Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge CB2 3PT, , United Kingdom -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 Aug, 25

Salary

52809.0

Posted On

19 May, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Good communication skills

Industry

Hospital/Health Care

Description

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities 1. To provide specialist psychological assessments of students referred to UCARMHSS based upon the appropriate use and integration of complex data from a variety of sources, including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients and others involved in the clients care (including professionals from other agencies).2. To individually formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatments and/or management of a clients mental health or other complex psychological problems based on an appropriate conceptual framework adapting/utilising several psychological models and employing methods of proven efficacy.3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individual clients, and via groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing on different explanatory models including developmental, cognitive, learning theory, biological, and neuropsychological, and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.4.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of own clients and manage and maintain caseload in line with service requirements.5. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management, in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures.6. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.7. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of own (case holder) clients and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.8.
To work in partnership and maintain effective links with the statutory and non-statutory, and primary-care agencies as appropriate.9. To regularly deal with serious mental illness and trauma.10. The postholder will need to be able to work flexibly

Responsibilities

Please refer the Job description for details

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