Clinical Psychologist,Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist Job Preston area,England UK,Healthcare

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties to include but not be limited to:

To provide a specialist adult psychology service across the full range of physical health psychology pathways within the Clinical Health Psychology Service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
To rotate pathways and provide care where greatest need is according to our bi-annual capacity and demand calculations.
To deliver highly specialist psychological assessment, intervention, advice and consultation for patients, other health professionals and carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and frameworks governing each clinical area.
To deliver this work across both inpatient and outpatient pathways, and any other setting in which the service is appropriately provided.
To contribute to the provision of integrated multidisciplinary care (joint appointments and MDT assessment clinics) across the inpatient and outpatient pathways for patients referred to us by our MDT colleagues.
To train and support MDT colleagues (and other health professionals) in psychologically informed care (education, consultation and clinical supervision)
To form positive relationships and work in collaboration with the clinical health psychology team, MDT colleagues and key stakeholders.
To actively engage in own professional, leadership and operational development, including reflective practice.
To routinely undertake research, audit and service evaluation projects including reports of clinical activity and effectiveness.
To contribute to the ongoing development of the care pathways and team.
To contribute to the patient experience and governance tasks we set as we transform care.
To work flexibly across CHPs pathways as required and directed by the Head of Service.

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Person specification Qualifications & Education Essential criteria

Undergraduate BSc degree in psychology which has BPS G /GBC status
Doctoral level training and qualification in clinical psychology or counselling psychology, as accredited by the BPS and HCPC or Postgraduate Diploma in CBT (High Intensity CBT Practitioner training) as accredited by BABCP.
Proficiency in using two or more distinct psychological therapies.
Extensive knowledge of developmental psychology, health psychology and neuropsychology
Proficiency in administering, scoring and interpreting clinical psychometrics
Strong commitment to CPD
Registered with the Health and Professions Council and/or Registered with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

Desirable criteria

Post qualification training in clinical supervision
Qualifications in research methodology
Qualifications in staff training or education
Qualifications in health psychology
Completed training in EMDR, CFT and/or ACT

Knowledge & Experience Essential criteria

Knowledge of current psychological theory and practice as applied to physical health conditions.
Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
Experience of working in physical health settings
Experience of psychological assessment and intervention with people who have acute and/or long term physical health problems.
Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams and of creating positive changes in practice within MDTs.
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical 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 working with complex risk
Experience of supporting patients who may have encountered barriers in access to care (e.g. people with learning disabilities, neurodegenerative conditions or protected characteristics)

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in mental health settings
Experience of providing clinical supervision to other health care professionals / psychological practitioners
Experience of teaching and training
Experience of service evaluation
Knowledge of operational KPIs
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with individuals with physical health problems, and neuropsychology interventions for individuals with neurological and non-organic neurological conditions.
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Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist