Job description

Job responsibilities

• Undertake specialist psychological and neuropsychological assessments using appropriate clinical tools, observations, interviews and psychometric measures.

• Develop complex psychological formulations and individualised treatment or management plans.

• Deliver and evaluate evidence-based psychological interventions for children, families, carers and groups.

• Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for assessment, treatment planning, progress monitoring and discharge.

• Provide specialist advice, consultation and guidance to multidisciplinary colleagues and partner agencies.

• Contribute to psychologically informed care planning, formulation and treatment across the childs wider support network.

• Undertake psychological risk assessments and contribute to effective risk-management planning.

• Act as care co-ordinator where appropriate, initiating and reviewing care plans with children, carers and relevant professionals.

• Communicate complex and sensitive clinical information clearly and compassionately.

• Work effectively with children who have developmental, neurodevelopmental, learning or communication needs.

• Contribute to the supervision of assistant practitioners, research psychologists and doctoral trainee clinical psychologists.

• Support the teaching and training of psychology colleagues and other professional groups.

• Participate in research, clinical audit, service evaluation and service-development projects.

• Maintain accurate clinical records, electronic information and professional reports.

• Contribute to operational policy development and the monitoring and evaluation of psychology services.

• Maintain professional development through supervision, appraisal, reflective practice and relevant CPD.

• Work in accordance with safeguarding, confidentiality, infection prevention, health and safety, equality and professional practice requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications/ training

Essential

• Post Graduate Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, / applied psychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• HCPC Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.

Skills/knowledge

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment (including psychometrics such as ADOS), intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to children, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
• Knowledge of typical and atypical child development including neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD/ASD
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. dual diagnoses, children with additional learning disabilities or difficulties etc).
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to children

Desirable

• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.

Other job requirements

Essential

• Is able and willing to move around the city.
• Must have a full driving license and access to a vehicle
• Is able to carry a variety of equipment between locations safely.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Various

Birmingham

B74BN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)