Job summary
We are looking to recruit a motivated clinical psychologist to join the Clinical Health Psychology service. This is a new post in Liaison Psychology, joining a team of over 20 psychologists specialising in physical health psychology including specialities in Bariatric Surgery, Burns, HIV & Sexual Health, Intensive Care, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pain and Staff Psychology. The Liaison Psychology post represents an opportunity to work in Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, with people with complex mental health needs. There is a supportive Liaison Psychiatry service, who very much welcome this role. There will be a psychoeducation aspect to the role, fostering a psychologically informed approach for staff working with people in the hospital. We intend to develop a follow-up clinic for outpatient therapy.
The Clinical Health Psychology service has a strong commitment to embedding core values of equity, diversity and inclusion at the core of our work. We are committed to improving access to services for all. CNWL has a wide range of CPD options, including with Contextual Consulting amongst other providers. The team regularly hosts trainees from the North Thames Doctoral courses.
The postholder will be supported to develop their career and flourish as a valued member of the psychology staff group.
Main duties of the job
This is a newly created post, welcomed by the Liaison Psychiatry team, as well as the wider Clinical Health Psychology service. The role will be on site at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and the South Kensington Mental Health Centre. Hybrid models of working could be explored.
The postholder will provide specialist psychological assessment and brief therapeutic interventions in the acute setting. The postholder will offer advice and consultation on service users' psychological care.Clinical responsibilities include provision of highly specialised psychological assessments and interventions for service users and specialist consultation for psychiatric and hospital based staff.
The postholder will be responsible for systematic governance of psychological practice within Liaison Psychology, with support from the Senior Leadership Team.
Psychoeducation will be a key component, including leading on engaging hospital based staff with education of how to deliver psychologically informed care in the acute setting.
The postholder will contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
The postholder will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the areas served by the team/service.
The post holder will work autonomously within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and Trust policies.
About us
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is a great place to work for Psychological Professions. As a Trust, we are committed to investing in our staff through a range of initiatives, both profession-specific and organisation wide.
We have partnered with Bespoke and 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. CNWL also has seven established staff networks supporting a range of individual needs.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical and Client Care To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients under the care of the Liaison Psychiatry service, often in busy departments, such as Accident and Emergency. To provide brief psychological interventions with distressed service users, whilst waiting for allocation of an admission bed. To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans, including supporting the ward based team to implement effective safety planning. To provide limited outpatient follow-up for service users attending Accident and Emergency, who might benefit from a more detailed psychological assessment and brief therapeutic interventions. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
Contributing to team or service clinical functioning To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service. To contribute to the team or services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities. To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services. To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients, including drawing on formulation skills. To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans. To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
Policy and service development To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes. To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects. To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
Management and supervision To potentially supervise trainee psychologists within own area of specialism. To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.
Teaching and Training To co-design with inpatient teams a psychoeducation package for ward based teams, on how to embed psychologically informed and trauma informed care. This could include a range of psychological areas, according to clinical need. To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the Liaison Psychiatry service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and acute mental health, and by implementing knowledge gained in practice. To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
Record-keeping and Information Governance To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
Research and development To initiate, undertake, support and supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits. To develop a highly specialist follow-up clinic for service users presenting to Accident & Emergency. To provide expertise in a specialist research area which will contribute to the Liaison Psychiatry service. To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.
Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines. To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC Standards for Continuing Professional Development. To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies. To comply with the HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency, and ensure professional development in line with these. To adhere to the BPSs Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
Full Job Description and Person Specification are available in the advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical and Client Care To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients under the care of the Liaison Psychiatry service, often in busy departments, such as Accident and Emergency. To provide brief psychological interventions with distressed service users, whilst waiting for allocation of an admission bed. To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans, including supporting the ward based team to implement effective safety planning. To provide limited outpatient follow-up for service users attending Accident and Emergency, who might benefit from a more detailed psychological assessment and brief therapeutic interventions. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
Contributing to team or service clinical functioning To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service. To contribute to the team or services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities. To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services. To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients, including drawing on formulation skills. To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans. To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
Policy and service development To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes. To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects. To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
Management and supervision To potentially supervise trainee psychologists within own area of specialism. To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.
Teaching and Training To co-design with inpatient teams a psychoeducation package for ward based teams, on how to embed psychologically informed and trauma informed care. This could include a range of psychological areas, according to clinical need. To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the Liaison Psychiatry service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and acute mental health, and by implementing knowledge gained in practice. To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
Record-keeping and Information Governance To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
Research and development To initiate, undertake, support and supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits. To develop a highly specialist follow-up clinic for service users presenting to Accident & Emergency. To provide expertise in a specialist research area which will contribute to the Liaison Psychiatry service. To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.
Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines. To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC Standards for Continuing Professional Development. To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies. To comply with the HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency, and ensure professional development in line with these. To adhere to the BPSs Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
Full Job Description and Person Specification are available in the advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level of psychology training, qualifying for HCPC Practitioner Psychologist professional registration
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in supervision
- Additional training in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical psychologist under supervision
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature
- Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities
- Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects
- Experience of teaching and training
Desirable
- Experience of working in crisis or community mental health teams
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for acute and crisis presentations
- Theoretical knowledge of psychological presentations and the evidence base for the relevant treatment
- Advanced knowledge of psychological crisis and community services
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care
Desirable
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
Skills
Essential
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information
- To be skilled in working flexibly, turning attention to presenting clinical needs and tailoring interventions accordingly
- Well-developed IT skills including report writing
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate
- Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level of psychology training, qualifying for HCPC Practitioner Psychologist professional registration
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in supervision
- Additional training in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical psychologist under supervision
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature
- Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities
- Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects
- Experience of teaching and training
Desirable
- Experience of working in crisis or community mental health teams
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for acute and crisis presentations
- Theoretical knowledge of psychological presentations and the evidence base for the relevant treatment
- Advanced knowledge of psychological crisis and community services
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care
Desirable
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
Skills
Essential
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information
- To be skilled in working flexibly, turning attention to presenting clinical needs and tailoring interventions accordingly
- Well-developed IT skills including report writing
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate
- Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
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).
