Clinical Psychologist

Location

Wakefield, West Yorkshire | United Kingdom

Job description

To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic intervention for referred patients and their families across both services based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, direct and indirect observation and interviews with clients, family members/carers and/others involved in the patients care. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological therapeutic intervention and/or management of a patients psychological health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the problems and employing methods of proven efficacy. This may involve working with family members, siblings, parents/carers and others in the system around a child or young person. To carry individual accountability for all clinical decisions and exercise responsibility and autonomy for the assessment, treatment and discharge of patients, ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation and treatment, communicating with the referral agent, members of the multidisciplinary team and others involved in the patients care. To carry out specialised risk assessment and management for patients referred to the service and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk and protection. To contribute to a specialist psychological perspective to case planning and multi-agency case conferences and reviews and call multi-professional meetings when appropriate. To respect diversity. To treat everyone with dignity and respect and act in ways that acknowledge and recognise peoples expressed beliefs, preferences and choices. To ensure accurate clinical and audit records are maintained. To communicate in a sensitive and skilled manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plan to the patient themselves, their parents/carers, referral agents and where appropriate other involved professionals, relatives or carers. To provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the patients treatment plan. Delivery of service provision within the parameters of child, adolescent and family psychology, in a multi-agency context. Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy. Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

Job tags

Salary

£43.74k - £50.06k per annum