Job summary
Applications are invited from a Practitioner Psychologist to join the Psychology Service in Infection & Immunity at Barts Health NHS Trust.
We are hoping to recruit a Practitioner Psychologist with specialist interests in psychology as applied to HIV and sexual health. Interest in group work and 3rd Wave CBT approaches is desirable. Being able to assist in developing a stepped-care model for psychosexual services is also desirable. The post holder will also contribute to the HIV clinics to promote better engagement with 'hard to reach' and vulnerable patients. The post holder may also be expected to work at our sexual health service in Stratford and/or our HIV clinic at Newham Hospital.
The Psychology Service enjoys good close working relationships with the multi-disciplinary teams in Infection & Immunity. We are an energetic and supportive team offering excellent professional support, supervision and CPD. There is a wealth of specialist clinical expertise, and the service has an active audit, research and teaching programme. There are also close links with North London Clinical Psychology training courses, Queen Mary Medical School and local Psychosexual Therapy training programmes.
Main duties of the job
This post involves the provision of specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic support to patients from Infection & Immunity at Barts Health from across East London. This work will involve both HIV and sexual health services at three locations (Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, Sir Ludwig Guttmann Health Centre, Stratford and Greenway Clinic, Newham University Hospital). Clinical provision will consist of individual/couples psychological therapy as well as psycho-educational workshops and occasional neuropsychological assessments in the HIV clinic.
The post holder will also contribute to our multi-disciplinary staff teaching programme to promote psychosocial knowledge and skills in responding to the psychosocial needs of our service users.
The post holder will also contribute to audit, research and service development. The post holder will further the practice of psychosexual counselling, by assisting in service development, audit/evaluation and clinical governance.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent, if trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Eligible for BPS Chartered Clinical Psychology Status
- HCPC registration (application submitted if recently qualified)
Desirable
- BABCP membership (or eligible)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a trainee or qualified clinical or counselling 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 including outpatient, community, in-patient and out-patient care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- Experience in training and/or working with physical health problems, such as HIV and/or sexual health and/or psychosexual problems.
- Experience in applying psychology in different cultural contexts.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training
- Experience in developing and/or delivering psycho-educational groups.
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in patients with physical health problems, including HIV, sexual health, sexual risk and sexual assault.
Desirable
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of 3rd Wave CBT approaches (eg. CFT and/or ACT), with application to physical health conditions.
- Highly developed knowledge and skills in conducting neuropsychological assessments.
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of psychosexual therapy for supporting sexual difficulties.
- Highly developed 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, trauma and severely challenging behaviours etc.)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent, if trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Eligible for BPS Chartered Clinical Psychology Status
- HCPC registration (application submitted if recently qualified)
Desirable
- BABCP membership (or eligible)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a trainee or qualified clinical or counselling 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 including outpatient, community, in-patient and out-patient care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- Experience in training and/or working with physical health problems, such as HIV and/or sexual health and/or psychosexual problems.
- Experience in applying psychology in different cultural contexts.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training
- Experience in developing and/or delivering psycho-educational groups.
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in patients with physical health problems, including HIV, sexual health, sexual risk and sexual assault.
Desirable
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of 3rd Wave CBT approaches (eg. CFT and/or ACT), with application to physical health conditions.
- Highly developed knowledge and skills in conducting neuropsychological assessments.
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of psychosexual therapy for supporting sexual difficulties.
- Highly developed 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, trauma and severely challenging behaviours etc.)
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).
