Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist * Development Role *

at  Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities The post holder will work with supervisors and colleagues within the Older Peoples Stepped Care Therapies Service to ensure that: Clinical interventions are implemented in line with evidencebased practice including the latest NICE guidelines. Procedures are in place for the operation of the service. Clinical governance arrangements are in place to cover all of the clinical activity. Staff are appropriately skilled and trained to deliver the service and to provide supervision.
Supervision arrangements are in place for all elements of service delivery. Provide clinical supervision in the service, including the facilitation of trainee placements from Doctorate Training Programmes. We have a commitment to research and service audits in the field of mental health and the team is currently collaborating on a number of interesting projects. To provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to clients referred to the Older Peoples Stepped Care Therapies Service in the in the relevant locality.
This is both clinic, and community based (and may include residential care and domestic settings), working with people with functional and organic mental health problems, and those living with long term conditions, according to the agreed stepped care procedures. To contribute to the wider Integrated Care Team Duty clinician system. To provide highly specialist assessment and therapy. Where it is appropriate to professional competence, to provide neuropsychological assessment.
To offer advice and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other carers. To provide supervision and guidance for staff within the service including more junior psychological therapists, trainee clinical psychologists, trainee cognitive behavioural therapists and mental health practitioners where appropriate. With the support of the Lead Clinical Psychologist for Older People in the relevant locality to develop and provide innovative services to meet the psychological needs of patients of the Older Peoples Stepped Care Therapies Service, in accordance with evidencebased practice. The posts budgetary or management responsibilities include the appropriate use of the Trusts resources.
In the absence of the Team Leader and/or Principal Psychologist for Older People to cover in rotation with other colleagues, some delegated managerial aspects of the role. To ensure accurate record keeping for the referral process and interventions from all practitioners using the agreed information systems. To work with the other senior clinicians to provide relevant information and data to the team and service managers and professional leads as required. To work within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service.

To provide relevant teaching, training and supervision within the service and where appropriate across the Trust. To attend the agreed meetings, liaising with the Professional Lead, supervisor and team manager on matters of service development. To work with senior colleagues to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the Older Peoples Stepped Care Therapies service and the mental health service, and to disseminate this information widely. Join our team and made a positive impact on the lives of our service users.

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Please refer the Job description for details