NHS National Waiting Times Centre
Agamemnon Street
Clydebank G81 4DY
Scotland
Chief Executive Jill Young
Recruitment line: 0800 0283 666
Dear Candidate
Telephone 0141 951 5000
Fax 0141 951 5500
POST: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (BASED IN FORTH VALLEY)
HOURS: 18.75
CLOSING DATE: 15 SEPTEMBER 2014
The National Waiting Times Centre Board welcomes your enquiry in connection with the above post.
Please find enclosed an information pack.
Should you wish to submit an application for the above post, please ensure you do so in advance of the closing date. Late applications will not be forwarded for short listing.
Should you contact the recruitment team to discuss any queries regarding your application it is advisable that you retain the job reference number as you will be asked to quote this when you call. Please note that we no longer acknowledge receipt of applications and therefore you will not receive any further communication until after the post has been shortlisted.
In the meantime, I wish you success with your application and should you require any further information or wish to check the progress of your application please do not hesitate to contact the recruitment team on the contact telephone number shown above.
Yours sincerely
Lynn Mitchell
Recruitment Assistant

NATIONAL WAITING TIMES CENTRE BOARD
INFORMATION PACK
FOR THE POST OF
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
18.75 HOURS PER WEEK
REFERENCE NUMBER SHOW/1715
CLOSING DATE: 15 SEPTEMBER 2014

NATIONAL WAITING TIMES CENTRE BOARD
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
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This information package has been compiled to provide prospective candidates with details of the post and background information about The National Waiting Times Centre Board.
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The contents of this package are as follows:- o Job Description/person specification o Terms and Conditions of Service o Application Form o Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form o Information on Agenda for Change
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The Equal Opportunities Monitoring form is required for monitoring purposes only and will not be made available to the interview panel during any part of the recruitment process.
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Please note, to ensure that we adhere to our current policy on Equal Opportunities; CV’s received with
Application Forms will be destroyed prior to Application forms being passed for Short listing.
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NWTC operates a NO SMOKING Policy on all Premises and Grounds.
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All offers of employment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory References, Occupational Health screening and Disclosure Scotland clearance.
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Please send your completed application to:-
Recruitment Team,
HR Department
Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Agamemnon Street
Clydebank
G81 4DY
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When returning your completed application and any associated enclosures by Royal Mail you must ensure that the correct postage cost is paid. We have been informed by the Post Office that they are retaining those which have been underpaid. This has resulted in completed applications not being returned until after the closing date, and not being included for short listing.
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The short listing process will take place shortly after the closing date.
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As a Disability Symbol user we recognise the contribution that all individuals can make to the organisation regardless of their abilities. As part of our ongoing commitment to extending employment opportunities all applicants who are disabled and who meet the minimum criteria expressed in the person specification will be guaranteed an interview.
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The organisation has introduced a set of shared values. These values will be measured during the
Competency Based Interview. The values are: o We will treat everyone with dignity and respect o We will take responsibility to do our jobs well o We will demonstrate our commitment to quality o We will work effectively with others in teams o We will display a “can do” attitude at every opportunity

GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
1. Terms and Conditions of Service
The terms and conditions applicable to this post are those of all NHS Employees.
2. Superannuation
You have the option to join the NHS Superannuation Scheme, to participate in the State Earnings Related
Pension Scheme or to take out a Personal Pension.
Employee’s contributions to the NHS Scheme amount to 5% to 13.3% of salary (depending on rate of
Pensionable Pay) and the employers’ contribution equates to 13.5% of salary. Employees in the NHS
Scheme are “Contracted-out” of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme and pay a lower rate of
National Insurance contributions. Employees who choose to participate in the State Earnings Related
Pension Scheme pay the higher rate of National Insurance contribution. A Stakeholder Pension is also available.
3. Salary
£46,164 to £57,068 (pro rata)
4. Grade
This post is offered on a Band 8B
5. Annual Leave
The annual leave entitlement in a full year commencing 1st April to 31st March is 27 days, rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service. There are 8 Statutory and Public Holidays in each leave year. (Pro rata where applicable)
6. Hours of Duty
18.75 Hours per week
7. Tenure of Employment
This post is offered on a fixed term basis for a period of one year
8. Asylum and Immigration Act 1996
Under the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, we are required to carry out checks to ensure that all prospective employees are entitled to live and work in the United Kingdom. You will therefore be asked to provide appropriate documentation prior to any appointment being made.

NHS National Waiting Times Centre
NHS Superannuation scheme:
All staff are eligible to join this scheme from date of commencement. Employee contributions vary from 5% to 13.3% depending on annual pensionable pay. Benefits include a lump sum and pension when you retire, life assurance of 2 years’ pay while you are working, pension and allowances for your spouse and children in the event of death, and benefits for ill-health retirement. Members of the scheme receive tax relief on contributions and Lower National Insurance contributions.
Annual leave entitlement (including public holidays): 
35 days annual leave on appointment
37 days annual leave after 5 years
41 days annual leave after 10 years
Free car parking
Continuing professional development opportunities
Discounts at the associated Beardmore Hotel
Leisure Club membership – Get fit and healthy at the Beardmore Leisure Club for only £28 per month.
Childcare vouchers – If you are a working parent with children under the age of 16 you could save up to £1,196 per parent, per annum on the cost of childcare.
For more information about the benefits and discounts available to NHS staff, visit www.nhsdiscounts.com

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ROLE PROFILE
ADMINISTRATIVE & CLERICAL
1 ROLE DETAILS
Title Clinical Psychologist – Band 8B
Reports To (Title) Dr Keith Bowden, Consultant Clinical Psychologist (NHS Forth Valley)
Dr John Sharp, Consultant Clinical Psychologist (NHS NWTC)
Location Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank
2 ROLE PURPOSE & CONTEXT
The primary aim of this post are to:
 Design; implement, and evaluate a collaborative, stepped-care model to promote psychological wellbeing among people with coronary heart disease (CHD) and heart failure (HF).
This post is part of a multi-region project funded by the Scottish Government to try to establish how best to effectively and efficiently provide psychological care to people with CHD and HF. It will require a range of skills including the ability to:
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Implement potentially complex systems of care in existing acute medical services
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Provide a time-limited psychological assessment and intervention service
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Develop appropriate sign-posting systems; care pathways; and protocols consistent with the project aims
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Train; supervise, and support colleagues with little or no knowledge or experience of psychological models and intervention techniques, in their efforts to maximise health outcomes
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Initiate service evaluation / audit / research to inform service provision and future redesign efforts locally and at national level
3 KEY ASPECTS OF POST
Clinical Responsibilities
1. To design and deliver a highly specialist psychological assessments of CHD and HF patients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex data from a variety of sources, including medical notes; colleagues in cardiac services; psychometric tests; standardised self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured and structured interview schedules with patients, family members and others involved in the patient’s care.

2. To analyse highly complex, multi-source information about the patient and evaluate all potential outcomes before deciding on a specific action.
3. To develop and implement plans for the specialist psychological treatment and/or management of a patient’s emotional and/or self-management problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of these problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
4. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, across the course and progression of CHD and HF, adjusting and refining psychological formulations, as new information becomes available, drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
5. To evaluate and make decisions about the best treatment options and the best course of action, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors, unique in each case, concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
6. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of CHD and HF patients whose problems are managed by psychologically based care plans.
7. To provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patient care, who may at times hold conflicting opinions. This includes guidance on problem formulation/diagnosis and the establishment and maintenance of psychological care/self-management and other treatment plans. To demonstrate the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills in providing psychological expertise.
8. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care for the benefit of all CHD and HF patients, across all settings and agencies serving the care group. To facilitate the use of psychological models and approaches in the care of CHD and HF patients and their families in a range of care settings through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory.
9. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
10. To communicate, orally and in writing, in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of patients under their care and to monitor progress during the course both uni and multi-disciplinary care.
11. To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by staff involved in the provision of care to CHD and HF patients.
12. To be responsible for the provision of a psychology service to CHD and HF patients in
NHS Forth Valley.
Clinical Teaching & Training
1. To provide pre and post-qualification teaching for clinical, health and counselling psychologists, as appropriate.

Supervision
1. To provide supervision as part of an overall evidence-based training package aimed at facilitating an increase in psychological knowledge and skills in staff working with CHD and HF patients and their families. postgraduate training.
7. To verify the accuracy of others' travel expenses, if required.
8. To develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentation in public and professional settings.
2. To provide clinical placements for trainee clinical psychologists, ensuring that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to good care and to contribute to the assessment and evaluation of such competencies.
2. To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with CHD and HF patients across a range of care settings. This will likely be a substantial element of this post.
3. To contribute to the teaching of under-graduate medical students and post graduate medical staff on relevant topics, as appropriate.
4. To provide teaching for nursing, medicine, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and other
Allied Health Professional staff as appropriate.
5. To continue to gain relevant wider highly specialist experience in a Continued Professional
Development (CPD) program as agreed with the line manager.
6. To maintain and develop skills in the area of clinical supervision particularly in relation to
3. To provide professional and clinical supervision of Assistant Practitioners and Graduate psychologists and others, including work allocation and review of work.
4. To provide professional and clinical supervision of Trainee Clinical Psychologists, including work allocation and review of work.
5. To provide clinical and professional supervision to recently qualified applied psychologists attached to the team, as required.
6. To undertake regular clinical supervision as required at all grades of clinical psychology staff to meet their professional guidelines as per the British Psychological Society Code of
Conduct and the requirements of the Health and Care Professions Council.
7. To identify and monitor the practice of those you supervise and to identify deficits in performance and conduct and, where necessary, to initiate the initial stages of grievance and discipline procedures by alerting relevant line managers.
8. To carry out appraisals, where necessary, for Assistant Practitioners and Trainee Clinical
Psychologists.
Management
1. To over see the daily planning; reporting; organisation and delivery of project in NHS

Forth Valley.
2. To operationalise Scottish Government policy and practice documents and relevant clinical guidelines.
3. To participate as a senior clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service including advising both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.
4. To participate in CHD and HF team meetings; liaise with senior clinicians and other staff members in ways that facilitate the successful completion of the project aims.
5. To exercise appropriate responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practise within the service/ team.
6. To participate as appropriate in staff recruitment, both in the short-listing process and as a member of interview panels for Assistant Practitioners, Trainees Clinical Psychologists and Applied Psychologists.
7. To exercise delegated responsibility for managing the psychological resources available to a team, whether in the form of additional qualified and unqualified graduate psychology staff or in the form of psychological materials employed in the assessment and treatment of patients.
Policy and Service Evaluation
1. To have delegated responsibility for specific aspects of the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the service’s operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit. This will include all aspects of the project aims.
2. To advise both the Scottish Government and NHS Forth Valley in their efforts to consider the planning of psychological aspects of CHD and HF services. To contribute to changes to practice and service policy/development as appropriate, and be aware of the impact of such change on the service, other professionals and other agencies.
3. To serve on, and where appropriate, represent the service on multi-agency committees concerned with the development of applied psychology services in Forth Valley, as agreed with the line manager.
4. To be involved in identifying and implementing service developments to improve the quality of care provided by the service.
Research & Service Evaluation
1. To take the psychology lead, as a senior clinician, in the evaluation, monitoring and development of the project and operational policies, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit and ensuring incorporation of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high quality care, as required.
2. To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members and to apply highly developed research skills to all aspects of work in a routine basis.

3. To conduct appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research, particularly in areas relevant to the post holder’s service responsibilities, as agreed with the line manager.
4. To manage the project on a daily basis, including delivering complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service, to help develop service provision.
5. To take responsibility for the development of effective means of auditing the project overall; individual work, and the quality; effectiveness and efficiency of the services provided.
6. To be involved in organising and supervising research and development work of any
Assistant or Graduate Psychologist and MSc trainees employed within the service. To provide clinical supervision of doctoral research of trainee clinical psychologists.
General Responsibilities
1. To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with professional and service managers. This will include both within NHS Forth Valley and at a national level.
2. To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the service and elsewhere in Scotland, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of applied psychology; CHD and related disciplines and areas.
3. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record-keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice and local policies and procedures.
4. To collate and provide information from others (e.g. Assistant Practitioners, Trainee
Clinical Psychologists, and junior staff) in order to monitor and evaluate the service.
5. To participate in organisational advisory processes as appropriate to grade.
6. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific care group and mental health.
7. To maintain good current knowledge of all relevant statutory legislation and national professional standards and policies and procedures and training requirements, together with the implications of these as stipulated by The British Psychological Society, the
HCPC, and by NHS Forth Valley and to comply with these appropriately.
8. To maintain good current knowledge of psychological theories, models and interventions appropriate for the postholder's areas of responsibilities; to ensure the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice via pursuit of Continuing
Professional Development activities according to BPS and HCPC recommendations and requirements; to maintain detailed, on-line records of CPD plans and activities and outcomes to satisfactory completion.
9. To participate in the appropriate staff appraisal scheme and be responsible for complying with the agreed personal development programmes to meet set knowledge and competence-based requirements.

10. To have devolved management of the workloads of trainee Clinical, MSc and/or
Counselling Psychology trainees, and other staff, on a day-to day basis.
11. To contribute to the appraisal of staff where appropriate
12. To carry out such other duties as may be agreed
Legislation and Policy Guidance
1. Maintain up to date knowledge of relevant National and Local NHS guidelines
2. Legislation and policy in respect of: Child Protection, Mental Health, Disability, Race
Relations, Equal Opportunities and Human Rights, and other relevant policies and procedures.
Health and Safety
1. Assist in the implementation of arrangements and to maintain a standard of safety in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act.
2. Carry out the duties placed on employees by appropriate health and safety legislation and polices.
Other Duties
1. Please note that the above is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, the specific nature of which will be agreed with the postholder’s line-manager, and the postholder may undertake other such duties as may be appropriate and required in the light of changing circumstances.
2. The post holder may be required to work at any of the other sites within the health board, subject to consultation.
3. This job description is subject to review from time to time and may be amended in consultation with the jobholder.
4 AVAILABLE GUIDANCE (what instructions are provided, who provides advice, who reviews/approves work)
See appropriate NHS NWTC Policies & Procedures
5 JOB DESCRIPTION AGREEMENT
Job Holder’s Signature: Date:
Head of Department Signature: Date:

PERSON SPECIFICATION
– Band 8b
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO DO THE JOB
ESSENTIAL
TRAINING &
QUALIFICATIONS
Demonstrates advanced theoretical and practical knowledge as an applied psychologist which requires to
DESIRABLE
Full membership of the BPS be obtained through:-
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Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS or HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
OR
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Post-graduate Msc in
Health Psychology recognised as providing eligibility for registration as a Practitioner
Psychologist with the
HCPC, plus additional
Diploma in Cognitive
Behavioural Therapy, recognised as providing eligibility for accreditation as a
C.B.T. therapist with the BABCP, or equivalent.
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Further post-doctoral training, research and study across a range of areas, including advanced clinical skills over a substantial period, which also includes work at specialist level.
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It is a requirement of these posts to provide

EXPERIENCE clinical placements and supervision to trainee applied psychologists undertaking a
Doctorate in applied psychology. To enable the post-holder to do so they must be eligible for the relevant training which meets University accreditation criteria.
Eligibility for this requires postdoctoral clinical experience.
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Registration with the
HCPC as an applied psychologist.
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Training in clinical practice supervision
Significant supervised applied psychology practice experience in NHS or equivalent by a suitably qualified applied psychologist.
Requires experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and residential care settings. This includes skill in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as an independent practitioner and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
Experience of professional supervision of qualified and prequalified applied psychologists.
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Experience and enthusiasm for working in an MDT setting.

KNOWLEDGE
AND SKILLS
PERSONAL
Skills as a Senior Clinician to undertake clinical leadership roles and tasks within multidisciplinary and multiagency contexts.
A high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.
Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychology phenomena, an interest in models of service delivery and an ability to articulate the value added by applied psychology services within the context of multidisciplinary mental health services.
A capacity to establish priorities and organise workload effectively and
Efficiently.
Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies.
A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multiprofessional and uniprofessional audit and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the service area.
Ability to demonstrate leadership skills.

OTHER
Ability to operate successfully within a team based setting
Able to travel to different bases as required.