Job summary
To provide a qualified specialist service to children and young people with sickle cell disorder within north west London. The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. The primary role is to provide community-based psychological assessment and treatment to service users and their families.
The post holder will provide advice and consultation to other members of the sickle cell community service MDT, under the supervision of lead psychologist for the sickle cell psychology service. The post holder may provide performance management supervision to trainees and less experienced professionals where appropriate and where identified in their Personal Development Plan.
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.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking for an enthusiastic and confident clinical or counselling psychologist with the ability provide high quality evidence-based interventions and service improvements for service users based in the community.
The service user group is predominantly of black African and Afro-Caribbean heritage, and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working within the richness and complexity of a multiculturally diverse context.The successful applicant will be joining a multi-disciplinary team of allied health professionals that aims to better provide comprehensive care to service users by moving the focus of care away from hospital-based inpatient admissions.
Your role will involve developing and delivering a psychology service with the aim of supporting the broader needs of people with sickle cell disorder in the community. This may be directed towards improving service users' ability to self-manage their symptoms, attend outpatient appointments, adhere to medication schedules or treatment plans, and make behaviour changes in support of the aims of the community MDT. Supervision training will be provided where required.
About us
In this post, you will be employed by Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL). Service users are under the care of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) and/or London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWT). You will be contracted to work for ICHT and have a reciprocal agreement to work with LNWT.
There's a place for you at CNWL.We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a qualified clinical health psychology service to service users of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust receiving care for sickle cell disorder, including those transitioning from adolescent care, comprising highly specialist psychological assessment, treatment, planning, implementation, and monitoring of outcomes.
- To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
- To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a specialist in psychological services for sickle cell disorder.
- To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
- To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a qualified clinical health psychology service to service users of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust receiving care for sickle cell disorder, including those transitioning from adolescent care, comprising highly specialist psychological assessment, treatment, planning, implementation, and monitoring of outcomes.
- To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
- To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a specialist in psychological services for sickle cell disorder.
- To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
- To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration.
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Experience working with sickle-cell patients or other haematology patients.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a hospital setting.
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.
- 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 working in organ or stem cell transplant services.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for people chronic health problems including persistent pain.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to people with protected characteristics, including disabilities, mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder / complex trauma, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.).
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis.
Skills
Essential
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences.
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with service users, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
- To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual service users and groups and carers, for meetings and case reviews
Desirable
- To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials.
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups.
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these.
- 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 manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
Desirable
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration.
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Experience working with sickle-cell patients or other haematology patients.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a hospital setting.
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.
- 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 working in organ or stem cell transplant services.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for people chronic health problems including persistent pain.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to people with protected characteristics, including disabilities, mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder / complex trauma, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.).
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis.
Skills
Essential
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences.
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with service users, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
- To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual service users and groups and carers, for meetings and case reviews
Desirable
- To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials.
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups.
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these.
- 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 manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
Desirable
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
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).
