Job summary
**Fixed term contract/ Secondment opportunity for 2 years**
This is an exciting new opportunity to join the cardiology department at NNUH. This is a fixed term contract, funded through charitable funding. The cardiology clinicians are very keen have a psychologist within their team, and there is enormous scope to develop a new service, to flexibly work with cardiology colleagues to ensure that the team can make the best use of access to psychology input, and to audit the outcomes of the service.
It is hoped that the charitable funding will ultimately lead to Trust funding of the post.
The post-holder would be part of a wider team of Clinical Psychologists providing services to a variety of adult and paediatric specialties within the Trust. The post holder will also be expected to make some contribution to clinical psychology within the Trust, through attendance at meetings, or to participate in service developments.
Regular supervision would be available. As an 8B, there would be an expectation to contribute to the supervision of other psychologists within the Trust.
** If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported. **
Full time:37.5 hours per week
Main duties of the job
The role would include:
- providing psychological assessment and therapy for cardiology patients, both in dedicated psychology clinics and jointly with other members of the multidisciplinary team
- Training, supervision and governance for the cardiology multidisciplinary team in providing psychological therapies (psychological support has been provided by other team members who have completed CBT training, but they have had difficulty securing supervision for their work)
- Liaison with any psychological service provided by the IAPT initiative, facilitating a tiered psychological provision
- Data collection and audit of the psychological service, to build a case for substantive Trust funding
The psychology input would be available to any cardiology outpatient, however the predominant areas of need are:
- Adult patients with long term conditions (congenital heart disease, inherited cardiomyopathy, channelopathy and aortic disease)
- Post heart attack
- Cardiac surgery rehabilitation
- Survivors of out of hospital cardiac arrest
Patients with recurrent arrhythmia and/or implantable cardiac devices such as defibrillators.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will ensure and lead on the systematic provision of a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients referred to the specified speciality (see advert), provided by the Norfolk and Norwich University Foundation Trust through the development, delivery and evaluation of integrated specialised clinical psychology assessment and intervention services.
The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of the psychological practice within the Clinical Psychology Speciality. They will formulate and deliver complex psychological assessment and therapy to individuals within the specialist service, and develop and facilitate reflective practice to the team on psychological issues.
The post holder will supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by psychologists in training, other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment, as appropriate. This post has a responsibility to provide staff support to the multidisciplinary team members, as appropriate. They may hold line management responsibilities, as delegated by the Service Manager.
To carry out Research & Development activities as a major job responsibility using post-doctoral research skills for complex audit, service evaluation and research.
To provide vision and, in liaison with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, provide modern delivery and quality assurances of the speciality psychology services.
To propose and implement policy changes and policy development within the specialist Psychology service and in consultation with the Consultant Clinical Psychology Line Manager/ Service Manager for Clinical Psychology and Divisional managers, as appropriate, and aligning with national drivers within the profession of clinical psychology.
The post holder will be joining a service of adult and child clinical psychologists providing services to specialties within the Trust. The post holder will also be expected to contribute to the flexible delivery of clinical psychology services, across the Trust, in response to new developments and organisational changes. They will be expected to promote developments in Clinical Psychology service through attendance at team meetings, and providing teaching and training to disseminate new developments in psychology to wider audiences in and outside the Trust, and to participate in service developments and research.
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service,all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUHs PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity and Excellence.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will ensure and lead on the systematic provision of a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients referred to the specified speciality (see advert), provided by the Norfolk and Norwich University Foundation Trust through the development, delivery and evaluation of integrated specialised clinical psychology assessment and intervention services.
The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of the psychological practice within the Clinical Psychology Speciality. They will formulate and deliver complex psychological assessment and therapy to individuals within the specialist service, and develop and facilitate reflective practice to the team on psychological issues.
The post holder will supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by psychologists in training, other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment, as appropriate. This post has a responsibility to provide staff support to the multidisciplinary team members, as appropriate. They may hold line management responsibilities, as delegated by the Service Manager.
To carry out Research & Development activities as a major job responsibility using post-doctoral research skills for complex audit, service evaluation and research.
To provide vision and, in liaison with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, provide modern delivery and quality assurances of the speciality psychology services.
To propose and implement policy changes and policy development within the specialist Psychology service and in consultation with the Consultant Clinical Psychology Line Manager/ Service Manager for Clinical Psychology and Divisional managers, as appropriate, and aligning with national drivers within the profession of clinical psychology.
The post holder will be joining a service of adult and child clinical psychologists providing services to specialties within the Trust. The post holder will also be expected to contribute to the flexible delivery of clinical psychology services, across the Trust, in response to new developments and organisational changes. They will be expected to promote developments in Clinical Psychology service through attendance at team meetings, and providing teaching and training to disseminate new developments in psychology to wider audiences in and outside the Trust, and to participate in service developments and research.
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service,all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUHs PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity and Excellence.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Honours degree in psychology
- Post-graduate doctorate (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) in Clinical Psychology recognised as eligible for registration as a Practitioner Clinical Psychologist with the Health Professional Council.
Experience
Essential
- Significant proven assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience and skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable
- Experience of working within the Clinical Speciality
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
Attitude, aptitude
Essential
- Ability to self-manage highly distressing situations/ patient experiences.
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Honours degree in psychology
- Post-graduate doctorate (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) in Clinical Psychology recognised as eligible for registration as a Practitioner Clinical Psychologist with the Health Professional Council.
Experience
Essential
- Significant proven assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience and skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable
- Experience of working within the Clinical Speciality
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
Attitude, aptitude
Essential
- Ability to self-manage highly distressing situations/ patient experiences.
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
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).
