Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 months maternity leave cover)
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 164-7202649
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- City Hospital and Queens Medical Centre Campuses
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist in Adult and Paediatric Burns
Band 8a
Job overview
Clinical Psychologists or Trainee Clinical Psychologists due to qualify in 2025 with an interest in clinical health psychology and the psychological impact of physical trauma/injuries and living with a visible difference are invited to apply to this well-established post within the regional burns service at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust on a fixed-term basis for 9 months to cover maternity leave. The postholder will work with adult burns patients (0.4 WTE) and children and their families who have experienced burn injuries (0.3 WTE). The work involves both inpatient and outpatient working, supporting patients and their families during hospital admission as well as throughout their journey following discharge from hospital. The postholder will work with a variety of clinical presentations including acute emotional reactions, adjustment difficulties, anxiety associated with hospitalisation and surgery, parental distress, post-traumatic stress disorder, appearance-related concerns / distress related to scars, low mood, difficulties managing pain and difficulties engaging in physical rehabilitation.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will provide highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions to adults, children and their families under the care of the burns service. They will offer advice, consultation and teaching/training, and share psychological formulations, to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non professional carers. They will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. They will utilise audit, service development and research skills within the service. They will provide clinical and professional supervision to assistant psychologists and trainees undertaking doctoral training, as required.
Working for our organisation
The postholder will join the Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, which is a growing and welcoming department within the Trust. The postholder will join the burns multidisciplinary team comprising plastic surgeons, nurses, anaesthetists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and dietitians where clinical psychology is well embedded and respected. . The postholder will work closely with a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who leads the burns clinical psychology service and an Assistant Psychologist.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Working closely with the multidisciplinary burns team to offer psychological care to children and adults, and their families, under the care of the burns service
2. Working with children and young people and their families, as well as adults, through consultation with staff, direct work and attending multidisciplinary clinics/meetings
3. Providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy/input, offering advice and consultation to the MDT, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures
4. Utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development and research
5. Providing clinical and professional supervision to trainees undertaking doctoral training, where appropriate
6. Undertaking service development, where required
7. Delivering informal and formal teaching and training as required to the MD
Person specification
Training and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Completed (or due to complete) post-graduate doctoral level (or equivalent) training in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS
- Current HCPC registration (or eligibility to qualify for registration post-training)
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS/HCPC.
Desirable criteria
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Training in the supervision of other psychological professionals
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and clinical practice of evidence-based psychological therapies
- Experience of teaching/training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an area of adult and/or paediatric clinical health psychology
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting
- Experience of assessing trauma reactions and delivering evidence-based trauma-focused interventions
- Experience of representing clinical psychology within multidisciplinary teams
- Experience of delivering clinical supervision
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential criteria
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to distressing situations
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including both quantitative and qualitative methods
Desirable criteria
- Experience in conducting clinical research
Planning and Organisation Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent planning, time management and organisational skills
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to sit for prolonged time periods during psychological assessments/therapy sessions
- Ability to travel between the hospital campuses within the day
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Be able to work in acute hospital ward environments, with people with burns and other injuries that are often visible
Commitment to the Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Laura Shepherd
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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