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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
North West area mental health services covers Glasgow City HSCP’s North West Sector. Adult mental health Acute Admission wards, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and rehabilitation wardsare based at Gartnavel Royal Hospital. The postholder will be based at Gartnavel Royal Hospital and will provide a service 4 acute inpatient wards and the PICU. The in-patient services comprise of multidisciplinary teams (including Occupational Therapy, and Nursing), who deliver therapies and a therapeutic activity programme to adult inpatients. The North West Area Psychology Service provides psychological services to
the adult mental health service network within Glasgow City HSCP’s North West Sector and West Dunbartonshire. The service is responsible for clinical governance, supervision, appraisal and CPD for psychology staff. The department provides a professional structure for psychologists working in primary and secondary care mental health teams, and specialist services, linking the psychologists working across a range of mental health services, ensuring professional needs are met. Staff provide direct clinical services, as well as teaching, training, supervision and consultation to other professionals, and advice in service policy and practice development. The service provides placements for the University of Glasgow Doctorate in Clinical Psychology course, supervision of students undertaking formal CBT training and other trainees in psychological therapies. The post holder will:
• Provide specialist clinical psychology assessment and brief
interventions for a caseload of patients within the acute in-patient
wards and PICU
• Provide neuropsychological assessments for in-patients when required for differential diagnosis purposes.
• Provide case consultation, care plans, advice and supervision as appropriate to support staff in the delivery of psychological approaches for acute in-patients and PICU patients
• Take a lead role in staff training and the development of psychological intervention therapeutic competencies within the ward staff team
• Attend relevant MDT meetings as a member of multi-disciplinary team and provide psychological perspective/expert advice.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of the in-patient psychological therapies group programme.
• Contribute to service development by supporting the roll-out of structured psychological therapies for specific in-patient populations.
• Provide psychological support to the ward team, such as reflective practice groups
The post holder will provide professional and clinical supervision to qualified Clinical Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists, as required. The post holder may be required to provide clinical psychology input across the service area and at different bases, as required.
Informal Contact: Dr Ian Mark Kevan, Tel No: 0141 211 3683 - ianmark.kevan@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
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