Specialist Clinical/ Forensic/ Counselling Psychologist

at  Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

To manage a caseload of patients with psychosis and other severe mental health problems on our Rehabilitation wards. To meet appropriate standards of practice in the quality and timeliness of the service provided. The standards of practice will include meeting the standards defined by the British Psychological Society (including the Division of Clinical Psychology and Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust. To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of patients mental health and the presenting problem(s), based upon the appropriate theoretical and conceptual framework of the patients problems, via the employment of methods based upon evidence based practice and efficacy.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for patients, carers, families and groups. Adjusting and refining psychological formulations and drawing upon a range of theoretical perspectives and different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To provide the psychological components of multidisciplinary work, and to lead such interventions when the major components are psychological To provide consultation and advice to relevant significant others (such as partners and carers) in order to improve the psychological health of clients of the Specialty. To provide consultation and advice and (where appropriate) clinical supervision to other professionals and agencies that provide services to adults with mental health difficulties To keep adequate clinical records in accordance with the Trust policy and your professional bodies guidance.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patient and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under the care and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both uni-and multi-disciplinary car

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