Principle Clinical Psychologist | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 22 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,972 - £68,525 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2024 |
| Location: | Blackburn, BB2 3HH |
| Company: | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6331440/435-D038-24-B |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Psychologist to lead the psychology service within our Critical Care Unit at Royal Blackburn Hospital.
You will be assessing and supporting the psychological needs of our critically unwell patients whilst they are on the unit and following them up post-discharge through outpatient clinics.
You will be responsible for clinically supervising and supporting the development of our junior psychology staff. You will also be part of a close multidisciplinary team, providing psychological advice and support where required.
You will be an experienced Clinical or Health Psychologist with a good understanding of the impact of critical illness on patients and the resulting difficulties, including PTSD.
You will be able to work effectively as part of our MDT on the Critical Care Unit along with Nurses, Doctors, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Dietitians.
The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the delivery of a high quality service to patients, their families and colleagues. This will be achieved by contributing to the systematic provision of specialist psychological input to patients and their families whilst on the Unit and following their discharge as required. This will be in consultation and collaboration with the Psychology Lead, Clinical Director, Service Leads, clinical colleagues and key stakeholders in the service.
The post holder is to provide consultation, supervision and joint working with colleagues within the MDT and will support the training and development needs of junior psychology staff members.
The post is 0.6WTE and the post holder must be able to cover the weekly MDT meetings, currently held on Wednesdays.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality psychological assessment and interventions. Consultation, psychological advice and formulation will be provided to colleagues within the service, patients, families and other relevant parties as required.
Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed description of main responsibilities and requirements of the post.
This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Jun 2024