CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST BAND 8A

Job Description:

• To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment for service users experiencing moderate, severe and complex mental health/psychological problems based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observation and semi-structured interviews with service users, their family and/or carers.
• To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological intervention and/or management of mental health/psychological and/or behavioral difficulties based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and exercising expert clinical judgement based on the highest standards of evidence-based practice across a full range of care settings.
• To establish rapport and build effective working relationships with service users and all those involved in their psychological, emotional and behavioral well-being.
• To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes.
• To work jointly with other team members and professionals in delivering the most appropriate clinical service to service users and, where appropriate, their families/carers.
• To follow appropriate local Safeguarding Adults and Children policies in all clinical work, including close liaison with all relevant agencies.
• To provide specialist risk assessment of, and intervention to, service users who may present in local acute settings in line with agreed procedures
• To liaise and consult with the wider professional network in the care of service users, offering consultation and supervision where necessary.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychological interventions and to autonomously manage a caseload of clients.
• To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all service users, the settings in which they present, and agencies involved in the psychological, emotional and behavioral well-being.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to effectively evaluate progress.
• To participate in the multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of service users.