Bank level 7 Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Detailed job description and main 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 child's 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 criteria

• 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 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/knowledge

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.

Other job requirements

Essential criteria

• 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.

UK Home Office Visa Sponsorship requirements

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