Job summary

The Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health (NCTH) has an exciting opportunity to join the team as a Senior Assistant Clinical Psychologist. The clinic is one of 7 National Gender Identity Clinics and sees patients from across England.

As part of your application, all applicants are expected to complete a response of no more than 300 words to the following prompt:

What are some of the barriers to receiving good quality physical and mental health care that face transgender and gender non-conforming people? (300 words max)

Main duties of the job

The Senior Assistant Clinical Psychologist will support in the management of the diagnostic assessment pathways for new referrals to the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health (NCTH), under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist. Specifically, to support in triaging referrals that are received into the service and ensuring they are directed towards the most appropriate assessment pathway. This will involve reviewing referrals, collecting updated assessment information via either clinical interview or a proforma, facilitating introductory workshops, and the accurate recording of confidential electronic clinical notes.

The Senior Assistant Clinical Psychologist will need to work independently according to an agreed plan and within the overall framework of the trust's policies and procedures. If appropriate, the Senior Assistant Clinical Psychologist will be included in opportunities to undertake brief psychological assessment and therapy intervention work. They will also be required to assist and gain experience through participating in relevant clinically related administrative activities and the development of audit and/or research projects. They would be expected to participate in relevant continuing professional development and attend regular clinical supervision.

About us

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Job description

Job responsibilities

• Triage service referrals
• To work with the MDT on outcomes
• To undertake related administrative work
• Develop group workshops for patients waiting to be seen
• To complete brief psychological assessments and interventions, both individual and group sessions

For further and full details see the attached job description

Please note that due to an expected high demand in this role, the vacancy advert may close early. Please submit your application form early to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications - Academic / Craft / Professional

Essential

• A psychology degree or equivalent
• Eligibility for graduate membership of the BPS

Training

Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

• Previous work experience as an assistant psychologist
• Relevant work experience paid or voluntary
• Design databases and spreadsheets for research and audit activities as required
• Training and experience to undertake small departmental research projects under direction of more senior colleagues

Desirable

• Evidence of undertaking previous CPD
• Evidence of an interest in working with adults that experience gender diversity
• Experience of delivering/facilitating groupwork
• Knowledge of the role of clinical supervision with regard this post
• Experience in the use of statistical software, e.g., SPSS

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of Information Governance standards
• Understand the need to record clinical data for individual patients accurately, consistently and to Trust standards
• IT literate with the ability to use all Microsoft Office products and ability to use data to write reports

Equality & Diversity

Essential

• Demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to, the Trust's Equality and Diversity principles

Skills

Essential

• Receive and understand complex, sensitive information
• The ability to communicate with a wide range of people including adults and be sensitive to diversity
• Able to communicate effectively in a highly emotive atmosphere and overcome psychological resistance to potentially threatening information
• Central to this is the ability to show appropriate empathy
• Able to work positively with people from a range of backgrounds, and with a range of sexual orientations, and relationship types, platonic and non-platonic
• Able to cope with discussing sex, sexual functioning, and anatomical details
• Ability to cope with a range of facts and situations requiring analysis
• Possessing the skills to assimilate and analyse observational and clinical information
• Ability to manage own workload and prioritise on a day-to-day basis
• The ability to assimilate complex psychological information that requires manual dexterity, concentration and precision
• The ability to provide proven keyboard skills
• Demonstrate & teach own areas of expertise to new or less experienced members of staff
• A commitment to improving patient services through the ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals

Desirable

• The ability to drive

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel between sites and at times to clinics in other parts of the country

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