Band 8a Clinical Psychologist Renal Services

Job summary

Are you an experienced Psychologist looking for a rewarding career development, where you can make a difference and change lives for the better? If so, join the Renal team at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust.

Kidney disease affects one in 10 of the adult population and is a major long-term condition. Supporting the psychological care of patients with kidney disease is a priority area both for the Birmingham service and for the broader NHS.

Working 37.5 hours a week, you will lead the provision of psychology services within renal services. You will be supported by a multi-disciplinary team working in one of the largest renal services in Europe.

You will have a clinical caseload that will include assessing complex needs and designing and delivering specialist psychological treatments to support their care plans. You'll be a part of an environment where there is a strong emphasis on teamwork and CPD, with continuous access to a range of training opportunities to move your career forward.

You will work with the clinical service leadership and operational managers to support the development of healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with kidney disease such that they are better able to identify and support the psychological health of patients with kidney disease.

The post will provide outstanding opportunities for service development, enhanced service delivery, research, and education.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Satisfactory completion of a Health and Care

Professions Council/British Psychological

Society accredited postgraduate professional

training course in Clinical, Counselling or

Forensic Psychology.

Registered with the Health and Care

Professions Council as a Practitioner

Psychologist.

Eligibility for entry onto the Register of

Chartered Psychologists.

(Candidates who i) possess a qualification

obtained oversees, that does not fully meet UK

training requirements; ii) are seeking lateral

transfer from another branch of applied

psychology; or iii) hold a research degree in a

clinical subject, must provide evidence that

they have obtained a Statement of Equivalence

in awarded by the BPS Committee for the

Scrutiny of Individual Clinical Qualifications,

further to the satisfactory completion of such

additional training as is required by the CSICQ.)

Experience

Essential

Experience , knowledge, and skills of

working with patients with complex

psychological health and clinical needs

Substantial experience of working as a

qualified clinical psychologist at the Senior

(highly specialist) level.

Extensive post qualification experience of

specialist psychological/relevant specialist

assessment and individual or group based

treatment of clients with complex

difficulties across adult secondary or

tertiary care settings.

Substantial post qualification experience of

working with a variety of client groups of

working age with wide- ranging presenting

Experience of working within a multicultural

framework.

Experience of working therapeutically with 'difficult

to treat' clients with complex mental health and

behavioural needs and/or with medical long-term

conditions

Post qualification experience and/or formal training

in supervision, enabling the post holder to

independently supervise trainees in accordance with

relevant criteria adopted by local training courses.

Highly developed knowledge of the theory and

practice of specialised psychological therapies in

specific 'difficult to treat' groups (e.g. personality

disorder, challenging behaviour, dual diagnoses,

people with additional disabilities etc.).

problems that reflect the full spectrum of

clinical complexity and severity.

Substantial post qualification experience and a

minimum of 50 hours receiving clinical

supervision enabling the post holder to provide

supervision to trainees and others.

Relevant post-qualification experience, and

formal training in supervision, enabling the post

holder to independently supervise clinical

psychology trainees in accordance with

relevant criteria adopted by local University

Clinical Psychology Training Course criteria

Experience of teaching, training and/or

supervision.

Significant professional leadership, especially

professional development, clinical governance

and supervision and appraisal.

Experience of exercising full clinical

responsibility for the psychological care and

treatment of referred clients, and of working

within a multidisciplinary context wherein

carries responsibility for the psychological

aspects of a multidisciplinary care plan.

Experience of representing psychological

services within a multidisciplinary context.

Highly developed theoretical and practical

knowledge of the field of psychological theory,

practice and evidence based treatments

consistent with postgraduate level professional

training and further post qualification study,

training and supervised experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Helen Southall 

helen.southall@uhb.nhs.uk 

07880052524