Clinical Health Psychologist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving department of Psychological Medicine in a large University Hospital NHS Trust. We are seeking clinical psychologists to provide provide input to the cleft psychology service, the prosthetics team, the acute spinal cord injury service and the staff psychological support service.

Main duties of the job

As an integral part of the above named multi-disciplinary teams, the clinical psychologists will be responsible for the provision of highly specialist assessments, evidence-based psychological interventions and consultancy services for children and adults with limb loss (or at risk of limb loss/amputation), cleft lip and/or palate and acute spinal cord injury. They will also provide input to staff working in OUH and experiencing work-related psychological difficulties.

The post holder will provide teaching and training alongside research and evaluation relevant to the above conditions.

Depending on the sub-specialty, the post holder will work closely with other health professionals (e.g. surgeons, physiotherapists, dentists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, prosthetists, rehabilitation consultants and nurses) and will, at times, represent the team within the wider organisation. The post holder in staff support will work closely with psychological medicine colleagues in the team, alongside the trust well being services.

The post holder will be a valued member of the Psychological Medicine Centre which encompasses Clinical Health Psychology, Children's Psychological Medicine and Psychiatry.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To undertake highly specialist psychological assessment and communicate a clinical opinion to inform and/or develop a case formulation to guide psychological intervention/consultation. Assessment will be based on analysis interpretation and integration of highly complex information from a variety of sources including clinical interview, direct observation, questionnaire measures, neuropsychological tests (where applicable), literature review, and psychometric assessment- incorporating medical investigations if relevant. To give an opinion based on this in cases where professional opinion may differ, and in which a judgment must be made about the significance of data where data may be unreliable/missing.

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.