Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical or counselling psychologist to apply for a full-time Band 7 post within the clinical health psychology service in Ealing Community Partners (ECP). The post-holder will be offering assessment and treatment for patients with comorbid long-term physical health conditions (including but not limited to chronic pain and long-Covid) and mental health needs and where these mental health conditions affect the self-management of the long-term conditions. The post-holder will also contribute to engaging system partners and offering educational support.
We are seeking a clinical or counselling psychologist who has the energy and enthusiasm to join this relatively new service in ECP and contribute to the integration of mental and physical healthcare, arguably one of the biggest value propositions in healthcare. This would be an ideal opportunity for someone who is interested in developing their skills in offering psychological support for patients with a range of long-term conditions, particularly chronic pain related to various conditions, and supporting other colleagues to provide psychologically-informed care.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- Provide evidence-based psychological interventions to individual clients (individual therapy, opportunity to co-facilitate pain management group, and build digital intervention)
- Attend regular clinical supervision
- Develop expertise in providing treatment to service users with chronic pain and other comorbid conditions
- Support other mental health and non-mental health colleagues through contributing to education and training
- Contribute to coproduction
- Contribute to the formation of peer support group for multiple long-term conditions
Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values and we look for people who are strongly aligned with them.
Our Team is friendly, embraces hybrid working (remote and in-person working) and embodies a growth mind-set with protected time and funding for professional development, knowledge sharing and continuous quality improvement. We put patient-centeredness at the core of our practice. All staff is encouraged to contribute to design and innovation and engage in coproduction with service users and community assets.
Annual Leave starts at 27 days a year plus bank holidays. You also get a wellbeing day and birthday off.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We'rerated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Offer direct clinical care such as independent or joint assessment for patients with comorbid long-term health conditions and mental health conditions
- Offer individual therapy, group therapy and contribute to the development of digital interventions as appropriate
- Potentially co-facilitate peer support group for those with long-term conditions
- Regularly collect and review relevant outcome measures relevant to patient needs and preferences
Education and Training
- Undertake relevant clinical training to manage patients with various long-term conditions, with a focus on chronic pain
- Offer mental health training or training on psychologically-informed care to other non-mental healthcare professions in the community
- Contribute to the development of information session or psychoeducation material for patients
Service development and research
- Under the lead pain psychologist, contribute ideas and processes to continuously improve quality of services offered
- Contribute to research based on post-holders interest. For example, participating in an NIHR funded research on co-produced long-Covid rehabilitation, of which West London is a trial site.
- Contribute to the implementation of routine screening of mental health conditions in patients with long-term physical health conditions
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Offer direct clinical care such as independent or joint assessment for patients with comorbid long-term health conditions and mental health conditions
- Offer individual therapy, group therapy and contribute to the development of digital interventions as appropriate
- Potentially co-facilitate peer support group for those with long-term conditions
- Regularly collect and review relevant outcome measures relevant to patient needs and preferences
Education and Training
- Undertake relevant clinical training to manage patients with various long-term conditions, with a focus on chronic pain
- Offer mental health training or training on psychologically-informed care to other non-mental healthcare professions in the community
- Contribute to the development of information session or psychoeducation material for patients
Service development and research
- Under the lead pain psychologist, contribute ideas and processes to continuously improve quality of services offered
- Contribute to research based on post-holders interest. For example, participating in an NIHR funded research on co-produced long-Covid rehabilitation, of which West London is a trial site.
- Contribute to the implementation of routine screening of mental health conditions in patients with long-term physical health conditions
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or post graduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, Occupational therapy) plus a post graduate diploma or higher degree in CBT. Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HPC)
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Fully accredited with the BABCP
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within with long term conditions and mental health needs.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of CBT in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings. Including outpatient, community, and primary care settings.
- Experience of service development across different parts of the health system, including using coproduction methodology. For example, engaging patients and primary care in prevention work or psychologically informed care.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities or long-term medical conditions etc).
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or post graduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, Occupational therapy) plus a post graduate diploma or higher degree in CBT. Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HPC)
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Fully accredited with the BABCP
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within with long term conditions and mental health needs.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of CBT in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings. Including outpatient, community, and primary care settings.
- Experience of service development across different parts of the health system, including using coproduction methodology. For example, engaging patients and primary care in prevention work or psychologically informed care.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities or long-term medical conditions etc).
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
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
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).
