Highly Specialist Clinical Health Psychologist
| Posting date: | 24 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £50,952.00 to £57,349.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £50952.00 - £57349.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 July 2024 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL6 8DH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9216-24-1169 |
Summary
The post-holder carries responsibility for own work and interventions and for the interpretation of agreed guidelines and policies acting as an autonomous independent practitioner in relation to: 1. To provide a highly specialised Psychology service to Medical patients from medical or surgical specialities within the Trust. The post holder will have particular responsibility for the Breast Service (15 hours), Renal Service (7.5 hours), Mustard Tree Oncology service (7.5 hours) and General Clinical Health Psychology in-patient and out-patient (7.5 hours) 2. To devise and provide individualised assessment and treatment of inpatients and outpatients with multi-faceted problems. 3. To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on psychological problems, needs and care of Medical patients. 4. To provide specialist support and supervision to staff employed in the Medical teams that we work with 5. To meet the health needs, participate in, advise, and make proposals regarding service development within Clinical Health Psychology especially with regard to Hospital patients 6. To apply Research and Development skills to: perform audit within the service; audit own clinical practice; and the supervision of undergraduate students, graduate assistants and doctoral trainees 7. To supervise clinical work of newly qualified staff, trainees and graduate psychology assistants directly in order to administer psychological therapy and ensuring systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision these staff