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Teaching, Training and Supervision
1. To provide post-qualification training (CPD) and clinical professional supervision to recently qualified HCPC registered psychologists attached to the team, where appropriate.
2. To provide advice, consultation, training and clinical supervision to other members of the team for the provision of psychologically based interventions to help improve service users functioning.
3. To provide pre- and post-qualification teaching of psychologists and/or other psychological services staff, and other disciplines as appropriate.
4. To develop and maintain skills in the area of professional pre- and post-graduate training.
5. To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the service user group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate.
6. To receive regular professional supervision from a senior psychologist in the team and where appropriate other senior colleagues.
7. To continue to gain wider post-qualification experience of psychology in line with HCPC, and where appropriate BPS, requirements.
8. To provide professional and clinical supervision to assistant psychologists and, as appropriate, supervise Doctoral level.
9. To contribute to the pre and post-qualification teaching of all relevant staff, as appropriate.

Management, Recruitment and Service Development
1. To participate as appropriate in staff recruitment, both in the short-listing process and as a member of interview panels for assistant, trainees and qualified psychologists.
2. To participate as a senior clinician in the development of a high quality responsive and accessible service, including proposing and implementing changes within the psychological service.
3. To exercise delegated responsibility for managing psychology staff based within the psychology service.
Research and Service Evaluation
1. To contribute and where appropriate take a lead role, in the evaluation, monitoring and development of of service evaluation and audit
2. To Incorporate psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high-quality care and the improvement of services for service users and their families.
3. To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
4. To undertake appropriate research as agreed with the line manager and Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist and provide research advice to team colleagues undertaking research.
5. To undertake a defined role in Service Governance structures if/when agreed with the service lead.

General
1. To ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes and to provide evidence of CPD undertaken, e.g. in the form of CPD log book.
2. To ensure the development and articulation of best practice in psychology within the service area and contribute across the service by exercising the skills of a reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical or forensic psychology and related disciplines.
3. To maintain and promulgate the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self- governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the HCPC, British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.
4. To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific service user group and area of care.
5. To perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade which may be required by the Lead Consultant Psychologist or Head of Service
6. To maintain professional registration with the HCPC and to adhere to HCPC standards of proficiency. To adhere to the standards of conduct, performance and ethics as set out by the HCPC.
7. To be competent and make full use of IT packages available within the work area, for example, Microsoft Office, E-mail, Internet and statistical package