Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Job overview

We are pleased to advertise a fulltime 8a post based at our PICU in Hull .  Due to recent reconfigurations we are investing in the psychology team to enhance the provision  and create a robust and joined up  clinical provision across  the acute care pathway.

Please see additional document for details of service areas and psychology posts attached to them .

This new team will enable the post holder, alongside their colleagues ,  to influence and steer the individual service user recovery journey from initial telephone call, to assessment and intervention.

Your role will be pivotal in  shaping and improving the service user journey in PICU .  Your direct clinical work will be located at the PICU where staff support will also  be an equally  important focus in terms of providing reflective practice groups , devising formulations with  the MDT, training, supervision and consultation.

Main duties of the job

You will be providing   assessment of need and risk, formulation and intervention for the service users accessing PICU. Staff support is a fundamental part of the role in providing  clinical leadership within the unit  and supporting  psychologically underpinned  multi-disciplinary care.

As a PICU  team you will work together to provide trauma informed care  to  people accessing the service, liaising closely with your community, out of area provider and  inpatient colleagues, sharing formulations and devising care plans that support transitions between community and inpatient settings .

Your role will be to support the Principal Psychologist in  overseeing and developing psychological provision pathways in the acute care pathway .  Please see additional information for more detail.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification for more details as well as the additional document attached to the advert.

For  a discussion about the role please contact Dawn Peters, Professional Lead for AMH Psychology on [email protected] . We can also arrange for you to visit the unit or speak to the ward manager that you will be working with.