Band 8a - Clinical Psychologist - Bath
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £53,755.00 to £60,504.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £53755.00 - £60504.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bath, BA1 5BD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9342-25-0606 |
Summary
CLINICAL To provide a high quality and largely autonomous and systematic clinical/counselling psychology service. To undertake highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessment, risk assessment and assessment for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role). To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. To be responsible for providing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To provide at least one specialist evidence based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service. To provide highly specialist consultation to members of the various teams in the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients of those teams. To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by teams. To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust. To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Service. To maintain accurate records and to monitor clinical workload using agreed systems. To support the full implementation of CPA or equivalent including acting as care-coordinator as appropriate to the needs of the service. To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner. MANAGEMENT Delegated caseload supervision Represent the service at specialist meetings as requested The co-ordination of small scale projects as request experience of supervising of registered psychologists For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see attached job description