Job Description

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical, counselling, or health 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.
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• (Candidates for posts who i) possess a qualification in clinical/counselling/health psychology obtained overseas, that does not fully meet UK training requirements; ii) are seeking lateral transfer from another branch of applied psychology; or iii) hold a research degree in a clinical subject, must provide evidence that they have obtained a Statement of Equivalence in awarded by the BPS Committee for The Scrutiny Of Individual Clinical Qualifications, further to the satisfactory completion of such Additional Training As Is Required By The CSICQ.

Desirable

• Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training, health psychology, and/or other fields of applied psychology that may be relevant in a clinical health psychology setting.
• Pre- or post-qualification training or additional qualifications in an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or other psychological therapy including CFT, ACT, DBT, MBT, brief psychodynamic interventions, systemic therapy, CAT, EMDR.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling/health psychologist, including demonstrable experience within people affected by physical illness.
• Experience of psychological assessment 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, and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient, and residential care settings 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 clients' psychological care and treatment.
• Experience of teaching, training, and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• An understanding of the specific needs and difficulties of people affected by the condition or clinical issue for whom the psychology service for this post works with.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical/counselling/health psychology.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Desirable

• Experience of working in acute physical health settings.
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care (particularly physical health settings).
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of working with people affected by physical illness.
• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
• Awareness of legislation and policy in relation to the clinical specialty and mental health.
• Experience of short-term care provision, e.g., brief assessments, short inpatient stays.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information, visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information, please see NHS Careers website.

For Help With Your Application, Contact

Bill Morgan

william.morgan@uhb.nhs.uk

01214242987

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57528.00 to £64750.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

304-1102883

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS

Attachments

Job Description

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