Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychology
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 164-7098839
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- City Hospital Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist Adult Renal
Band 8b
Job overview
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist - Renal, permanent B8B 1wte position
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a 1WTE Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist (8b) to support the Renal Psychology team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. We have an established renal psychosocial team. The successful candidate will join a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, an Assistant Psychologist and a Young Adult Worker working as an integrated part of the renal multidisciplinary team where Clinical Psychology is highly valued.
Main duties of the job
The renal service is a regional service which cares for patients with acute and chronic renal failure. The catchment area for adult transplants covers much of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South Staffordshire.
The successful applicant will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and opinion and will provide psychological intervention for adults with kidney failure, including treatment and management of a complex and diverse range of patients within the renal service.
The work will involve inpatient and outpatient work and include face-to-face and virtual work. In addition to a clinical caseload, you will have the opportunity to lead on the further development of stepped care referral pathways and the development of specialist training for renal staff as well as contribute to renal complex care MDT meetings.
The successful applicants will be warmly welcomed to the rapidly growing Department of Clinical Psychology & Neuropsychology within the Trust. Currently there are over 30 Clinical Psychologists, and Assistant and Trainee Clinical Psychologists working across a number of medical inpatient and outpatient services within the Trust. We have excellent links with the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and the regional Clinical Psychology Doctorate Courses.
Working for our organisation
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
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to this advert for detailed information about this role
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level (or equivalent) training in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan development psychology.
- Eligibility for Chartered Clinical Psychology status and registration as a Clinical Psychologist with the Health & Care Professions Council.
- Completion of further post qualification specialist relevant training, including training in the supervision of trainee clinical psychologists
Desirable criteria
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice e.g. trauma, pain management, etc.
- Post-qualification accreditation in particular psychotherapeutic approaches e.g.: cognitive behaviour therapy, ACT, Mindfulness, EMDR, etc
Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment with people with medical and health conditions
- Experience of working with a wide range of client groups and presentations
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team, with other disciplines including medicine and nursing
- Experience of providing supervision and consultation to other clinical staff including psychologists.
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of supervising and managing research and audit projects within health settings.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an acute hospital trust
- Experience of working in acute hospital on inpatient wards with patients with medical/chronic health conditions
- Experience in working with challenging client groups (e.g. people with multiple physical, social and psychological problems, or people whose health is seriously compromised by inabilities to adhere to medical treatment)
- Experience in the psychological assessment and preparation for people considering/needing complex medical and surgical interventions
- Specialist experience of working with renal and transplant patients
- Experience of working in palliative care
- Experience of developing and delivering training courses of varying lengths
- Experience of delivering ACT, Mindfulness and/or Compassionate Mind Focused groups for health issues.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- A high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to ‘hold’ the stress of others.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
Analytical and judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- A doctoral level of research knowledge. The ability to lead on both clinical and non-clinical research, applying a doctoral level of knowledge and skills in research designs, methods and analyses (including complex multivariate statistics) as practised in the field of Clinical Psychology.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. people with additional disabilities)
- Knowledge and experience of mental capacity decision making in a medical context
Planning & Organisation Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to distressing situations
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to move between a number of locations within the hospital in a working day.
- To work across both City and QMC campuses as required. To travel to renal satellite dialysis units on a regular basis
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Up to date immunisations are required (including TB, HepB)
- Access to transport to travel to regional Dialysis Units on a regular basis
- Willing to work across a number of units with occasional hybrid working
- Ability and professional resilience to work with individuals who often have complex emotional and physical difficulties including at the end of life, are highly distressed and can be verbally and physically aggressive
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work flexible hours to suit the service and its clients
Commitment to Trust Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Team NUH Behavioural Standards
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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
- Emma Coyne
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0115 9691169
- Additional information
Dr Emma Coyne - 0115 9691169 ext 86165
(Clinical Psychology admin team)
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