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Clinical Psychologist
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Job Description
About the Role
To provide a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service for people with complex mental health problems across the Service.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the governance of psychological practice within the Service.
To supervise and support the psychological assessment and intervention provided by other psychologists (newly qualified and trainees) and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
Where required, to contribute specialist psychological skills and advice with regards to the design and implementation of strategic planning, organisational and service developments, staff training and support initiatives within the Service, NSFT and to other professional organisations.
To undertake specialised clinical work within the Service and with external agencies, which will include assessment, direct and indirect intervention, supervision, training and consultancy.
To provide specialist knowledge and consultation to staff at all levels and contribute to their development.
To utilise research and training skills and knowledge for audit, policy and service development, research activity and other programmes within the Service.
Be responsible for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on admission, discharge and at review if applicable.
Clinical Responsibilities
- To provide specialist clinical psychology assessment of individuals, carers and families referred to the Service, using and interpreting complex psychological data from a variety of sources, e.g. neuropsychological and psychometric assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews, offence analysis.
- To make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about treatment options taking into account theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of people whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans under the care of this post holder.
- To ensure appropriate assessment, formulation and interventions, communicating with the referral agent and others involved with the care on a regular basis.
- To provide specialist clinical psychology expertise, knowledge, advice, guidance and consultation to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the Service clinical team.
- To undertake risk assessment and management for individual service users and to provide specialist clinical psychology advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
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About Us
At Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, inclusion is at the heart of how we work. We are committed to creating a fair, transparent and accessible recruitment process where every candidate has the opportunity to succeed.
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We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds, particularly those currently underrepresented in our workforce, including those from the global majority. We recognise that not everyone has equal access to opportunities and are working to address this.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and ensuring all candidates receive a positive and equitable experience.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Tracey Liddell
- Job title: Community Team Manager
- Email address: tracey.liddell@nsft.nhs.uk
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