpatients, and to provide therapy and psychoeducation groups, and consultation to health professional colleagues. There will also be opportunities to be involved with research, service development, teaching and training.
Interview Date: Thursday 13 March 2025 24 Hours/Week
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
To provide highly specialised psychological assessment, formulation and therapy to adults with psychological problems related to their diabetes, cardiology problems, and other long-term health conditions. To provide advice and consultation to colleagues from other disciplines and work closely within multidisciplinary teams. To contribute to psychoeducation and therapy groups. To be involved with research, service development and evaluation, teaching and training. To contribute to the wider department, for example, through service development and project work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be managed by the highly specialised clinical psychologist working into diabetes psychology. The successful candidate will become a member of a large and supportive department of psychological professionals, and will have supervision and opportunities for continued professional development. The department has links to the local university psychology courses. To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to the long term conditions service including inpatients and outpatients across all sectors of care providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy. Offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society. Registered with HCPC (eligible for HCPC registration at appointment).
Desirable
Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or fields of applied psychology.
Experience and knowledge
Essential
Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings. Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable
Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Skills and abilities
Essential
In addition to obtaining the necessary qualifications and experience to practice as a clinical psychologist, has additional knowledge of National Good Practice of working as a clinical psychologist in Health Services. Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Well developed skills in the ability to empathise and communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities, etc.). High level of knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies. Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Other requirements
Essential
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings. Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour. Computer literate - competent use of email/internet.
Desirable
Experience of working within a multicultural framework. Car driver.
Employer details
Employer name
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
317 Trustwide
NE1 4LP
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr
