Highly Specialist Clinical Health Psychologist (Physical Health)

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a psychologist to help develop and provide a highly specialist and high-quality Clinical Psychology service for adults and paediatric burns patients of the Burns Facility in University Hospital Plymouth. .

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Main duties of the job

To provide a highly specialist and high-quality Clinical Psychology service for adults and paediatric burns patients of the Burns Facility in University Hospital Plymouth. To be responsible for the assessment and provision of psychological therapy, advice or consultation to patients and professionals within the Trust.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and to function as a highly specialist resource to the Trust. To provide teaching and training where required, supervision to other professionals and to support the development of increased psychological provision within the hospital.

To provide a highly specialist psychological service to patients who have suffered burns injuries including those repatriated from regional Burns Units.

In addition, to provide consultation and supervision to a wide range of staff, as required, including supervision of therapeutic work to Counsellors and Psychologists in training. You will work autonomously and support the development of initiatives that support increased psychological provision.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• ·       The post-holder carries responsibility for own work and interventions and for the interpretation of agreed guidelines and policies acting as an autonomous independent practitioner in relation to: ·       To provide a highly specialised Psychology service to burns patients within the Trust. ·       To devise and provide individualised assessment and treatment of inpatients and outpatients with multi-faceted problems. ·       To provide specialist advice and consultation on psychological problems, needs and care of burns patients. ·       To provide specialist support and supervision to staff involved in the care of burns patients. ·       To meet the health needs, participate in, advise, and make proposals regarding service development within Clinical Health Psychology especially about Hospital patients. ·       To apply Research and Development skills to perform audit within the service; audit own clinical practice; and the supervision of undergraduate students, graduate assistants, and doctoral trainees. ·       To supervise clinical work of newly qualified staff, trainees, and graduate psychology assistants directly to administer psychological therapy and ensuring systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision these staff.

For further details please see attached JD&PS.