Paediatric Practitioner Psychologist in Specialties Stream

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Other

  Ability to work autonomously in situations requiring careful clinical judgement.

• Other

  Commitment to reflective and ethical practice.

• Other

  Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to families, carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and/or severely challenging behaviours.

• Other

  Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.

• Other

  Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.

• Other

  Ability to work creatively, cooperatively, reliably and consistently independently and in multidisciplinary settings.

• Other

  Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

• Skills

  Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.

• Skills

  Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.

• Skills

  Ability to provide supervision and support to non-qualified psychology staff.

• Skills

  Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

• Knowledge

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

• Knowledge

  Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for children with chronic physical health conditions and the impact of their treatment on quality of life.

• Experience

  Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention with children, young people and families.

• Experience

  Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team, preferably in a paediatric or health setting, and representing psychology.

• Experience

  Experience of conducting and managing risk assessments and implementing appropriate risk management plans in the context of psychological and/or emotional difficulties.

• Experience

  Experience of working with other agencies, e.g. social care.

• Experience

  Experience in delivering psychological therapies that are culturally sensitive, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of children, young people, and families from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

• Experience

  Experience of teaching or training others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

• Experience

  Experience of providing cognitive assessments.

• Experience

  Experience of working with people with medical/chronic physical health conditions across a range of severity and presentations.

• Qualifications

  Doctoral level training in clinical 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 and HCPC.

• Qualifications

  Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist.