Highly specialist clinical psychologist (2 posts 1.4 F / T equivalent)
EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Goldington, Bedford
Highly specialist clinical psychologist (2 posts 1.4 F / T equivalent)
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EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Goldington, Bedford
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 4 days ago, 9 May | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 612e46e1c2a6439b83934506ced93788
Location ref: Goldington, Bedford
Full Job Description
Toprovide specialist psychological assessments foradults living in BLMK. The post holder willprovide highly specialist psychologicalautismassessmentsfora diverse population of people with a wide range ofdifferentialdiagnosticcharacteristics. We have a strong neuroaffirmative lens to all of the work we complete. As a multidisciplinary modelledservice,the post holder will workcollaboratively withexpansive knowledge of different clinical disciplines.There will be opportunitiesto provideconsultation work.
The post holder would be expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of Trust policies and procedures. In addition, the post holder would besupported toutiliseresearch skills for audit and service development & research.
This is a particularly exciting time to join our team. Wearedriving our service proactively to matchcontemporary theoretical andevidence-based understanding of autism to guide ourpractice forautistic people. We are dedicated to including the autistic population to work with our clinicians to leadinnovativeand evolving change. We value the insight ofeveryone inour team and would include the post holder to contribute toservice development.
To provide clinical supervision and psychological formulation skills to other members of the team.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist psychological assessments of service users referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the person's care as part of the diagnostic pathway.
As a team we are supportingnew staffto undertake autism assessment training using tools such as ADOS, ADI-R, and ACIA .
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.