Band 8B MDR-TB Practitioner Psychologist

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 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 outpatient, community, in-patient and out-patient care settings
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision of other clinical psychologists and professional staff.
• Experience of working in clinical health psychology
• Experience of working in cardiac and/or respiratory services Experience of inter-agency working and service development

Desirable

• Experience of working within acute specialist cardio-respiratory and critical care services
• Experience of providing line management
• Experience of applying psychology in diverse cultural contexts.
• Experience of working with MDR TB patients and/or similar patient groups where stigma around accessing psychological support exists

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management, including neuropsychological assessment and interpretation, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• A high-level ability to communicate effectively (both a written and orally) 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
• Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
• Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS/HPC.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists

Desirable

• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities, trauma and severely challenging behaviours etc.)
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in patients with cardio-respiratory conditions and those who have had a critical care admission
• Knowledge of evidence relating to psychosocial needs of MDR-TB patients.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership and service development skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Good honours degree in Psychology or equivalent
• Completion of a Health and Care Professions Council/British Psychological Society accredited postgraduate professional training course in either clinical or counselling psychology, including clinical psychometrics and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council as Practitioner Psychologist.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Other

Essential

• Compassionate, flexible and committed
• Enthusiasm for multi-disciplinary working with a thoughtful approach to developing psychological services within this context.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others.
• Ability to recognise the extent and limitations of one's own knowledge and skills, and to seek appropriate guidance where necessary
• 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 health psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy

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