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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Clinical Psychologist to join our Paediatric Clinical Psychology team.

This varied post will involve working within our MDT supporting children with Cystic Fibrosis (1 day a week) as well as working with children and young people with a wide range of long term conditions who have emotional and psychological difficulties. We welcome applications from newly qualified clinicians and current band 7’s with a strong interest in working with this client group who are looking to progress to an 8a role. 

If we receive sufficient amount applications, this post may close before the stated closing date.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist who can offer psychological assessment, formulation and therapeutic intervention with children whose long term medical condition is impacting on their well-being.

The role will involve working with individuals as well as families, and external agencies such as schools, mental health services and social care. Part of the role will involve supporting the development and facilitation of parent and child workshops at both Colchester and Ipswich Hospital as well as consultation to other healthcare professionals.

The successful candidate will join a small Paediatric Clinical Psychology team which offers good opportunities for professional support and development. We regularly have trainees on placement with us from local ClinPsyD programmes and an Assistant Psychologist, with supervision of these team members forming part of the role. We are always looking at how we can improve services and clinical outcomes for our patients with long term medical conditions. We are keen for all members of the Clinical Psychology team to contribute to service development, innovation and improvement.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. 

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. 

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. 

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. 

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. 

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Post graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology or other BPS accredited training in Clinical Psychology conferring eligibility for Chartered Clinical Psychologist status, Or equivalent which gives Practitioner Psychologist Status with the HCPC Accreditation with Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Desirable criteria

Training/ qualifications in specific therapeutic models applicable to Health Clinical Psychology ( Mindfulness, ACT, Motivational Interviewing)

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of hospital care settings, including outpatient and inpatient and on occasion, in the patients home. Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different contexts. Good understanding of other professionals theoretical perspectives of the patient group.

Desirable criteria

Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. Experience of working with families. Experience of working with children and young people in a paediatric medical setting.

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