Clinical Psychologist
| Posting date: | 09 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 April 2025 |
| Location: | Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6TH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9232-25-0110 |
Summary
Detailed job description and main responsibilities We are open to applications from those approaching the end of training & newly qualified Psychologists looking for a Band 7 role. NOTE: Band 7 Salary Band is £46,148-£52,809 per annum To read more information about the advertised role, & the full details of the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description & Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust in the document below or by visiting our website: https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ We would be delighted to discuss this opportunity with any interested candidates & informal visits are very welcomed. Please contact Dr Ann Kilanska (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) for further information on Ann.Kilanska@combined.nhs.uk or 07977364339. The current post holder Dr Laura Plant can also be contacted for an informal discussion on Laura.Plant@combined.nhs.uk. Person specification Qualifications ESSENTIAL CRITERIA Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical / counselling psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics & neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies & lifespan developmental psychology. HCPC registration as a clinical psychologist Experience ESSENTIAL CRITERIA Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course & a range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings. Key Duties/Responsibilities: Provides highly specialist psychological assessment of clients with highly complex conditions based on the appropriate use, interpretation & integration of data from a variety of sources. Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of client harm, abuse or neglect, including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns & taking all reasonable steps to protect the client. Responsible for identifying & reporting concerns regarding the safeguarding of children who may be at risk. Undertakes risk assessment & risk management for individual clients & provides specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment & risk management. Formulates plans for highly specialist psychological work &/or management of clients mental health conditions based upon an appropriate conceptual framework & evidence-based practice. Negotiates the implementation of such plans with clients &/or their carers. Implements the use of highly skilled psychological formulations for individual clients, carers, staff, families & groups, adjusting & refining psychological formulations as required.