Detailed job description and main responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical
Provision of specialist clinical psychology assessment of individuals , carers and families 
referred to the Service, using and interpreting complex psychological data from a variety of 
sources, e.g. neuropsychological and psychometric assessments, self-report measures, rating 
scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews, offence 
analysis.
Formulation and implementation of formal psychological treatment and/or management plans, 
based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the service user’s problems. 
Responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for patients and, where 
appropriate, carers and families. To make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about 
treatment options taking into account theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex 
factors concerning historical and developmental processes.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and 
discharge of people whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care 
plans under the care of this post holder. To ensure appropriate assessment, formulation and 
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interventions, communicating with the referral agent and others involved with the care on a 
regular basis.
To provide specialist clinical psychology expertise, knowledge, advice, guidance and 
consultation to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all 
members of the Service clinical team.
To ensure that all members of the Service clinical team have access to psychologically based 
frameworks for the understanding and care of service users within the service, through the 
provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological knowledge, 
research and theory.
To undertake risk assessment and management for individual service users and to provide 
specialist clinical psychology advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk 
assessment and management.
To communicate, in a skilled and sensitive manner, information regarding the assessment, 
formulation and treatment plans of service users. To monitor and evaluate progress during the 
course of uni and multi-disciplinary care.
To provide specialist clinical psychology expertise, knowledge and advice on staff support and 
critical incident stress management for staff within the Service following critical incidents. To 
also provide the same (where appropriate and as directed by the Consultant Clinical 
Psychologist) within NSFT and for external agencies.
To discharge statutory social care functions as delegated under Section 75 agreement with 
Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils for Service Users and Carers on behalf of the 
organisation.
To provide appropriate health and social care interventions according to service users recovery 
goals.
To assess health and social care needs as part of an integrated team, and implement / 
commission packages of care where appropriate.