Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 20 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £59,490.00 i £66,239.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £59490.00 - £66239.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 04 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Plaistow, London, E13 8SL |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9363-25-0627 |
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Be responsible for choosing and providing appropriate highlyspecialist psychological assessments in both acute ward and A&E settings, when care is managed under the Psych Liaison team and associated teams in the Crisis Care Pathway.Employ a broad theoretical knowledge base to analyse, interpret and compare complex information in order to develop a highly specialist understanding and to design specialised intervention programmes tailored to individual need, including psychological andneuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and assessments with patientsand others involved in their care. This can include the interpretation and explanation of the results of cognitive and neuropsychological tests in the context of the service userdifficulties and the communication of these findings to those involved in the network of care and in care planning.Be responsible for direct delivery of a broad range of specialistpsychological interventions and programmes which require themodification of plans and strategies as practice and experiencedemands.Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking intoaccount both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical, development and cultural processes and systems which have shaped the individual, family or group.Undertake highly specialist risk assessments from a psychological perspective and provide psychologically based programmes of risk management for individual clients, and to provide advice to otherprofessions on psychological aspects of risk assessment andmanagement.In completing clinical duties, exercises autonomous professionalresponsibility for the psychological assessment, treatment, anddischarge from psychological care, of referred clients and otherclients whose problems are managed by psychologically based care plans.Be responsible for providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive, distressing and emotional information in relation to mental healthissues, where there are often barriers to acceptance.Spend sustained amounts of time with service users who may beaggressive and hostile, who may have poor communication skills and self care and special physical and/or mental health needs.Communicate across language and cultural barriers, includingworking with interpreters.Be responsible for recording, monitoring and reporting on clinicalwork and communicating complex clinical information to a variety of recipients, e.g. service users, families and carers, otherprofessionals, MAPPA and other formal panels and statutory andvoluntary organisations, orally, in writing and/or electronically, and as specified by the service.Engage in interface/liaison work to ensure joined up care pathways across settings. Take the lead for a specified area forinterface/liaison work as required. Take into account the particular needs of people from minorityethnic groups, and adapt assessment, formulation and interventionas appropriate.