Macmillan Clinical Psychologist
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £58,972.00 to £68,525.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £58972.00 - £68525.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Great Yarmouth, NR31 6LA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9177-24-0174 |
Summary
The post holder will ensure and lead on the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients referred to the specified speciality (see advert), provided by the James Paget University Foundation Trust through the development, delivery and evaluation of integrated specialised clinical psychology assessment and intervention services. The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of the psychological practice within the Clinical Psychology Speciality. They will formulate and deliver complex psychological assessment and therapy to individuals within the specialist service and develop and facilitate reflective practice to the team on psychological issues. The post holder will supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by psychologists in training, other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment, as appropriate. This post has a responsibility to provide staff support to the multidisciplinary team members, as appropriate. They may hold line management responsibilities, as delegated by the Service Manager. To carry out Research & Development activities as a major job responsibility using post-doctoral research skills for complex audit, service evaluation and research. To provide vision and, in liaison with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, provide modern delivery and quality assurances of the speciality psychology services. To propose and implement policy changes and policy development within the specialist Psychology service and in consultation with the Consultant Clinical Psychology Line Manager/ Service Manager for Clinical Psychology and Divisional managers, as appropriate, and aligning with national drivers within the profession of clinical psychology. The post holder will be joining a service of adult and child clinical psychologists providing services to specialties within the Trust. The post holder will also be expected to contribute to the flexible delivery of clinical psychology services, across the Trust, in response to new developments and organisational changes. They will be expected to promote developments in Clinical Psychology service through attendance at team meetings and providing teaching and training to disseminate new developments in psychology to wider audiences in and outside the Trust, and to participate in service developments and research.