Post Title
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Hours
40 (42.5 to include break), on occasion additional hours may be required to undertake the role well. Under Labour Law, the hours must not exceed 48. Flexibility may be required, and it is expected the post holder will work two late clinics and weekends (likely to be once weekly) within the overall Job Plan, to ensure the service is accessible for patients.
Grade
Band 8 (a,b,c)
Department
CAMHS
Base
Maudsley Health Hospital, Abu Dhabi
Reports managerially to
Reports accountable to
Clinical Director, CAMHS, Maudsley Health.
The postholder will be employed by MACANI LLC.
- To demonstrate clinical excellence in a specialist area and carry a highly specialist clinical caseload.
- To have responsibility for the professional leadership, supervision and line management of psychologists and assistant psychologists within the relevant CAG.
- To devise, develop, and implement policies and lead service developments as required for the CAG as appropriate.
- To consider the training needs of psychology staff to ensure professional development and delivery of up-to-date practices.
- To be responsible to the Clinical Director for the monitoring and implementation of clinical and professional standards in the practice of applied psychology and psychotherapy in the service and for the systematic and effective provision of professional and clinical supervision.
- To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
- To encourage the conduct of research, service evaluation and audits, as agreed with the Maudsley Health Senior Management Team and Academic Director, ensuring these are relevant to the service.
- To be responsible for the clinical governance, quality and appropriateness of the work of psychologists in the CAG.
- To manage the placements of interns as required.
Please note that a Bachelors Degree in Psychology, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and valid HCPC registration is required for this role to obtain a license/registration in the UAE.
Maudsley Health is the brand name for the collaboration between South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and MACANI, the local partner. It was formed in 2015 to support the development of high-quality mental health services within the Middle East. Ambitious development plans are being progressed, and the service is growing geographically and clinically in a planned way. Maudsley Health began by providing child and adolescent mental health services in Abu Dhabi in 2015 and then Adult Mental Health Services in 2017. In 2018 the service successfully bid for a contract to work with the then Ministry of Health and Prevention (now Emirates Health Services) to support the development of Al Amal Psychiatric Hospital in Dubai.
Following an international tender process by the Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, Maudsley Health successfully bid for a contract to deliver permanent inpatient care in Abu Dhabi. The Maudsley Team has significant local, on the ground, clinical experience but a new team of clinical and support staff will be required to deliver services at the new Maudsley Health Hospital.
The post is being created to support the development of services in the Middle East.
Key Responsibilities:
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
- To review and recommend the plan of delivery for psychological care.
- To plan and organise the integrated delivery of care with other agencies and service providers and ensure coordination of psychology services with other services where possible.
- To provide a highly specialist psychology service to patients.
- To provide clinical assessments drawing on advanced specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of a wide range of psychological procedures and evidence-based practices.
- To provide psychological formulations, drawing on advanced specialist theoretical knowledge and experience of working with patients with difficulties in relation to their mental health.
- To develop, implement and lead individualised and specialist psychological therapy interventions as appropriate.
- To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with relevant patient age group.
- To assess and monitor risk and develop appropriate risk management plans.
- To act as a care coordinator taking responsibility for initiating planning and reviewing care plans, ensuring evidence-based practice is used whenever possible.
- To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities who use the service.
KR 2 Responsibilities for team or service clinical functioning
- To work collaboratively with the Clinical Director and Service Director and other senior staff to plan and deliver joint services that are integrated around the needs of patients.
- To co-ordinate (and chair) clinical team meetings as requested, to ensure effective functioning.
- To ensure the effective working of the team or service and a psychologically informed framework for the service.
- To be sensitive in challenging any discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
- To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients.
- To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.
- To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
KR 3 Policy and service development
- Working alongside Clinical Director, to be responsible for developing, interpreting and implementing policies and service development strategies for the defined area and within own clinical practice.
- To ensure the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
- To participate in, or lead when appropriate, implementation of initiatives (e.g. national guidelines), through membership of committees and/or working parties, as agreed with Clinical Director.
- To be responsible for implementing Clinical Governance initiatives within the CAG psychology service.
- To take a lead role in ensuring that services offered to clients are of high quality and are managed efficiently, according to the overall requirements of the clinic.
- To lead on, or contribute to, the development of bids and business cases to develop the service as appropriate and requested.
KR 4 Care or management of resources
- To make recommendations about psychology resources in the CAG.
- To identify required materials and equipment and to order through the identified system.
KR 5 Management and supervision
- To provide leadership to clinical psychologists and assistant psychologists in the CAG.
- To ensure appropriate systems are in place for the clinical and professional supervision of Clinical Psychologists .
- To advise on the recruitment of psychology staff and contribute via interviewing as part of a convened interview panel.
- To work collaboratively with the Clinical Director to ensure appraisals, personal development plans and job plans for psychologists are embedded.
- To role model and advise on the management of psychology staff.
- To provide professional and clinical supervision to clinical psychologists , assistant psychologists and psychologists in training.
- To deputise to other senior staff, when appropriate.
- To contribute to ensuring the service works as efficiently as possible.
KR 6 Teaching and Training
- To provide consultancy, clinical supervision, teaching and training to multidisciplinary colleagues regarding psychological issues, assessment and therapy.
- To contribute to teaching and training as part of Maudsley Health Hospital’s commitment to providing high-quality training within the region.
- To support the planning, organization and delivery of teaching and training plans for clinical psychologists.
- To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and by implementing the knowledge gained in practice.
- To manage the development of specialist clinical placements for interns as and when required.
KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance
- To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by policies and local procedures.
- To ensure a good standard of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional guidelines, including electronic data entry where possible.
KR 8 Research and development
- To ensure the planning, initiation and completion of research, service evaluation and audits relevant to the role and service, as agreed by the Maudsley Health Hospital SMT and Academic Director.
- To provide expertise in a specialist research area .
- To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.
- To regularly monitor and evaluate evidence-based practice and the effectiveness of clinical assessments and interventions.
KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development
- To receive regular clinical and professional supervision according to HCPC and BPS guidelines.
- To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with DOH, BPS and Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC ‘Standards for Continuing Professional Development’.
- To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
- To comply with the HCPC ‘Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ and ‘Standards of Proficiency’, and ensure professional development in line with these.
- To meet and maintain licensing requirements in country of origin, as well as in the UAE.
- To adhere to the BPS’s Professional Practice Guidelines and relevant local policies and procedures.
- To ensure that all psychology staff for whom the post-holder has leadership or management responsibility, maintain professional standards and continuing professional development.
KR10 General
- To travel to community or home visits and professional meetings, or to other healthcare premises, as appropriate when required.
- To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group and follow policies relating to its management.
- To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations such as challenging behaviour and to support others involved in such situations.
- To work flexibly which will include offering a late clinic and weekend working (likely to be once weekly) within the overall Job Plan, to ensure the service is accessible for patients.
