Job summary
We are delighted to be recruiting to a permanent 0.8 WTE band 8a post in Paediatric Psychology at the Evelina London Children's Hospital.
The post-holder will be based within the diverse and welcomingPaediatric Psychology service at the Evelina London (Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust), with the post being split across the paediatric neurology and inherited metabolic disease services.
We are looking for a motivated psychologist with an interest in working with children, young people and families with complex health conditions experiencing associated psychological distress or difficulties, as well as in working with professional colleagues in a collaborative manner to provide high quality holistic care.
We would be delighted to share more about the post. For further information please contact Dr Sophie Dewar or Dr Lisa Barkley on sophie.dewar@gstt.nhs.uk / lisa.barkley@gstt.nhs.ukor 020 7188 4640.
Anticipated interview date(s): Wednesday 7th August 2024
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work within the multidisciplinary teams providing care for children and young people under the care of the Evelina London with a variety of neurological conditions and inherited metabolic diseases. The role is a varied one, with opportunity for both inpatient and outpatient working, as well as having an important component of MDT working, liaison and consultation.
The post includes holding oversight of the psychology provision to the neurometabolic teams and will include the line management and supervision of a band 7 practitioner psychologist.
An exciting specific role of the current post will be the development of an embedded psychology model into the MS clinics. Whilst psychology has long been linked with the service, new funding will allow further service development and assessment of how a more dedicated provision can best meet the needs of the population served.
Being within the Paediatric Psychology Service offers good opportunities for collaborative working with other team members, audit & research, teaching and training. We meet regularlyas a team to explore clinical dilemmas and share new learnings across our diverse services. Supervision will be provided by an experienced Psychologist within the team. Additional opportunities include but do not stop with; reflective practice groups, peer supervision as well as SIG networks across the South East and nationally.Service relevant CPD is actively encouraged.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises 5 of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients as well as a range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement; as part of King's Health Partners we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, and dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality, safe and highly Specialist Psychology Service for patients within the Neurology and Inherited Metabolic Disease Services within the Evelina London Childrens Hospital. This will include specialist assessment, formulation led psychological treatment and monitoring of clinical outcomes using a stepped-care model of care and evidence based psychological methods. To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate to other members of the service including junior and pre-qualified psychologists as appropriate. To support the Lead Practitioner and Consultant Psychologists within the Evelina London Childrens Hospital to deliver on psychology strategy within the service.
Please see attached JD and Person Specification for full information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality, safe and highly Specialist Psychology Service for patients within the Neurology and Inherited Metabolic Disease Services within the Evelina London Childrens Hospital. This will include specialist assessment, formulation led psychological treatment and monitoring of clinical outcomes using a stepped-care model of care and evidence based psychological methods. To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate to other members of the service including junior and pre-qualified psychologists as appropriate. To support the Lead Practitioner and Consultant Psychologists within the Evelina London Childrens Hospital to deliver on psychology strategy within the service.
Please see attached JD and Person Specification for full information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate level qualification in clinical psychology, counselling psychology or health psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS)
- HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist
Experience
Essential
- Experience delivering highly skilled psychological assessments, interventions, follow-up and data monitoring across at least 2 populations (one of which must be paediatric) utilising at least 2 therapeutic models including CBT.
- Experience of supervising pre-qualified psychologists including post-graduate students and other disciplines.
- Expertise working with a wide variety of client groups, and across the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children and young people with physical health problems and a range of psychological needs of a complex nature
- Experience of setting up new services
- Experience of working with young people presenting with functional symptoms
- Experience of supporting children who have a diagnosis of MS
Skills
Essential
- Ability to cope with challenging caseloads and ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Ability to assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
- Ability to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Ability to or working towards a supervision qualification with a view of supervising band 7 psychologist and pre-qualified psychologists with a clear understand of theory and practice of psychology.
Desirable
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for children and young people with a complex interplay of physical and mental health difficulties
- Knowledge of the specific psychological issues common in children and young people with neurological/metabolic disorders.
Additional Information
Essential
- A commitment to promoting equality of opportunity through all aspects of working and professional practice with both colleagues and all client groups
- Must be capable of identifying and employing, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive situations and challenging behaviour.
- Willingness to broaden range of skills and take initiative in both own professional development and the development of the service
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multi-cultural environment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate level qualification in clinical psychology, counselling psychology or health psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS)
- HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist
Experience
Essential
- Experience delivering highly skilled psychological assessments, interventions, follow-up and data monitoring across at least 2 populations (one of which must be paediatric) utilising at least 2 therapeutic models including CBT.
- Experience of supervising pre-qualified psychologists including post-graduate students and other disciplines.
- Expertise working with a wide variety of client groups, and across the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children and young people with physical health problems and a range of psychological needs of a complex nature
- Experience of setting up new services
- Experience of working with young people presenting with functional symptoms
- Experience of supporting children who have a diagnosis of MS
Skills
Essential
- Ability to cope with challenging caseloads and ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Ability to assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
- Ability to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Ability to or working towards a supervision qualification with a view of supervising band 7 psychologist and pre-qualified psychologists with a clear understand of theory and practice of psychology.
Desirable
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for children and young people with a complex interplay of physical and mental health difficulties
- Knowledge of the specific psychological issues common in children and young people with neurological/metabolic disorders.
Additional Information
Essential
- A commitment to promoting equality of opportunity through all aspects of working and professional practice with both colleagues and all client groups
- Must be capable of identifying and employing, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive situations and challenging behaviour.
- Willingness to broaden range of skills and take initiative in both own professional development and the development of the service
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multi-cultural environment.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
