Principal Clinical Psychologist, Complex Presentations

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Principal Clinical Psychologist, Complex Presentations

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Job summaryWe are looking for thoughtful, compassionate and innovative highly specialist (Principal) Clinical Psychologist with expertise in health care provision for children and young people with Complex Presentations. This leader would be at the forefront of the NHS Children and Young People Gender Service (South West) within the governance structure of the service and Psychological Health Services as part of an Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to develop, deliver and evaluate specified services provided by a range of clinicians and health professionals. Provision will include clinical services, research and quality improvement including dissemination, and training and consultation to other partner services and agencies. The clinicians also work via Psychological Health Services to provide complex case input to other paediatric services.Main duties of the jobHighly Specialist clinical assessment and intervention, and leadership, to ensure the systematic provision of a psychology service to the NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service (South West)Training, clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist within the CYP Gender ServiceJoint working, consultation, training and service development activitiesResearch relating to service deliveryManagement and supervision of staffAbout usUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesFor a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.Job description
Job responsibilitiesFor a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.Person SpecificationAptitudesEssential

• Advanced communication skills. The ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information to and from staff and organisations in a culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations
• This will include the ability to provide complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner
• Ability to endure personal and professional challenge including media scrutiny

Knowledge and ExperienceEssential

• Post qualification experience of working as a specialist practitioner clinical psychologist providing direct clinical work, psychological consultation, case management
• Post qualification experience of working as a specialist practitioner clinical psychologist
• Formal teaching / presentation sessions to health and other professionals
• Demonstrable knowledge of legislation and guidance pertaining to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, consent, confidentiality and standards of psychological care within relevant NICE
• Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment relevant to CYP with complex presentations
• Experience working with health and social care teams in the context of providing supervision, reflective practice or team development work
• Experience of proposing and implementing providing transformational projects in a health care context

Desirable

• Record of publications in either peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books

Skills and AbilitiesEssential

• Ability to generate systemic and individual psychological formulations and triage/deliver brief interventions based on applying psychological theories and models to the complex information generated by the patient and systems as appropriate
• Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information to and from patients and their families in a developmentally and culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations. Including the ability to provide complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner.
• Ability to prioritise and manage available time for clinical, managerial and professional activities effectively and safely
• Able to travel as required
• Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data
• Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles
• Ability to access, record and manage information and data pertaining to the work undertaken in notes, data bases and electronic records as required

Qualifications and TrainingEssential

• Doctorate in clinical psychology/counselling psychology or equivalent
• Current registration as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council
• Training in the supervision of trainee clinical psychologists / other staff

Desirable

• Management/leadership training

Person Specification
AptitudesEssential

• Advanced communication skills. The ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information to and from staff and organisations in a culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations
• This will include the ability to provide complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner
• Ability to endure personal and professional challenge including media scrutiny

Knowledge and ExperienceEssential

• Post qualification experience of working as a specialist practitioner clinical psychologist providing direct clinical work, psychological consultation, case management
• Post qualification experience of working as a specialist practitioner clinical psychologist
• Formal teaching / presentation sessions to health and other professionals
• Demonstrable knowledge of legislation and guidance pertaining to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, consent, confidentiality and standards of psychological care within relevant NICE
• Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment relevant to CYP with complex presentations
• Experience working with health and social care teams in the context of providing supervision, reflective practice or team development work
• Experience of proposing and implementing providing transformational projects in a health care context

Desirable

• Record of publications in either peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books

Skills and AbilitiesEssential

• Ability to generate systemic and individual psychological formulations and triage/deliver brief interventions based on applying psychological theories and models to the complex information generated by the patient and systems as appropriate
• Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information to and from patients and their families in a developmentally and culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations. Including the ability to provide complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner.
• Ability to prioritise and manage available time for clinical, managerial and professional activities effectively and safely
• Able to travel as required
• Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data
• Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles
• Ability to access, record and manage information and data pertaining to the work undertaken in notes, data bases and electronic records as required

Qualifications and TrainingEssential

• Doctorate in clinical psychology/counselling psychology or equivalent
• Current registration as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council
• Training in the supervision of trainee clinical psychologists / other staff

Desirable

• Management/leadership training

Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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 .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. .
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeAdditional information
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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 .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. .
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeEmployer detailsEmployer nameUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
AddressBristol Royal Hospital for Children and other locationsUpper Maudlin StreetBristolBS2 8BJEmployer’s website

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Location

Bristol Area

Job date

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:52:43 GMT

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