Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist • Southport/Prescot/Liverpool Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nHighly Specialist Clinical Psychologist with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in Southport/Prescot/Liverpool\n\n To provide a qualified clinical psychology service according to a plan agreed with the multi-disciplinary team and within the overall framework of the Autism Service's policies and procedures. To provide appropriate psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to psychologist and non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non- professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service. The Autism Service is a highly specialist service providing assessment, consultation and time limited intervention to autistic service users, some of which may have histories of complex problems, including a history of long-term mental health needs. Please note: we would also consider applications for a Band 7 Preceptorship. See Job Description - Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist for the main duties of job role attached to the vacancy. About us To provide autism assessments and psychological assessments of clients referred to the Autism 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, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.2.To consult with colleagues within the trust and to support them in the formulation and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.3.To be responsible for implementing a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis.4.To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family, or group.5.To provide highly specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.6.To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.7.To actively undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice and liaise with other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. To participate in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency risk assessment in complex service networks.8.To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the clients personalised needs in terms of autism and possible co-occurring diagnoses within the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.9. Has line management responsibility for other clinical staff as appropriate "}