To provide a specialist psychological service within the specified service, to adults with mental health difficulties. To work wi.....
To provide a specialist psychological service within the specified service, to adults with mental health difficulties. To work with clients individually online/remotely. Within this to be able to communicate highly complex information effectively in highly emotive situations and overcome psychological resistances to potentially threatening issues. To be responsible for conducting psychological interviews, deriving information from self-report measures, rating scales, psychometrics, direct and indirect structured observations and semi- structured interviews with clients and others involved in the clients care, interpreting complex data and giving feedback effectively and with sensitively. To be skilled in risk assessment and management. These demands will incorporate frequent intense concentration often in emotionally demanding or unpredictable environments. The post holder will be expected to maintain high professional levels of clinical judgement and application of complex skills at all times. To provide expert psychological assessment and reports, both written and verbal, of people with a wide range of psychological problems, in accordance with codes of professional ethics. Following assessment, to provide expert formulation and psychological therapy to a high standard to service users with a range of mental health problems. To formulate and implement plans for formal psychological intervention and/or management of a clients psychological difficulties, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy. To manage a specialist caseload autonomously and within the criteria directed by the Trust. To make difficult decisions about priorities and clinical issues. To act as a care coordinator - where appropriate, taking responsibility for planning and review of care plans under enhanced CPA. To attend the regular team meetings as necessary and as agreed with the Team Manager an Clinical Lead to whom accountable, being responsible for offering psychological input as a specialist resource. To risk assess individual clients, especially those who have challenging and complex needs and to provide advice to other professionals on the psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group. To liaise with relevant professionals within the role. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to the clients formulation and plan of care. To be responsible for the assessment, formulation and implementation of psychological therapy within the specific areas of clinical responsibility. This will incorporate specialized complex assessments and interpretation of clinical material. To evaluate and make decisions about psychological interventions taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the person and the family or social group within which they function. To offer specialist consultancy, training, plus supervision, as required. To contribute to team development and management, to facilitate effective and efficient working of the overall team, using analysis of the provision and planning for future development. To maintain high standards of clinical record keeping, exercise due diligence in respect of duty of care and communicate in reports to referring colleagues information on assessment, formulation and the nature/purpose of psychological therapy and rehabilitation. The post holder will be required to engage in frequent intense concentration relevant to complex clinical issues and with highly distressing clinical material. This may also involve some exposure to aggression or other unpleasant conditions within which the post holder will be expected to maintain the highest levels of expert judgement and application of complex skills. To adhere to the code of ethics of the relevant professional body (e.g. BPS, NMC, HCPC, EMDR Europe, BABCP), and the employing NHS Trust. To be responsible for personal health and safety within the workplace. To be aware of health and safety issues for others within the work context also. Working conditions will include some regular exposure to hazards including possible verbal aggression and high levels of affect. The above may incorporate utilization of a range of general skills including high level keyboard and computer skills for interpretation and collection of data and for the communication of such. To communicate highly complex condition related information to service users, other social and healthcare professionals.
