Job Title: Staff Wellbeing Clinical Psychologist
Trust: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Location: QMC, City and Community
Ward: Maternity Services
Pay Rates: £ 30.16
Shift Patterns: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Why might this job interest you?
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust are currently looking for a determined and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join their Maternity Services at QMC, City and Community If you are looking to expand your NHS experience and develop your skillset within a supportive team - then we would like to hear from you!
Within this role, you will beproviding specialist psychological assessments to make complex diagnoses. You will conduct interventions with clients and then formulate and implement psychological treatment plans. As well as this, you will offer consultation and specialist psychological input to the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to contribute to client's formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
The post holder will be based at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham but may sometimes be assigned duties at the City Hospital Campus, Nottingham or elsewhere.
What you can add:
- To work as a Clinical Psychologist within professional and Trust guidelines, policies and procedures.
- To be responsive to staff needs using high levels of expertise to support teams following traumatic events when individuals or teams may be highly distressed.
- To plan and prioritise caseload and coordinate complex clinical activities.
- To work effectively with clients from a diverse range of cultural/ethnic backgrounds, understanding and respecting the impact of difference and diversity upon their lives and difficulties.
- To provide highly specialised expert opinion, consultation and supervision to clinical staff working at NUH.
- To provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management
- To provide assessment and intervention that is focussed, targeted, and session-limited in order to achieve optimal benefit given limited resources.
- To demonstrate flexibility, confidence, and initiative in working successfully in an acute hospital environment including managing basic challenges such as negotiating travel arrangements to and from the workplace, securing an appropriate clinical base in which therapeutic activity can be delivered and liaising with disparate services and specialism
- In common with all qualified Clinical Psychologists, the post holder will be able to access clinical supervision in accordance with national good practice guideline.
- Providing Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
What you'll need:
- Degree in Psychology & Post-Graduate Doctorate
- HCPC Registration
- Experience of working as a qualified specialist clinical psychologist for a minimum of one year
- Relevant specialist training in the skills required for the specialty area
The benefits we can offer you in return:
- Putting People in Places to Care - be part of the NHSP community, by joining the bank and caring for patients with a team of people from all walks of life.
- Weekly pay to give you access to your wages more quickly.
- Blue Light Card - NHS Discount Provider
- First choice of shifts/placements at the Trust of your choice over agencies.
- Our team is always happy to help - access our support line any time.
- Working options to suit your lifestyle?- being on the bank gives you the flexibility to work the shifts you want or choose fixed term placements.
- Training and development opportunities via the Trust and NHSP's own academy.
- Explore different wards, keep your skills up to date whilst gaining vital experience.
- Being part of the NHSP Community means you'll get access to member activities such as member of the month, member appreciation week, key date giveaways, webinar series and much more.
Who are NHS Professionals?
NHS Professionals is a flexible staff bank, owned by the Department of Health, our purpose is to provide you with the autonomy to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community. Offering you flexible work or alternatively fixed term placements.
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