Band 7-8a Practitioner Psychologist - Preceptorship

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for information on the main duties of the post.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• An undergraduate degree in psychology.
• Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable criteria

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

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

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

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Self-motivated.
• Positive, energetic, enthusiastic in outlook and able to set a good example
• Ability to manage under pressure; work to tight deadlines, evidencing excellent time management
• Able to work independently or as part of a team.

UK Home Office Visa Sponsorship requirements

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

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