Key Responsibilities:

KR 1        Clinical and Client Care

·       To review and recommend the plan of delivery for psychological care.

·       To plan and organise the integrated delivery of care with other agencies and service providers and ensure coordination of psychology services with other services where possible.

·       To provide a highly specialist psychology service to patients.

·       To provide clinical assessments drawing on advanced specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of a wide range of psychological procedures and evidence-based practices.

·       To provide psychological formulations, drawing on advanced specialist theoretical knowledge and experience of working with patients with difficulties in relation to their mental health.

·       To develop, implement and lead individualised and specialist psychological therapy interventions as appropriate.

·       To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with relevant patient age group.

·       To assess and monitor risk and develop appropriate risk management plans.

·       To act as a care coordinator taking responsibility for initiating planning and reviewing care plans, ensuring evidence-based practice is used whenever possible.

·       To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities who use the service.

KR 2        Responsibilities for team or service clinical functioning

·       To work collaboratively with the Clinical Director and Service Director and other senior staff to plan and deliver joint services that are integrated around the needs of patients.

·       To co-ordinate (and chair) clinical team meetings as requested, to ensure effective functioning.

·       To ensure the effective working of the team or service and a psychologically informed framework for the service.

·       To be sensitive in challenging any discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.

·       To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients.

·       To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.

·       To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

KR 3        Policy and service development

·       Working alongside Clinical Director, to be responsible for developing, interpreting and implementing policies and service development strategies for the defined area and within own clinical practice.

·       To ensure the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.

·       To participate in, or lead when appropriate, implementation of initiatives (e.g. national guidelines), through membership of committees and/or working parties, as agreed with Clinical Director.

·       To be responsible for implementing Clinical Governance initiatives within the CAG psychology service.

·       To take a lead role in ensuring that services offered to clients are of high quality and are managed efficiently, according to the overall requirements of the clinic.

·       To lead on, or contribute to, the development of bids and business cases to develop the service as appropriate and requested.

KR 4        Care or management of resources

·       To make recommendations about psychology resources in the CAG.

·       To identify required materials and equipment and to order through the identified system.

KR 5        Management and supervision

·       To provide leadership to clinical psychologists and assistant psychologists in the CAG.

·       To ensure appropriate systems are in place for the clinical and professional supervision of Clinical Psychologists.

·       To advise on the recruitment of psychology staff and contribute via interviewing as part of a convened interview panel.

·       To work collaboratively with the Clinical Director to ensure appraisals, personal development plans and job plans for psychologists are embedded.

·       To role model and advise on the management of psychology staff.

·       To provide professional and clinical supervision to clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists and psychologists in training.

·       To deputise to other senior staff, when appropriate.

·       To contribute to ensuring the service works as efficiently as possible.

KR 6        Teaching and Training

·       To provide consultancy, clinical supervision, teaching and training to multidisciplinary colleagues regarding psychological issues, assessment and therapy.

·       To contribute to teaching and training as part of Maudsley Health Hospital’s commitment to providing high-quality training within the region.

·       To support the planning, organization and delivery of teaching and training plans for clinical psychologists.

·       To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and by implementing the knowledge gained in practice.

·       To manage the development of specialist clinical placements for interns as and when required.

KR 7        Record-keeping and Information Governance

·       To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by policies and local procedures.

·       To ensure a good standard of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional guidelines, including electronic data entry where possible.

KR 8        Research and development

·       To ensure the planning, initiation and completion of research, service evaluation and audits relevant to the role and service, as agreed by the Maudsley Health Hospital SMT and Academic Director.

·       To provide expertise in a specialist research area.

·       To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.

·       To regularly monitor and evaluate evidence-based practice and the effectiveness of clinical assessments and interventions.

KR 9        Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development

·       To receive regular clinical and professional supervision according to HCPC and BPS guidelines.

·       To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with DOH, BPS and Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC ‘Standards for Continuing Professional Development’.

·       To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.

·       To comply with the HCPC ‘Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ and ‘Standards of Proficiency’, and ensure professional development in line with these.

·       To meet and maintain licensing requirements in country of origin, as well as in the UAE.

·       To adhere to the BPS’s Professional Practice Guidelines and relevant local policies and procedures.

·       To ensure that all psychology staff for whom the post-holder has leadership or management responsibility, maintain professional standards and continuing professional development.

KR10       General

·       To travel to community or home visits and professional meetings, or to other healthcare premises, as appropriate when required.

·       To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group and follow policies relating to its management.

·       To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations such as challenging behaviour and to support others involved in such situations.

·       To work flexibly which will include offering a late clinic and weekend working (likely to be once weekly) within the overall Job Plan, to ensure the service is accessible for patients.