Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, qualified, HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, to join the adult intensive care unit (ICU) psychology service at West Middlesex Hospital in West London.
You will join a friendly, supportive MDT. The ICU psychology service is embedded in the care of patients, relatives and caregivers. There is great collaboration with the Staff Psychology service and the team sits within a large Clinical Health Psychology service with opportunities for peer support.
You will also lead on a project exploring ICU psychology services across the NW London sector. A unique opportunity to be at the forefront of shaping the delivery of NWL ICU Psychology services in the future; identifying and sharing best practice, guidance and education opportunities for the critical care MDT.
As part of our commitment to address inequalities in healthcare, we are particularly keen to hear from applicants with lived experience relevant to the diverse communities we work with, and from those with particular skills in understanding and promoting anti-discrimination associated with protected characteristics.
The post is initially funded for one year, however, there is a strong commitment from CWNHSFT to continue and expand this service at ChelWest and WestMid Hospitals, therefore it is hoped that the post will become substantive.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist to join our Intensive Care (ICU) Team at West Middlesex Hospital.
Working closely with the Lead Clinical Psychology for ICU to support the development, delivery and evaluation of a high quality, evidence based and effective ICU psychology service. Supporting patients admitted to the ICU, alongside their families and caregivers.
There will be an emphasis on the clinical assessment and treatment of patients in the ICU at high risk of psychological distress plus consultation with relatives/caregivers, as well as the multidisciplinary team (MDT).
About us
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CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy & policy, & many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. With us, you will get -
A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.
An opportunity to work for one of the top 10NHS employers
Flexible working
Variety of work
Access to a variety of CPD opportunities.
As a Trust we are committed to investing in our staff through a range of initiatives, both profession-specific and organisation wide. Psychological professions staff are able to access a range of trust-wide CPD initiatives. We have partnered with Bespoke & Contextual Consulting to provide some of the profession specific CPD, alongside additional CPD sessions we commission as part of CNWL CPD programme for Psychological Professions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team.
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of highly complex psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both therapeutic models complex historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
- To exercise appropriate autonomous professional responsibility.
- To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk.
- To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, complex information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.
- To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues.
- To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision.
- To provide specialist clinical placements for psychologists in training.
- To provide professional and clinical supervision of assistant/graduate psychologists.
- To actively participate in the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
- To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
- To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research, in line with supporting the organisations research objectives.
- To participate in the preparation of clinical and research data for publication in academic journals and presentation at scientific meetings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team.
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of highly complex psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both therapeutic models complex historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
- To exercise appropriate autonomous professional responsibility.
- To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk.
- To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, complex information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.
- To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues.
- To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision.
- To provide specialist clinical placements for psychologists in training.
- To provide professional and clinical supervision of assistant/graduate psychologists.
- To actively participate in the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
- To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
- To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research, in line with supporting the organisations research objectives.
- To participate in the preparation of clinical and research data for publication in academic journals and presentation at scientific meetings.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent), including specifically models of psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence.
- Health and Care Professions Council registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Post-doctoral training in a relevant field
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist for a significant period, including experience of working in a health care setting.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full 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.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment.
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams in physical health
- Strong professional interest in the link between physical and mental health.
- Knowledge of specialised assessment and therapeutic approaches in trauma and appearance distress.
- Experience of working with adults or children who have experienced physical injury and the associated social and psychological implications of injury and rehabilitation.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with physical health problems in a hospital-based setting (inpatient/outpatient).
- Experience of providing teaching and training.
- Experience of working in an ICU or other acute physical health inpatient setting.
- Experience of liaison with other health professionals.
- Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit and other service evaluation projects
- Experience of working with, and addressing issues of, diversity including experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of proposing and implementing service development projects within own service area.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC.
- Experience of the application of health psychology in different cultural contexts and of working with interpreters.
Desirable
- Experience of successful development of business cases leading to the commissioning of new services.
- Experience of staff recruitment and selection
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- 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.
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of delivering psychological interventions to specific groups and communities (e.g. individuals who identify as BAME).
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team setting at a high level, hold leadership role and contribute to effective team functioning
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data and for teaching purposes.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Experience of leading specific projects within a clinical service.
- Experience of providing day to day management and support to junior psychologists.
Other
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent), including specifically models of psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence.
- Health and Care Professions Council registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Post-doctoral training in a relevant field
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist for a significant period, including experience of working in a health care setting.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full 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.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment.
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams in physical health
- Strong professional interest in the link between physical and mental health.
- Knowledge of specialised assessment and therapeutic approaches in trauma and appearance distress.
- Experience of working with adults or children who have experienced physical injury and the associated social and psychological implications of injury and rehabilitation.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with physical health problems in a hospital-based setting (inpatient/outpatient).
- Experience of providing teaching and training.
- Experience of working in an ICU or other acute physical health inpatient setting.
- Experience of liaison with other health professionals.
- Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit and other service evaluation projects
- Experience of working with, and addressing issues of, diversity including experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of proposing and implementing service development projects within own service area.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC.
- Experience of the application of health psychology in different cultural contexts and of working with interpreters.
Desirable
- Experience of successful development of business cases leading to the commissioning of new services.
- Experience of staff recruitment and selection
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- 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.
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of delivering psychological interventions to specific groups and communities (e.g. individuals who identify as BAME).
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team setting at a high level, hold leadership role and contribute to effective team functioning
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data and for teaching purposes.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Experience of leading specific projects within a clinical service.
- Experience of providing day to day management and support to junior psychologists.
Other
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
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).
