Clinical Psychologist / Neuropsychologist Job Torquay area,England UK,Healthcare

Communication and Working Relationships

Maintain effective communication in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, and build effective working relationships with a range of health and social care staff across all levels, both within and outside of the organisation
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to ensure that any correspondence is of a high standard
Provide excellent, professional communication when representing the service
To liaise and work collaboratively with colleagues within the department.
To be respectful and value the people you work with
To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, highly complex, sensitive or contentious condition specific information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients, where there may be barriers to acceptance and within highly emotive environments, tailoring information to meet cognitive need.
To maintain and build good working relationships with senior professional staff and managers to ensure co-ordination of work in the Clinical Health Psychology service

Analytical and judgement

To monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care
To make skilled and complex assessments, formulations and decisions about diagnosis and treatment options considering a range of options which draw on both theoretical and therapeutic models
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant individual clients and to provide both general and specialist advice for psychologists and other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management
To provide clinical consultation to other health and social care staff and foster reflective practice in teams

Planning and organisation

Under guidance from supervisor or line manager be able to plan and organise daily workload
Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills to meet an ever-changing workload
Be responsive to change and able to work in an environment which has constant interruptions
Help to plan and organise any service improvements, teaching/training, seminars, workshops under the direction of service lead

Patient care

To make highly skilled assessments, formulations and decisions about diagnosis and treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant individual clients and to provide both general and specialist advice for psychologists and other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management
To provide psychological consultation and advice to staff working with this client group within health, education and social services, both at a policy and individual client level
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients
Ensure that all work is of a high standard and meets regulatory compliance
To observe the requirements of government legislation, local and national policies and associated initiatives

Responsibility and accountability

Act with integrity and professionalism, ensuring that you are demonstrating responsible professional behaviours at all times, in accordance with our Trust values
To be accountable for own professional actions and to fully observe the BPS Code of Conduct (2021) and HCPC Standards of Conduct (2024).
To make highly skilled assessments and decisions about diagnosis and treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models
To formulate and implement plans for the psychological assessment and management of a clients health problem, employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
Psychological interventions may be for individuals, carers, families and groups
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant individual clients and to provide both general and specialist advice for psychologists and other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management
To provide psychological consultation and advice to staff working with this client group at policy and individual client level

Policy and service development

Clinical Psychologist ​/ Neuropsychologist