PURPOSE OF POST
Provide psychology service within evidence-based quality and interdisciplinary healthcare environment.
Exercise professional judgement in resolving problems and take a leading role in identification, development and implementation of quality improvements.
In service training and professional development and development of protocols, strategies, policies etc.
Psychology department planning and performance monitoring, benchmarking and work practices development.
OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE:
- The post of Senior Psychologist in Peamount Healthcare offers the candidate the opportunity to deliver the best psychological theory and practice applied to age related (12 hours/week) and rheumatology (5.5hours/week) inpatient rehabilitation services
- It is expected that the successful candidate will make a substantial contribution to clinical services, teaching and research at Peamount Healthcare.
OUTLINE OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES CLINICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Display awareness and appreciation of the services users and the ability to empathise with and treat others with dignity and respect.
- Undertaking clinical duties including psychological evaluation and assessment, psychotherapy, clinical and psychoeducational interventions with patients, their families and carer’s, health care professionals and or health care agencies.
- Providing psychological assessments based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources including clinical interview, psychological tests, self-report measures, direct and indirect observation and collateral information from family, carers, clinical personnel staff and other persons as appropriate.
- Contributing psychological perspectives and formulations to patient care and implementing plans for psychological interventions and or management based on the appropriate conceptual framework.
- Maintaining autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and or management of patients attending psychology services at Peamount Healthcare.
- Maintaining records of clinical work and providing clinical reports as required in a timely fashion and in accordance with professional and organisational standards.
- To acquire and develop the necessary clinical knowledge and skills incorporating international best practice in order to maintain the highest professional and clinical standards.
- Providing a psychological service for all patients accepted to the service with timely completion of case notes, reports and all matters pertaining to a complete psychology service.
- To communicate effectively and work in co-operation with colleagues in order to ensure integrated care and service provision.
- To liaise and ensure timely communication with other clinicians, professionals and health-care agencies in order to ensure the best care for the patient.
- Keep up to date with advances in professional knowledge and practice.
- Keep up to date with developments in national policies, strategies and legislation and perceived impact on service.
- Demonstrate the ability to plan and deliver care in an effective and resourceful manner within a model of person-centred care.
- Demonstrate effective leadership and team skills with a proven ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate an ability to manage and develop self and others in a busy working environment.
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively evaluate information and make appropriate decisions.
- Demonstrate a commitment to assuring high standards and strive for a user-centred service.
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate with colleagues, families, carers etc.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills (written and verbal) required to undertake the duties and responsibilities of the post.
- Demonstrate an awareness of ethical issues that may impact on clinical and professional practice. Demonstrate flexibility and openness to change.
- To complete all clinical activity and provide information as required by the Lead Consultant and / or Director of Rehabilitation or nominee for the purpose of service monitoring, evaluation and planning.
RESEARCH & EDUCATION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience of research methods and competence in undertaking clinical research.
- To contribute to the research, audit, evaluation undertaken at Peamount Healthcare.
- To conduct, support and publish service-related research in recognised journals and at academic/clinical conferences as appropriate
- To use evidence-based literature and research to support effective practice and or service development.
- To attend internal and external training and education relevant to clinical and professional practice and service development.
- To contribute to the teaching and training activities the organisation including in-service academic events as appropriate.
- Offer psychology placements and education for post-graduate psychologists undertaking research and Psychologists in Training from recognised University based Post-graduate Training Programmes as capacity allows.
- Professional practice duties and responsibilities:
- Contribute to the development, planning, organisation, and evaluation of psychology services and practice at Peamount Healthcare.
- Participate in continuing professional development and ensure compliance with statutory development planning.
- Take responsibility for ensuring that clinical and professional supervision needs and requirements are met.
- Provide clinical supervision to Staff Grade Psychologists and Psychology Assistants as service develops.
- Represent and advocate for the psychological needs of health care service users. Contribute to the induction of new staff as appropriate.
- Attend mandatory training at the Peamount Healthcare
SERVICE & POLICY DEVELOPMENT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Contribute to the development of psychological services at Peamount Healthcare.
- Contribute to Peamount Healthcare policies and service developments.
- Contribute to national, health care, educational and research agencies.
This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all duties required for the post and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to her/him from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office. This document must be regarded as an outline of the major areas of accountability at the present time, which will be reviewed and assessed on an on-going basis.
SERVICE & POLICY DEVELOPMENT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Contribute to the development of psychological services Peamount Healthcare.
- Contribute to policies and service developments.
- Contribute to national, health care, educational and research agencies.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Promote a culture that values equality, diversity and respect in the workplace.
- Ensure that a safe environment is maintained for staff and visitors in compliance with Health and Safety requirements and best practice.
- Be responsible for the day to day security of the work area, with particular awareness of fire regulations and security arrangements.
- Keeping up to date with all relevant mandatory training.
MANAGEMENT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage and co-ordinate service delivery in the area of responsibility.
- Ensure the maintenance of appropriate service user records and statistics in accordance with standards of best practice governing psychologists, hospital guidelines and statutory legislation such as Freedom of Information Act, Data Protections Acts and other relevant legislation.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of information sharing protocols, audit systems, referral pathways and integrated care arrangements.
- Maintain professional standards with regard to patient and data confidentiality.
- Demonstrate the ability to plan and deliver care in an effective and resourceful manner.
- Provide line management supervision to assigned staff.
QUALITY, RISK & SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES
It is the responsibility of all staff to:
- Participate and cooperate with legislative and regulatory requirements with regard to Quality, Risk and Safety.
- Participate and cooperate with external agencies on safety initiatives as required.
- Participate and cooperate with internal and external evaluations of hospital structures, services and processes as required, including but not limited to:
O National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare.
O National Standards for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections.
O HSE Standards and Recommended Practices for Healthcare Records Management
O Safety audits and other audits specified by the HSE or other regulatory authorities.
- To initiate, support and implement quality improvement initiatives in their area which are in keeping with the hospitals continuous quality improvement programme.
It is the responsibility of all managers to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for Quality, Safety and Risk within their area/department
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