Clinical Psychologist

1 month ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Clinical Psychologist - Stroke & ventilation

We are looking for an enthusiastic newly qualified psychologist with a passion for working in health to join our established team working across Stroke & Ventilation services.

We would welcome applications from soon to qualify and newly qualified psychologists.

You will be part of Liverpool University Hospitals Clinical Health Psychology Service, and based at Aintree Hospital, which is a long-established, supportive and welcoming team.

Liverpool is a great place to live, with fantastic energy and humour, a vibrant cultural life and easy access to the mountains and the sea. We can also offer beautiful architecture, lots of open space, good schools and a lower than average cost of living.

Main duties of the job

To undertake assessment and therapy with patients following stroke, or experiencing complex ventilation issues, across inpatient and outpatient settings.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Direct clinical intervention through the application of a range of psychological theories and models to analyse, understand and interpret complex situations and behaviours in order to formulate solutions and treatment which is tailored to individuals needs. This requires the capacity to engage in intense concentration for prolonged periods of Although the post holder acts autonomously and is professionally accountable for their own practice, in common with all clinical psychologists, they will receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines Being referred clinical cases of a complex nature, commonly involving co- morbid psychological and physical health problems Effective communication of highly complex, contentious, delicate and often unwelcome information to patients, families and colleagues, within a highly emotive atmosphere, in a rapidly changing context. This involves working alone with patients who may be in a highly emotional or distressed state and could present with physically and verbally challenging behaviour (and assessing and managing patientswith sensory and/or cognitive impairment). This requires a high level of interpersonal and communication skills. This may require confronting rigidly held unrealistic beliefs and expectations Provide specialised advice and consultation on care, therapy, and psychological aspects of physical health to multidisciplinary teams, staff groups, patients and carers ( to non-psychologist staff only). This may involve such things as motivating patients who lack insight into their difficulties. Responsibility for managing own time, planning of patients clinics and patient/carer groups. Organising the workload of doctoral clinical psychology trainees and psychology assistants Use of neuropsychological/psychometric assessment tools requiring dexterity, speed and accuracy, where necessary. Interpretation of assessment results, requiring the use of analytical and reasoning skills. This will involve considering complex interrelated issues, such as possible effects of on-going treatment, physical health, mood and anxiety levels Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Post-graduate degree in clinical psychology; eligible for membership of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology and for BPS chartered status;

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable 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 Demonstrable 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 teaching, training and/or supervision. Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts Expertise in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration

Desirable

Previous training or experience of working within mindfulness and DBT models

Knowledge

Essential

Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology

Desirable

Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health Knowledge of IT systems including word processing, email and local electronic patient information systems

Skills

Essential

Well developed and effective communication skills, oral and written, to communicate complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings Abikity to identify and employ mechanisms of service governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour Ability to self-reflect, use clinical supervision appropriately and consider complex organisational and team dynamics

Desirable

Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups

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