Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Central and North West London NHS Foundation TrustAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Clinical Psychologist to join our expanding team providing psychological care for people with sickle cell disorder and other rare anaemias.
The psychology service is a valued part of a multi-disciplinary team providing hospital-based care for people with sickle cell disorder and other anaemias, including haematology doctors, nurses, and other allied health professionals.
We are looking to expand the range of psychological care we are able to provide, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to establish new aspects of the role, including a focus on adolescent transition to adult care, and supporting service users in the community, all with the support and guidance of the lead psychologist.
Main duties of the jobThe post holder will be based primarily at Hammersmith Hospital, a regional hub providing specialist services for adults with disorders affecting red blood cells.
There will be occasional need to travel to St. Mary's Hospital, where the main paediatric sickle cell service is located, to assist with adolescents transitioning to adult care, as well as travel as needed for community outreach.
The work will involve meeting with service users individually and in groups, providing specialist psychological assessment, support and intervention/therapy.
Much of the work with service users will involve helping people manage symptoms or complications related to their condition (e.g., pain), and addressing social, emotional and occupational challenges of having a long term health condition (e.g., relationships, trauma, education and employment).
Service users crucially need to maintain an adequate relationship with healthcare providers, and the psychologist serves as adviser, educator and advocate, working with both service users and staff.
About usThe post holder will be employed by CNWL as a member of the clinical health psychology department, a team of clinical and counselling psychologists, assistant psychologists and trainees, providing psychological intervention and support to various health services within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT).
The post holder will benefit from weekly didactic discussions, line management and clinical supervision.
The post holder will separately be embedded within the red cell haematology service, a multi-disciplinary team of haematology doctors, nurses and other allied health professionals, at ICHNT, who work collaboratively to provide comprehensive, holistic care to people with red cell disorders.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users.
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Job responsibilitiesTo 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 undertake service evaluation, audit and research.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 SpecificationQualificationsEntry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration.Additional training or substantial experience in Clinical Health Psychology through formal postqualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma.Completed training course in clinical supervision.Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.Experience working with sickle-cell patients or other haematology patients.ExperienceEvidence 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.Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant trainingPost-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communitiesExperience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects.Experience of teaching or training others.Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.Experience of working in a hospital settingExperience working in organ or stem cell transplant services.KnowledgeKnowledge 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.Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis.Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.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.
)High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.SkillsTo deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differencesTo 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 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, and for meetings such as CPAs and case reviewsTo plan allocation of tasks to assistant psychologists.Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups.To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materialsWell-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
£61,927 to £68,676 a yearper annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T)

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