Principal Clinical Psychologist - Bristol, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

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Bristol, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

We are looking for thoughtful, compassionate and innovative Specialist Clinical Psychologist/ Counselling or Health Psychologist or Practitioner Psychologist who can provide service wide leadership regarding children and young people with disordered eating as part of their presentation.

The post holder will work within the proposed NHS Children and Young People Gender Service (South West) within the governance structure of the service and Psychological Health Services as part of an Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to develop, deliver and evaluate specified services provided by a range of clinicians and health professionals.

Provision will include clinical services, research and quality improvement including dissemination, and training and consultation to other partner services and agencies.

As well as providing services into the new clinical programme, expected to open in November 2024, the clinicians will work via Psychological Health Services to provide complex case input to other paediatric or staff support services.

Psychological Health Services is an award-winning department, recognised for a commitment to leadership and the development of Trustwide psychological services.

(Cont'd under Detailed job description and main responsibilities)

To contribute to development, coordination, clinical care and leadership, to ensure the systematic provision of a psychology service to the NHS Children and Young People's Gender Service (South West) and personally provide highly specialist clinical input (direct and indirect) with regard to CYP with disordered eating and its management within NHS partnership providers.

To provide training, clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in the sub area of the CYP Gender Service
To undertake joint working, consultation, training and service development activities
To contribute to psychological research, service evaluation and audit activity.
To provide day-to-day management and professional supervision of staff employed within Psychological Health Services.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.

UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

As a forward

( Job overview Cont.)

As a university teaching trust research and quality improvement forms part of UHBW's mission to support excellence in delivery of patient care, alongside education and applied research of the highest quality.

We are engaged in high profile national professional networks at a senior level across BPS, NHS and charitable sector organisations.

We have strong links to local and regional universities providing access to support research and clinical training with honorary appointment up to professorial level.

Psychological Health Services has an expanding research portfolio and provide and support opportunities to develop this further.

Psychological Health Services take pride in their commitment to providing high quality and accessible CPD and access to skilled clinical and peer supervision.

Examples of current CPD opportunities include monthly Trustwide departmental CPD meetings, journal clubs and an ACT supervision group.

Our commitment to clinical excellence is reflected in our annual cycle of quality outcomes related to a wide portfolio of activity.

We work together to grow and shape the department; we have a notice board style central point of communication to keep you up to date communicating via surveys about what matters to us all.

Membership of departmental Service Delivery Groups (SDGs) give the opportunity to broaden skills and experiences and be involved in wider psychology initiatives.

As a way to support individual development, growth of expertise and service priorities, staff can benefit from opportunities to work into other clinical areas through discussion and planning with their line manager and head of service.

This will be an element of the working lives of much of the staff group you would lead.

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.