Principal Clinical Psychologist-CUH-Palliative Care
| Posting date: | 16 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,972 - £68,525 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 June 2024 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6168482/310-ASMH-6168482 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
Principal Clinical Psychologist-Psychological Medicine Service-Cambridge University Hospital (CUH) Palliative Care
This is a fixed term maternity cover (0.8 WTE) Principal Clinical Psychologist post. The post holder will be a highly valued member of the Palliative Care Service, which is based in CUH. This is a specialist clinical area with well-established pathways, working collaboratively with a psychological minded multi-disciplinary team. The Clinical Psychologist will work with in-patients and out-patients and there are ample opportunities to collaborate with other Palliative Care Services, contribute to national initiatives and develop research opportunities. This is an exciting opportunity to join CUH’s dynamic Palliative Care Service and to develop your clinical and leadership skills within an acute hospital setting.
Whilst the Palliative Care Service is a CUH service, Clinical Psychologists are employed by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), to work with hospital teams. We have over 40 Practitioner Psychologists in the Psychological Medicine Service, working across the age range, and linked with a large variety of specialties. Each Psychologist has expertise within medical specialties, and are accredited in a range of therapeutic modalities, these include CBT, CAT, IPT, ACT, CFT and EMDR, so there are many opportunities to develop skills through supervised practice.
The post holder is a member of the multi-disciplinary Palliative Care Team at CUH and will provide and manage a highly specialist Psychology Service to the Department of Palliative Care patients. They will be responsible for participation in the development and implementation of strategic plans that enable service improvements and innovation, including implementation of relevant NICE guidelines and other strategic guidance.
The post holder will be expected to work across palliative care in-patient and out-patient services, providing specialist psychological assessments and therapy. The post holder will also offer advice and consultation on client’s psychological care to colleagues within the Department of Palliative Care and to other, non-professional carers, working within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Divisions’ policies and procedures.
The post holder will exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of the psychological practice within the service and provide supervision of psychological interventions provided by other staff, as appropriate.
The post holder is part of the Psychological Medicine Service and will receive supervision, professional support, and guidance within the multi-disciplinary team.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
To provide highly specialist psychological assessments based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence, and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural, and biological factors.
To assist the medical team in communicating difficult, complex, and sensitive information which is both developmentally appropriate and psychologically informed.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across hospital and community-based teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Jun 2024
Principal Clinical Psychologist-Psychological Medicine Service-Cambridge University Hospital (CUH) Palliative Care
This is a fixed term maternity cover (0.8 WTE) Principal Clinical Psychologist post. The post holder will be a highly valued member of the Palliative Care Service, which is based in CUH. This is a specialist clinical area with well-established pathways, working collaboratively with a psychological minded multi-disciplinary team. The Clinical Psychologist will work with in-patients and out-patients and there are ample opportunities to collaborate with other Palliative Care Services, contribute to national initiatives and develop research opportunities. This is an exciting opportunity to join CUH’s dynamic Palliative Care Service and to develop your clinical and leadership skills within an acute hospital setting.
Whilst the Palliative Care Service is a CUH service, Clinical Psychologists are employed by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), to work with hospital teams. We have over 40 Practitioner Psychologists in the Psychological Medicine Service, working across the age range, and linked with a large variety of specialties. Each Psychologist has expertise within medical specialties, and are accredited in a range of therapeutic modalities, these include CBT, CAT, IPT, ACT, CFT and EMDR, so there are many opportunities to develop skills through supervised practice.
The post holder is a member of the multi-disciplinary Palliative Care Team at CUH and will provide and manage a highly specialist Psychology Service to the Department of Palliative Care patients. They will be responsible for participation in the development and implementation of strategic plans that enable service improvements and innovation, including implementation of relevant NICE guidelines and other strategic guidance.
The post holder will be expected to work across palliative care in-patient and out-patient services, providing specialist psychological assessments and therapy. The post holder will also offer advice and consultation on client’s psychological care to colleagues within the Department of Palliative Care and to other, non-professional carers, working within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Divisions’ policies and procedures.
The post holder will exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of the psychological practice within the service and provide supervision of psychological interventions provided by other staff, as appropriate.
The post holder is part of the Psychological Medicine Service and will receive supervision, professional support, and guidance within the multi-disciplinary team.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
To provide highly specialist psychological assessments based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence, and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural, and biological factors.
To assist the medical team in communicating difficult, complex, and sensitive information which is both developmentally appropriate and psychologically informed.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across hospital and community-based teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Jun 2024