Clinical Psychologist (Development post)

Essential

• 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 British Psychological Society and the HCPC.
• HCPC registered practitioner psychologist

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
• Formal training in neurodevelopmental assessment measures e.g. ADOS, ADI-R

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, and inpatient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity, including severe and enduring mental health problems, psychosis and personality disorder. This includes maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the possibility of physical abuse.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariable data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
• Completion of Doctorate in Clinical Psychology supervisor training

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
• Skills in evidence based psychological interventions.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

Desirable

• Demonstrates confidence in presenting evidence-based recommendations to professionals, service users and partner agencies, facilitating shared understanding and collaborative decision-making.

Essential

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive behaviour.

Essential

• Demonstrates excellent time management and prioritisation skills, balancing quality, timeliness and service needs.
• Strong team player who is able to work collaboratively and maintain positive working relationships across multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams.
• Confident in communicating clinical opinions and recommendations in a clear, professional and respectful manner.
• Demonstrates sound professional judgement and is able to make balanced decisions in complex clinical situations.
• Committed to delivering person-centred, neuroaffirming and evidence-based practice.

Desirable

• Displays a positive and constructive approach to managing service pressures and organisational change.
• Ability to support, influence and facilitate discussions with a range of stakeholders to achieve collaborative outcomes.