Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychology
- Grade
- 8A
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Some set days required)
- Job ref
- 153-SP03350
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole Hospital
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 pa/pr
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
8A
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Clinical Psychologist to join the Children’s Psychology team at Poole Hospital. Our small psychology team work closely with our paediatric consultants, nurses and other allied health professionals to support both outpatients and admissions. The successful candidate will be an integral member of the diabetes and oncology teams to help assess and support the emotional well-being of the children and their families. The oncology team work closely with Southampton and the post-holder will screen, assess and support children both on and post treatment. Within diabetes the successful applicant will contribute to annual review clinics, screen newly diagnosed families & support children with mental health and diabetes related issues.
A key aspect of the role is the provision of supervision, teaching and consultation. The post-holder will attend weekly MDT psychosocial meetings. Service evaluation and audit will also be an important and valued element of the role.
Clinical and professional supervision will be provided by the Lead Clinical Psychologist or an external supervisor as appropriate. This opportunity is suited to someone who is creative and innovative and can demonstrate excellent clinical, communication skills whilst demonstrating compassion and flexibility within this busy service.
Base Location: Poole Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To provide psychological assessment and intervention to young people and families in the paediatric oncology and diabetes service. To screen emotional health and provide targeted support. To provide highly specialist consultation, supervision and training to other professionals and colleagues.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, accredited by the BPS
Desirable criteria
- CPD in field of child health, chronic illness, therapies including ACT or systemic
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of client groups and care settings, including outpatient and inpatient care.
- Further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical psychologist over a minimum of 12 months, or an alternative agreed by the Paediatric Psychology Lead
- Experience of working in paediatrics and/or physical health, families of children with chronic conditions
- Experience of offering staff supervision/support Experience of teaching, training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in diabetes and oncology
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly complex and distressing problems.
- Ability to work well within a MDT, taking a lead role when necessary
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Liz Hickson
- Job title
- Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 3008
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