Professional Lead Psychologist (Liaison Clinical Health Psychology)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 30 Hydref 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £64,455.00 i £74,896.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £64455.00 - £74896.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 30 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Exeter, EX2 5AF |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9369-25-0869 |
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Please see uploaded Job Description for full details. This is a key leadership role focused on developing the psychology offering within Liaison Psychiatry. The post-holder will have three key areas of focus. - To provide direct clinical interventions to patients, including psychological assessment and therapy; - To support the wider Liaison Psychiatry team to develop and maintain psychologically-informed practice. This could include a range of activities, including joint formulation, reflective practice, case-specific consultation and the development and delivery of training programmes; - To be part of the Liaison Psychiatry leadership team, working to enhance the service via the development of new clinical pathways, ensuring adherence to best practice and maintenance of high clinical standards. Key relationships for this post include the leadership team for liaison psychiatry, stakeholders in the acute hospitals and psychology colleagues in DPT health psychology. The post-holder will have supervisory responsibility of the band 8a Psychologists working in Liaison Psychiatry within RDUH hospitals in Exeter and Barnstaple. The post has the following key areas of responsibility - To deliver an appropriate range of psychological interventions to patients under the care of liaison psychiatry, including psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions. To be one of a team of Professional Leads with responsibility for coordinating the smooth running of the local liaison psychology services linked to the RDUH Hospital in Exeter and Barnstaple. To continue the development of the psychology service within liaison, including defining the service remit, designing and evaluating new service developments and monitoring the effectiveness of the service via appropriate outcome measures. To work collaboratively with psychology colleagues in health psychology and neuropsychology within DPT to ensure appropriate care planning for clients experiencing physical and mental health difficulties. This may include attendance at MDT meetings and consultation. To provide supervisory support and managerial oversight to the 8a clinical psychologists working within liaison services across the RDUH in Exeter and Barnstaple. To support the professional and managerial leads in Liaison Psychiatry services by undertaking service development and (re)design projects and coordinating the resulting work within the Liaison Psychiatry team. Provide input and support to the liaison team including via consultation, joint formulation and MDT discussion. Work to develop a psychologically-informed liaison psychiatry workforce by leading the planning and delivery of a range of activities that build capacity for psychological interventions across the service, including reflective practice, supervision and training. Work to embed practice-based evidence and evidence-based practice across the service area. This will include using data from service outcome measures to support key performance indicators and to demonstrate the impact of the service, as well as working with people using the service to ensure their involvement in service design and evaluation. All staff within the Liaison teams will be responsible for ensuring involvement and experience, social inclusion and race equality agendas inform and support their work. Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures.