Job summary
We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (Band 7) to join our multidisciplinary HIV team at the Ian Charleson Day Centre, Royal Free Hospital. This is a 6-month fixed-term contract, working 0.6 WTE (Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday).The post holder will deliver a specialist psychological service to people living with HIV, including those with co-morbid conditions such as hepatitis, cancer, and neurological illnesses. The role involves providing psychological assessments, evidence-based interventions, and consultation within a holistic framework of care. You will also support service development through supervision, research, audit, and teaching. The service offers flexible care, including remote appointments and online webinars.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions for individuals referred to the HIV service.Address psychological challenges impacting HIV care, including adjustment to diagnosis, stigma, mental health, and treatment adherence.Deliver psychological support for patients with complex co-morbidities such as hepatitis, cancer, and neurological conditions.Offer consultation and specialist advice to the wider multidisciplinary team regarding patients' psychological care and risk management.Provide clinical supervision and line management to trainee clinical/counselling psychologists.Contribute to service development, including audit, evaluation, and quality improvement activities.Deliver care via a mix of in-person, telephone, and video consultations, and help facilitate online webinars.Ensure accurate and timely clinical documentation in line with Trust and professional standards.Work in accordance with Royal Free values, safeguarding responsibilities, and infection control policies.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the topFor more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in counselling/clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained before 1996;) including specifically, models of psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialist areas of psychological practice.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working as a qualified / trainee clinical /counselling psychologist. Desirable: experience within HIV / health settings.
- oExperience of working with a wide variety of patient 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, primary care, in-patient and residential 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.
- oExperience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment
Desirable
- oExperience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- oExperience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- oPp dip level knowledge of Clinical or counselling psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- oSkills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- oA high-level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- oPP Dip level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical/ counselling psychology.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the patient group and mental health.
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder dual diagnoses, substance misuse, trauma)
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies
Other
Essential
- oAbility to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others.
- oAbility to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- oAbility to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- oAbility to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Desirable
- oAbility to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of counselling psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy
- oPrevious professional experience of mental health problems.
- oExperience of working within a multicultural framework.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in counselling/clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained before 1996;) including specifically, models of psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialist areas of psychological practice.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working as a qualified / trainee clinical /counselling psychologist. Desirable: experience within HIV / health settings.
- oExperience of working with a wide variety of patient 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, primary care, in-patient and residential 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.
- oExperience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment
Desirable
- oExperience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- oExperience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- oPp dip level knowledge of Clinical or counselling psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- oSkills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- oA high-level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- oPP Dip level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical/ counselling psychology.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the patient group and mental health.
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder dual diagnoses, substance misuse, trauma)
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies
Other
Essential
- oAbility to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others.
- oAbility to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- oAbility to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- oAbility to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Desirable
- oAbility to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of counselling psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy
- oPrevious professional experience of mental health problems.
- oExperience of working within a multicultural framework.
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).
