Principal Psychologist | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Posting date: | 15 July 2024 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £58,972 - £68,525 pa pro rata |
Hours: | Part time |
Closing date: | 14 August 2024 |
Location: | Bristol, BS2 8BJ |
Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | 6477526/387-WC-7064-SL |
Summary
The role is for an effective, compassionate and innovative Principal Psychologist with expertise in serving patients who have experienced childhood trauma. Shaping and leading delivery, evaluation, teaching, and supporting others within a multiprofessional service delivering holistic paediatric care in a paediatric health context. The NHS Children and Young People Gender Service (South West) includes clinical services, research and quality improvement, training and consultation. Clinicians also work with other paediatric or staff support services.
• To contribute to development, coordination, clinical care and leadership, to ensure the systematic provision of a psychology service to the NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service (South West) and personally provide highly specialist clinical input (direct and indirect) with regard to CYP and their families who have experienced trauma, and its management within NHS partnership providers.
• To provide training, clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in the sub area of the CYP Gender Service and the wider Psychological Health Service
• To undertake joint working, consultation, training and service development activities, with the other MDT clinicians and in partnership with health and social care organsiations..
• To undertake, coordinate and supervise psychological research, service evaluation and audit activity both uni-professionally and in collaboration with other professional groups within the programme, covered by this post.
• To provide day-to-day management and professional supervision of staff employed within Psychological Health Services.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Jul 2024
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