Principal Clinical Psychologist (XR09) - #1781465

To provide a qualified specialist clinical or counselling psychology service to patients who are seen within the designated clinical speciality/area, across all sites and sectors of care by: a) Providing specialist psychological assessments and therapy b) Offering advice and consultation on patients psychological and neuropsychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other non-professional carers c) Developing, supporting and maintaining effective working relationships with other disciplines within the service areas, including attending Team meetings d) Using research skills for audit, policy and service development and leading on research projects within the area served by the team/service e) Proposing and implementing policy changes within the specialist area served f) Line managing Early Career and Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologists in the discrete clinical speciality that the post covers and making a contribution to the general management, governance and supervision of the clinical/counselling psychology service as agreed g) Working autonomously in the delivery of these duties within professional guidelines, the evidence-based literature and the overall framework of the Team, Department of Clinical & Health Psychology and Trust policies and procedures. 3. JOB DIMENSIONS National KSF profile Develop and maintain communication with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations Develop oneself and contribute to the development of others Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others Contribute to the improvement of services Contribute to improving quality Promote equality and value diversity. Health and wellbeing: Plan, develop and implement approaches to promote health and wellbeing and prevent adverse effects on health and wellbeing Assess complex health and wellbeing needs and develop, monitor and review care plans to meet those needs Contribute to protecting people at risk Assess physiological and psychological functioning when there are complex and/or undifferentiated abnormalities, diseases and disorders and develop, monitor and review related treatment plans Plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and/or treatments when there are complex issues and/or serious illness.

General: Plan, deliver and review interventions to enable people to learn and develop Test and review new concepts, models, methods, practices, products and equipment Prioritise and manage the ongoing work of services and/or projects Plan, allocate and supervise the work of a team. 6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work.

Our five values are: Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values. 7. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE TRUSTS (WYAAT) Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients. By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care.

By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change. WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition. 8.

CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS 1. To ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice through (a) active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes and (b) the encouragement and facilitation of the active participation of service users in the design, provision and evaluation of clinical services. 2. To ensure the development and articulation of best practice in psychology within the service area and contribute across the service by exercising the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular clinical supervision* and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical or counselling psychology and related disciplines.

• To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the HCPC, British Psychological Society (BPS) and Trust policies and procedures. 4. To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical or counselling psychology and related disciplines.
• To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group, mental health, clinical/counselling psychology and health psychology in general. * Please note that all post holders of clinical psychology posts receive clinical supervision. This is not to be confused with management supervision in AFC terms 9.
  
  

CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING Professional knowledge: Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC). Understanding of the Department and Organisation Knowledge and understanding of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) values and behaviours Knowledge and understanding of the structure of the Clinical and Health Psychology Department (the Department) Knowledge and understanding of the Department operational policies Knowledge and understanding of Trust policies and procedures Knowledge and understanding of the structure of the LTHT and of the designated clinical speciality/area and Clinical Support Unit (CSU). 9. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Clinical 1.

To provide specialist psychological assessments of patients referred to the service, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex data from a variety of sources including neuropsychological and psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the patients care. 2. To formulate, develop and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patients psychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. 3.

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. 4. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. 5.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans. 6. To provide highly specialised psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans. 7.

To ensure that all relevant professionals have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding and care of patients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory. 8. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management with particular reference to deliberate self-harm. 9.

To act as care co-ordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under enhanced CPA (or its equivalent in the acute physical health care setting) including patients, their carers, referring agents and others involved in the network of care. 10. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of patients under their care and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of care.

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