Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists or equivalent experience.
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in a specialised area of psychological therapy.
• Management or organisational training
• Accreditation as a therapist with BABCP, SfDBT, ACAT or similar body.

Experience

Essential

• In depth experience of working as a principal clinical psychologist.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multi-professional care plan.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• Experience of working as a psychologist within a physical health context.
• Experience of supervising qualified psychologists and working with management to develop services.

Desirable

• Experience of working within the allocated medical service or setting.
• Experience of working within an acute physical health setting.
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
• Experience of assessing and treating patients across the full range of care settings.
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of managing staff.
• Experience of providing neuropsychological assessment

Additional Criteria

Essential

• 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 communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• For posts working in medical services, knowledge of the theory and practice of working with the psychological implications of physical health problems. For all services, knowledge of a trauma-informed approach to care.
• Skills in psychological therapies used to work with physical health and trauma such as CBT, ACT, EMDR, mindfulness approaches, Systemic therapies.
• Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
• Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress both directly with patients and indirectly via supervision of other staff.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Ability to constructively manage situations and people at times of conflict.
• Ability to work collaboratively with senior managers and staff in service delivery and developments.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical psychology.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and service..
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
• Ability to organise own workload effectively, prioritising a complex range of tasks and responsibilities to meet agreed deadlines
• Highly motivated to provide a high-quality service and to work with other team members to constantly strive for improving service user experience.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Knowledge and skills in therapies working with the allocated medical area.
• Skills in the delivery, scoring and interpretation of neuropsychological assessments.
• .

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists or equivalent experience.
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in a specialised area of psychological therapy.
• Management or organisational training
• Accreditation as a therapist with BABCP, SfDBT, ACAT or similar body.

Experience

Essential

• In depth experience of working as a principal clinical psychologist.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multi-professional care plan.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• Experience of working as a psychologist within a physical health context.
• Experience of supervising qualified psychologists and working with management to develop services.

Desirable

• Experience of working within the allocated medical service or setting.
• Experience of working within an acute physical health setting.
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
• Experience of assessing and treating patients across the full range of care settings.
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of managing staff.
• Experience of providing neuropsychological assessment

Additional Criteria

Essential

• 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 communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• For posts working in medical services, knowledge of the theory and practice of working with the psychological implications of physical health problems. For all services, knowledge of a trauma-informed approach to care.
• Skills in psychological therapies used to work with physical health and trauma such as CBT, ACT, EMDR, mindfulness approaches, Systemic therapies.
• Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
• Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress both directly with patients and indirectly via supervision of other staff.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Ability to constructively manage situations and people at times of conflict.
• Ability to work collaboratively with senior managers and staff in service delivery and developments.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical psychology.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and service..
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
• Ability to organise own workload effectively, prioritising a complex range of tasks and responsibilities to meet agreed deadlines
• Highly motivated to provide a high-quality service and to work with other team members to constantly strive for improving service user experience.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Knowledge and skills in therapies working with the allocated medical area.
• Skills in the delivery, scoring and interpretation of neuropsychological assessments.
• .

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southampton General Hospital

Teremona Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 6YD

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)