Job summary
Are you keen to use and develop your psychological skills to help gastrointestinal patients at the internationally renowned St Mark's Hospital? If so, you might also be keen on joining a Trust that is making significant investments in developing its psychology services.
This opportunity to develop and lead two new psychology sub-teams sits within the Psychological Medicines Unit (PMU) at Central Middlesex Hospital. The specialities are psychogastroenterology with the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Team and the Neurogastroenterology pathway for St Mark's Hospital. Psychodynamic skills are especially relevant to these settings, and we welcome applicants with these additional trainings.
This is an exceptionally interesting setting for psychologists working at the interface of mental and physical health. We recognise that it may be an unfamiliar service setting, so really welcome informal enquires from psychologists who would like to understand more about the role before deciding whether to submit an application. This video will explain more about the PMU https://youtu.be/IUqrfHOYH30
PMU is a friendly and supportive service led by a consultant psychologist who will provide support and management. The team benefits from a dedicated pathway coordinator and Consultant Psychiatrist with special interest in IBD.
Informal enquiries or visits are very welcome.
Contact:Dr Sonya Frearson, Consultant Clinical Psychologist. sonya.frearson1@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work within PMU and provide leadership to specific subservices. In the first instance, this relates to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Neurogastroenterology.
Embedding the PMU service into different sub-specialities the post holder will be expected to identify priorities for service development, implement and evaluate these initiatives through evaluation, audit and research alongside the PMU Consultant Clinical Psychologist. The post holder will lead on engaging service users to support the development of services offered.
The post holder will provide a high quality evidenced based psychology service. The role will have a significant clinical component, providing assessment, formulation and psychological therapies to gastroenterology patients and supporting adjustment within a rehabilitation framework. The post will require multi-disciplinary team working and liaison with other services relevant to the patient (other psychology/mental health teams and departments).
The post holder will contribute indirect support to multi-disciplinary team (MDT) colleagues through reflective practice groups and MDT meetings. PMU is developing a 'Stepped Care' approach, working with non-specialist colleagues to ensure that all patients receive psychological care appropriate to their level of need.
The post holder will provide leadership and undertake appropriate managerial and supervisory duties of qualified and assistant psychologists.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- 1.Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS. Eligible for BPS Chartered Psychology Status and registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- 2.Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS and HCPC.
- 3.Registered with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- 4.Completion of formal training in clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Masters or other post graduate training in health psychology or models of psychological therapy relevant to the health setting
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of complex methods of psychological assessment including the theory, evidence base and application of psychological approaches and interventions for people with physical health conditions including cancer and under palliative care.
- Highly-developed knowledge in approaches to consultation provided to multidisciplinary services and other professional/non-professional groups
- Well-developed knowledge of the use clinical governance to support and maintain good clinical practice.
- Well-developed knowledge of the needs of individuals from diverse social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and experience of applying clinical health psychology within this context.
- Substantial experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist within a multidisciplinary team with adults presenting with physical health problems, presenting problems that reflect the whole life span, full range of clinical severity and full range of care settings including inpatient, outpatient, community, and residential care settings
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills in relation to exercising clinical responsibility for service users psychological care and treatment and for professional actions within the roles of clinical psychologist, keyworker/care co-ordinator and within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Compassionate, flexible, sensitive and committed with an enthusiasm for multi-disciplinary working and a thoughtful approach to developing psychological services within this context
- Experience of developing and facilitating staff teaching and training for psychologists, the wider multidisciplinary service. Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care and actively working to promote effective team working. Experience of representing psychology within the wider organisation.
HEART values
Essential
- Demonstrate commitment to Trust HEART values: honesty, equity, accountability, respect, and teamwork
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- 1.Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS. Eligible for BPS Chartered Psychology Status and registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- 2.Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS and HCPC.
- 3.Registered with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- 4.Completion of formal training in clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Masters or other post graduate training in health psychology or models of psychological therapy relevant to the health setting
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of complex methods of psychological assessment including the theory, evidence base and application of psychological approaches and interventions for people with physical health conditions including cancer and under palliative care.
- Highly-developed knowledge in approaches to consultation provided to multidisciplinary services and other professional/non-professional groups
- Well-developed knowledge of the use clinical governance to support and maintain good clinical practice.
- Well-developed knowledge of the needs of individuals from diverse social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and experience of applying clinical health psychology within this context.
- Substantial experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist within a multidisciplinary team with adults presenting with physical health problems, presenting problems that reflect the whole life span, full range of clinical severity and full range of care settings including inpatient, outpatient, community, and residential care settings
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills in relation to exercising clinical responsibility for service users psychological care and treatment and for professional actions within the roles of clinical psychologist, keyworker/care co-ordinator and within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Compassionate, flexible, sensitive and committed with an enthusiasm for multi-disciplinary working and a thoughtful approach to developing psychological services within this context
- Experience of developing and facilitating staff teaching and training for psychologists, the wider multidisciplinary service. Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care and actively working to promote effective team working. Experience of representing psychology within the wider organisation.
HEART values
Essential
- Demonstrate commitment to Trust HEART values: honesty, equity, accountability, respect, and teamwork
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
