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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

About

Serving a population of over 618,000, with a workforce of around 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the UKs largest Trusts.

The Trust provides a wide range of healthcare services at 5 hospitals and 16 community sites.

to people across St Helens, Knowsley, Halton, Southport, Ormskirk, parts of Liverpool and the surrounding areas.

As a Trust, our vision is to provide 5 Star Patient Care. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should have equal access to the highest standards of quality care, whilst being sensitive and responsive to the needs of individual patients. Every single member of staff plays a huge part in this, no matter what your role, you will make a difference and support the delivery of this vision. It is vital to our ongoing success that we all share the same aspiration, the same focus, and provide the same high standards right across the organisation and we can do this by focussing on 5 key areas.

· Care that is consistently high quality, compassionate, and provides the best possible experience for our patients and their families.

· Safety that is of the highest standards, where staff feel empowered to further improve services and reduce the risk of harm.

· Pathways that reduce variations in care to improve outcomes, whilst respecting the individual needs of patients.

· Systems that are efficient, user friendly and reliable. Drawing upon best practice to ensure our processes support the needs of our patients.

· Communication that is open and inclusive. Always showing patients, their families and our colleagues, the dignity and respect we would wish for ourselves.

Hear more about how our staff deliver 5 Star Patient Care at the following link: https://cli.re/KxP94Q

Our valued workforce is recognised for their expert skills and talents, with our teams winning national awards on a regular basis. Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and one of the few in England, to achieve the rating of OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission.

Our Values

Underpinning our vision are the norms, rituals and expected behaviours within the Trust. Or in other words, our behaviours, and values at work.

Following extensive engagement with staff across the Trust, our Trust values were developed and embedded into the organisation. They are the essence of what Team MWL stands for:

· We are KIND

· We are OPEN

· We are INCLUSIVE

To hear more about our Trust values, follow the link: https://cli.re/emXwj9

Contact

Recruitment Team:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 0151 426 1600

Find out more

Jobs Website

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Ref: 409-5788638-A Vacancy ID: 5912409

BANK Clinical / Health Psychologist

Closed for applications on: 21-Dec-2023 14:44

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 21-Dec-2023 14:44

Location

Site: Whiston Hospital
Address: Warrington Road
Town: Prescot
Postcode: L35 5DR
Major / Minor Region: Merseyside

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Bank
Hours: Flexible working - 7.5 hours per week (additional hours if needed)

Salary

Salary: £50,952 - £57,349 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Main area: Psychologist

Interview date: 28/12/2023

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to "name of trust" transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

KEY DUTIES

Patient/Client Care

To provide specialist psychological assessments of adults referred to the Clinical Psychology Service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in a person’s care.
To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a person’s psychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the person’s problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy as appropriate for their age and physical health condition, across a range of contexts including inpatients and outpatients.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individual adults and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account their physical health condition, current medical treatment, both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based treatment plans.
To ensure that professionals in other agencies have access to a psychologically based formulation and treatment plan for adults within the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory.
To screen/assess and manage factors which may indicate a level of psychological or physical risk for individuals, and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
To coordinate multi-agency or multi-disciplinary input, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of psychological treatment, and communicating effectively with the service user and all others involved in the network of care, and to monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of service users under their care and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of care. To communicate highly complex and/or sensitive information service users and other professionals involved in their care.
To refer on to appropriative agencies/professionals for treatment or an opinion that is in the person’s best interests.
To provide expertise and specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the person’s diagnosis, formulation and intervention plan.
To demonstrate awareness of potential communication difficulties and/or cultural considerations and, where appropriate adapt professional practice, accordingly, involving identification of, and effective liaison with, appropriate support services (e.g., advocacy, family support, translators).

TEACHING, TRAINING & SUPERVISION RESPONSIBILITIES

To provide clinical placements for trainee clinical psychologists, ensuring that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to good psychological care, and to contribute to the assessment and evaluation of such competencies.
To provide clinical professional supervision and post-qualification training (CPD) to recently qualified clinical psychologists.
To provide pre-qualification teaching of clinical psychology to doctoral clinical psychology training programmes.
To maintain and develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate training and clinical supervision.
To provide advice, consultation and training to and others where appropriate to help other professionals to provide psychologically informed interventions to improve a service user’s functioning.
To provide clinical group supervision to clinical nurse specialists within the cancer team.
In common with all clinical psychologists to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines.

POLICY & SERVICE DEVELOPMENT RESPONISIBILITIES

To participate as a senior clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service including advising both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.
To represent the service at a local level by attending relevant multi-agency and multi-disciplinary forums, in order to support the development of multi-disciplinary and inter-agency working.
To contribute towards the systematic governance of practice within the bariatrics tier 4 service and broader Clinical Health Psychology service.

HUMAN RESOURCES RESPONSIBILITIES

To participate as appropriate in staff recruitment, both in the short-listing process and as a member of interview panels for assistant, trainee and qualified clinical psychologists.

INFORMATION RESOURCES RESPONSIBILITIES

This should be in bullet point format and should be included if the post holder has any financial responsibility ie is a budget holder or authorised signatory and should detail their responsibility in this regard. Even if their role is not clearly financial, they may authorise the use of equipment or products and therefore this is a cost to the Trust so they have a financial responsibility.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

To contribute to the evaluation, monitoring and development of the service’s operational policies, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit, ensuring incorporation of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high quality care.
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other clinical psychologists or other professionals undertaking research.
To initiate project management, including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop and improve services to clients.
To commission and supervise research projects at doctoral thesis level undertaken by trainee clinical psychologists, and to assist in the dissemination of the outcomes of this research.
To commission and supervise other research and audit projects undertaken by assistant psychologists.
To record clinical observations and information relevant to children, young people and adults in accordance with service policy, ensuring accurate documentation of clinical activity and outcomes.

Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.

Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.

If you are having difficulty completing an online application, or require any disability reasonable adjustments, to the application process, please contact [email protected]

We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.

The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.

The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)

Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click here to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship.

eVisa Update

For successful candidates on selected work and study visa routes, who have completed and paid for their applications will no longer receive a visa vignette in passport as evidence of their permission to enter the UK.

Instead, you will be issued with an eVisa only, which is accessed by creating a UKVI account.

Before travelling to the UK, we advise applicants to:

Create a UKVI account
Link their current passport
Access their eVisa straightaway to check all details. Incorrect information should be reported as soon as possible using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/report-error-evisa
Understand how to generate an eVisa share code

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.

If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

Flexible Working

We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:

· All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
· There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
· Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.

At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to also discuss flexible working options at interview stage.

Working for Team MWL

Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

The Trust is a non-smoking across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action. For more information, see the Smoke Free NHS website.

You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated and will check all applications against AI detection software.

Additional Information

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE, which can be found here.

An applicant guide to help and support you with your application and what to expect during your recruitment journey can be accessed in the supporting documents.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Post-graduate doctoral level training (or equivalent) in clinical psychology
Professional registration as Practitioner Psychologist with HCPC.

Desirable criteria

Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed specialist knowledge of clinical psychology.
Skills in the use of highly complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
Communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to individuals within and outside the NHS.
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
Knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults and other key legislation and its implications.
Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
Ability to plan and prioritise own clinical workload and research programmes.
Advanced word processing skills.
Advanced use of presentation software such as MS PowerPoint, internet for searching documents and research, and use of email.

Desirable criteria

Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
Experience of conducting holistic and comprehensive assessments for producing psychological reports.
Completion of supervisor training to enable the supervision of practicing Clinical Psychologists/ trainees.
Skills in the use of statistical packages such as SPSS, and use of MS EXCEL or similar spreadsheets to analyse data numerically and graphically.

Experience

Essential criteria

Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at a specialist level.
Experience of working with adults with long term physical health problems in a hospital setting
Experience of working with adults with complex psychological presentations.
Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified autonomous practitioner and also within the context of a multidisciplinary treatment plan.
Experience of delivering teaching, training and/or offering professional and clinical supervision to other professionals working with adults who have psychological difficulties.

Desirable criteria

Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
Experience of assessing and treating adults across the full range of care settings, particularly inpatient and outpatient.
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Experience of working with clinical risk.

Other

Essential criteria

Working to professional guidelines.
Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
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.
Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
Ability to drive or access suitable transport in order to work from different bases if needed within the working week.

Desirable criteria

Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journal and/or books.