Job Statement
To ensure the provision of a high quality Clinical Psychology service to VEDC students and other associated services in line with organisational values and Clinical strategy.
To work autonomously within professional and organisational guidelines and exercise responsibility for the governance of psychological practice within relevant services.
To provide psychological assessment, formulation and interventions to students at VEDC and to act as a specialist resource to the wider professional community.
Provide systemic support and training to the VEDC team
To contribute to service development, Clinical governance and multi-disciplinary forums as directed.
Job Specifications
• To provide specialist psychological assessment of students based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources. This will include psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with students and others involved in their care.
• To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and management of a student’s psychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the student’s problems, employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy. The appropriate assessment of risk and provision for its safe management is a key aspect of the work to be undertaken.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions and therapies for students, while adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses where appropriate.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the psychological assessment and treatment of students in liaison with the multidisciplinary team.
• To develop and implement specialist psychological interventions, which will be integrated into a multidisciplinary support package.
• To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans, including risk formulation and risk management.
• To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically-based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all students.
• To take a leading role in undertaking risk assessment and risk management for individual students and to provide advice, both general and specialist, to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans and to monitor progress during the course of both individual and multidisciplinary care.
• To develop and deliver group therapies specific to the needs of students
• To provide comprehensive assessments and reports for all internal or external reviews of students
TEACHING, TRAINING and SUPERVISION- Where appropriate:
• To receive regular supervision and management from senior professional colleagues.
• To provide specialist advice, consultation and training and supervision to other members of the VEDC team for their provision of psychologically based interventions.
• To continue to develop expertise in the area of professional pre- and post-graduate training and supervision.
• To provide training and support to staff working in VEDC
MANAGEMENT, POLICY and SERVICE DEVELOPMENT:
• To participate in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service for students, carers and families within VEDC.
• To exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within VEDC.
• To initiate and implement service developments and projects within VEDC in liaison with others.
RESEARCH and SERVICE EVALUATION:
• To work with colleagues from across VEDC to plan and implement systems for the evaluation, monitoring and development.
• To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work, work with other team members and across VEDC.
• To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research within VEDC.
GENERAL:
• To ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes
• To ensure the development and articulation of best practice in psychology within VEDC. To ensure the highest standards of record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance
• To work alongside other members of the team to ensure that all professionals within VEDC maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues.
Job Details
| Posted Date: | 2018-10-30 |
| Job Location: | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Job Role: | Teaching and Academics |
| Company Industry: | Education, Training, and Library |
Preferred Candidate
| Career Level: | Mid Career |
| Gender: | Male |
| Degree: | Master's degree |
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