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We are looking to welcome an enthusiastic, compassionate and experienced Principal Clinical/Counselling Paediatric Psychologist, who can play a significant part in enhancing and developing the psychological care of children and young people (CYP) with diabetes (0.4 WTE) and cancer (0.2 WTE) across our locality.
Job Responsibility:
Be the clinical lead for the Great Western Hospital Paediatric Diabetes and Oncology Psychology Service
Work autonomously within professional, trust and departmental guidelines
Exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the paediatric diabetes and oncology psychology service
Develop, lead, manage and provide an entirely autonomous and systematic specialist psychology service to patients of the paediatric diabetes and cancer care team, and their families
Enhance the psychological care provided by the paediatric diabetes and oncology care team through consultancy and training
Carry an appropriate clinical caseload of patients with a wide variety of difficulties and presentations
Contribute to appropriate multidisciplinary interventions and pathways within the service
Supervise trainee psychologists
Carry out and contribute to audit, policy and service development, and research activities and/or programmes
Requirements:
Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including psychometric assessment, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology models
Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people
Experience of using evidence-based therapy with children and adolescents, including group work
Experience of leadership within psychological settings
Experience of and skills within service quality monitoring i.e. clinical, audit, evaluative research etc.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration
Nice to have:
Post qualification training in supervision
Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in leadership or management
Post qualification experience of working within the fields of both paediatric diabetes and paediatric oncology