Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed responsibilities of the role.

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of working as an Assistant Clinical Psychologist
• Previous experience of working in the NHS, directly with people who present with behavioural, cognitive and emotional difficulties.
• Experience of working with children and young people, including those with ASC.
• Experience of using psychometric measures
• Experience of working in an MDT

Desirable

• Experience of working with children with complex health needs and/or disability, and their families

Skills

Essential

• High level communication skills (written and verbal), including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive.
• Knowledge of ASC and familiarity with tools for its assessment. To be ADOS trained.
• Experience in using databases and performing data analysis.
• Previous research and audit experience.

Desirable

• Familiarity with other neuropsychological tests.
• Experience in writing high quality reports.
• Language skills in common with South Asian or Eastern European languages.

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Understanding of the principles of psychological and psychometric assessment
• An understanding of the psychological needs and difficulties of children and young people presenting with neurodevelopmental difference

Qualifications

Essential

• Honours Degree in Psychology to at least 2i standard, or 2ii with relevant Masters degree.
• Eligible for HCPC Registration and/or Graduate membership of the BPS.

Desirable

• Further post graduate training in relevant areas of psychology and/or research design and analysis

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to work professionally and ethically
• Ability to work independently whilst recognising own limits
• Ability to reflect on own practice and respond positively to clinical and professional supervision
• Ability to interact effectively with people with psychological, behaviour and cognitive problems
• Ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines
• Willingness to undertake professional training and development
• Able to demonstrate a clear interest in the advertised post and relate previous experience to the post
• Must have an independent means of motorised transport with access to a vehicle for work (or acceptable alternative).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).