Clinical Psychologist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 23 Ionawr 2026 |
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| Cyflog: | £55,690.00 i £62,682.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 03 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Bolton, BL3 6RN |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9241-26-0012 |
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CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. To provide specialist psychological assessments of Cardiac patients in the agreed locality based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, multidisciplinary case conferences, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the patient's care. 2. When appropriate to provide neuropsychological assessments which will require the skilled manipulation of testing materials in order to provide measures of patient's cognitive functioning and inform decisions regarding their future treatment. 3. To undertake assessments and therapeutic work that is emotionally demanding, including difficulties such as anxiety, depression, trauma, quality of life, disfigurement, disease progression and concerns about end of life. 4. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patient's mental and physical health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patient's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. 5. To contribute specialist knowledge of psychological approaches to the management of physical health conditions within the HF team and Diabetes Service . 6. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers and families, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. 7. To contribute to the HF rehabilitation education programme. 8. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. 9. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of patients whose problems are managed by psychologically based care plans. Where appropriate, to co-ordinate care for patients involving arranging activities, directing input, and meetings with other professionals and agencies. 10. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patient's formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan. In particular, to offer specialised advice regarding the psychological management and treatment of individuals with cardiac conditions and Diabetes. 11. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all patients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the patient group. 12. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. 13. To communicate, both verbally and in writing, in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of patients and to monitor progress during the course of both uni and multidisciplinary care. 14. To make decisions about formulation, treatment and management regarding patients and the service in general where there may be disagreement amongst stakeholders, tension over appropriate action and where different service elements have differing priorities and/or philosophies in relation to issue in question. 15. To contribute to the work of the multi-disciplinary, multi-agency teams and participate in appropriate meetings, e.g. team meetings and case discussions, when possible. This will include participating in the young persons diabetes MDT clinic. 16. To provide assessment and therapy to patients on the general health waiting list. These specialities can include cancer, palliative, gastroenterology and Dermatology.