A senior consultant post in Acute Care Services at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, split between ward work and the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment team. The post-holder will shape service development across acute care and direct psychological assessment and interventions, alongside a small caseload of long-term community cases. Links to the University of Southampton clinical psychology training course bring regular trainee placements, and remote working is limited because the role is patient-facing. Fit depends on BPS-accredited doctoral training and HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
What the job involves
- Provide senior clinical psychology expertise across Acute Care Services
- Oversee and co-ordinate service development in Acute Care Services
- Direct psychological assessment and interventions in line with the current evidence base and best practice
- Hold a caseload of a couple of long-term cases from the community teams
- Work with patients on the ward and with the CRHTT team
- Work closely with the Isle of Wight acute psychology team where possible
- Attend team meetings at set times in the week
- Take trainee clinical psychologists on placement when opportunities arise
What’s required
Qualifications
- Post-graduate doctoral training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS, covering psychopathology, psychometrics, neuropsychology, two or more therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
Registration & licences
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
Experience
- Substantial post-qualification experience as a qualified clinical psychologist in the designated specialty
- Experience across a wide range of client groups, the whole life course and the full range of clinical severity and care settings
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for individuals' psychological care, including as a care co-ordinator within a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and/or clinical supervision
- Experience of professionally managing qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists and psychological therapists
- Experience of multi-professional management of teams or services in the specialty
Skills & knowledge
- Doctoral-level knowledge of clinical psychology, including lifespan development, psychopathology, psychometrics, neuropsychology and two or more therapies
- Highly developed knowledge of specialised therapies for difficult-to-treat groups and complex presentations
- Doctoral-level knowledge of research design and complex multivariate data analysis
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for clinical practice and professional management
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS and HCPC
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists, or equivalent experience
Nice to have
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Experience of representing the profession in local policy fora
- Experience of applying psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of service development and evaluation
What’s offered
- Career development and training opportunities
- Collaborative working across the Trust
- Flexible working, with requests discussed at interview
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