Job summary
We are delighted to be recruiting to a permanent 1.0 wte Band 8a post to join a well-established Paediatric Psychology Team based at Royal Brompton Hospital.
The post holder will be based in the welcoming Paediatric Psychology Service at Royal Brompton Hospital (Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust). Working across paediatric respiratory and cardiology services at both Royal Brompton, Harefield and St Thomas' Hospital sites. Clinical work will encompass a combination of outpatient and inpatient (including intensive care) work with children, young people and their families. As well as collaborative working with professional colleagues to provide high quality holistic care. We would be delighted to share more about the posts and encourage applicants to contact Dr Jo Blundell (j.blundell@rbht.nhs.uk) or Michle Puckey (m.puckey@rbht.nhs.uk ).
Main duties of the job
The post holders will have an interest, and be experienced in, applying a range of psychological models in a flexible way, working directly with children, young people and their families. 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 role includes opportunities for teaching and training, research, and evaluation and working with shared care and network clinics across London and surrounding counties. We meet regularly as a psychology team, including with our paediatric psychology colleagues based at St Thomas' Hospital Site and MDT colleagues, to explore clinical dilemmas and share new learning across the services. Supervision will be provided by an experienced RBH based practitioner psychologist. Additional opportunities include, but do not stop with, monthly team reflective practice and peer supervision as well as participation in SIG networks locally and nationally. Service related CPD is actively encouraged.
About us
The post holder(s) will be joining a team of paediatric psychologists providing psychological care for children, young people and families at Royal Brompton Hospital, under the Cardio-Respiratory and Intensive Care (CRIC) Directorate at GSTT. We have established links with the large team of paediatric psychologists at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and particularly with our colleagues within CRIC Paediatric Psychology who work at St Thomas' Hospital site, and we are working together towards integrating the two services .
As a flexible, working friendly organization, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for our patients, our staff and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible
pattern. If it works for the service, we'll make it work for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist expertise in the psychological care of children, young people and their families within the paediatric psychology service, on an outpatient and inpatient basis.
- To provide specialist psychological assessment of patients referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
- To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of service users presenting with a variety of complex problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and employing evidence-based interventions across a range of settings.
Please see attached JD and Person Specification for full information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist expertise in the psychological care of children, young people and their families within the paediatric psychology service, on an outpatient and inpatient basis.
- To provide specialist psychological assessment of patients referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
- To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of service users presenting with a variety of complex problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and employing evidence-based interventions across a range of settings.
Please see attached JD and Person Specification for full information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate level qualification in clinical psychology, counselling psychology or health psycology (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 utilising at least 2 therapeutic models including CBT.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of supervising pre-qualified psychologists including post-graduate students and other disciplines.
- Experience of teaching, training health professionals in psychological concepts
Desirable
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients within a physical health context, and a range of psychological needs of a complex nature
- Experience working within a critical care setting (e.g. NICU, PICU or HDU)
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
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 work as an autonomous practitioner with appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision
- 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.
- Knowledge of psychological interventions, application and supervision of others
- Ability to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate level qualification in clinical psychology, counselling psychology or health psycology (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 utilising at least 2 therapeutic models including CBT.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of supervising pre-qualified psychologists including post-graduate students and other disciplines.
- Experience of teaching, training health professionals in psychological concepts
Desirable
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients within a physical health context, and a range of psychological needs of a complex nature
- Experience working within a critical care setting (e.g. NICU, PICU or HDU)
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
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 work as an autonomous practitioner with appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision
- 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.
- Knowledge of psychological interventions, application and supervision of others
- Ability to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
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).
