Clinical Psychologist

In this role, you will work directly with people who are living with stroke in an acute and hyper-acute setting, collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines and contribute to service development., Within this role, you will provide maternity cover into a Psychology service to patients following stroke across inpatient sites. You will have the opportunity to work directly with patients on adjustment post-stroke, assessment of cognition and supporting rehabilitation, as well as working indirectly with the stroke-specialist MDT. You will have the opportunity to provide education, training and consultation, as well as contributing to the evaluation and development of the service. You will also have the opportunity to supervise junior Psychology colleagues. The post-holder will be well-supported, with supervision and support from senior psychology colleagues, and Consultant Clinical Psychologist, The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced). From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

We are looking for an enthusiastic psychologist with experience of working in physical healthcare to join our well-established, supportive and welcoming Clinical Health Psychology Service. We have good resources for CPD and strong links to Liverpool University, offering opportunities to getting involved in teaching, research and trainee placements.,

• Satisfactory completion of postgraduate doctoral level training in psychology (or its equivalent for those trained before1996) as accredited by the BPS
• Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Desirable criteria
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
• Specialist training or demonstrable expertise in one or more areas of research methodology., Post-qualification experience of working as a practitioner psychologist within the NHS.
• Experience of working as a qualified practitioner psychologist in a physical health setting.
• Working with a wide variety of client groups, across the adult life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings including outpatient and in-patient settings.
• Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
• Exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professional working autonomously and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
• Teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• Representing the profession in local policy or planning forums
Desirable criteria
• Experience in service development and/or innovation.
• Membership of national professional or inter-professional groups
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
• Experience of research in physical health settings
• Post-qualification experience of research in physical health setting.
• Experience of working in a clinical research environment.
• Post-qualification experience of research, Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of psychology in the field of physical health, consistent with doctoral level professional training and further post qualification study, training and/or supervised experience.
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies.
• Specialist clinical knowledge of psychology in the field of physical health, consistent with previous experience in this setting.
• Ability to plan, organise and provide teaching and training on relevant psychological topics, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and DoH policy and implementation guidelines, and of the implications of such documentation for clinical practice and professional management in relation to health care in general and cancer services in particular.
• Evidence of continuing professional development consistent with expected standards of the British Psychological Society.
• Familiarity with the ethical and professional standards expected of Clinical Psychologists as laid down in the BPS 'Code of Ethics and Conduct (2009), and the BPS Practice Guidelines (2017).
• Awareness and thorough understanding of the political, social and economic policy framework within which health and mental health services are delivered and an ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the professions of clinical, health and counselling psychology within this context
Desirable criteria
• Publication in peer-reviewed clinical or service-related journals.
• Specialist knowledge of the specialist area., Skills in the use of highly complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management commensurate with doctoral level training, including specialist clinical interviewing, behavioural observation, complex psychometric testing and specialist neuropsychological testing
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including the ability empathically, sensitively and effectively to communicate clinical and condition-related information to patients, their families, carers and professional colleagues (within and outside the NHS) that is extremely complicated, technical or sensitive and potentially distressing to the recipient or that is extremely contentious or challenging.
• When communicating with patients, carers and colleagues, has the high level interpersonal skills necessary to obtain and convey highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in emotionally charged and extremely emotive settings, in a manner that addresses and overcomes psychological resistance, hostility, antagonism, and problems of motivation and engagement, as well as barriers to understanding arising from cognitive, cultural or linguistic factors
• Ability to show respect for patients and practitioners, and to build and sustain effective working relationships.
• A commitment to the integration of research and clinical services including the evaluation of services for both multi-professional and uni-professional audit, and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the service area.
• Resourcefulness and ability to work independently at a high level and as a member of a team and to deliver team and organisational objectives
• Adaptable and able to work flexibly when required (particularly in the light of changing service priorities).
• Capacity for tolerating frustration, change and high levels of demand with an ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Demonstrable leadership in relation to psychology and other professions.
• High-level negotiation skills.
• Computing skills: data processing, word-processing, literature-searching consistent with doctoral training and the need for data-analysis to support audit and research.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
Desirable criteria
• Evidence of management skills., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.