Clinical Psychologist

Job Description

To provide a specialised clinical psychology service to patient of the NHS GG&C Cardiac Service; providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.The post holder will be primarily based at Royal Alexandra Hospital which is a District general hospital situated in Paisley. The Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinical Psychology Service provides an area wide service to NHS GG&C and as such the postholder will be required to provide clinical psychology input across the service area and at different bases as required.To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.To provide clinical and professional supervision to trainees undertaking Doctoral training.To undertake service development within own area of practice.Minimum Requirements (qualifications and experience):Demonstrates advanced theoretical and practical knowledge as a clinical psychologist which requires to be obtained through:-Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS or HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.Further post-doctoral training, research and study across a range of areas, including advanced clinical skills.It is a requirement of these posts to provide clinical placements and supervision to Trainee Clinical Psychologists undertaking a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. To enable the post-holder to do so they must be eligible for the relevant training which meets University accreditation criteria.Eligibility for this requires post-doctoral clinical experience and registration with the HCPC as a clinical psychologist.Significant supervised clinical psychology practice experience in NHS or equivalent by a suitably qualified Clinical Psychologist.Requires experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including inpatient and outpatient settings. This includes skill in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as an independent practitioner and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.Skills as a Senior Clinician to undertake clinical leadership roles and tasks within multidisciplinary and multi-agency contexts.A high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Informal Contact: Esther Murray onor Esther.Murray @ggc.scot.nhs.uk Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Pack. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.EU Settlement SchemeEU, EEA or Swiss nationals are strongly encouraged to join the EU Settlement Scheme prior to 30th June 2021. As part of the recruitment process, you will be required to produce proof of your EU Settlement status from 1st July 2021 to demonstrate your Right to Work in the United Kingdom.Existing employees may be asked to provide evidence of their EU Settlement Status from 1st July 2021. Further information: -status-eu-citizens-families