Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job description

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic 8a Clinical Psychologist to join our Major Trauma Centre at St George's Hospital. This unique role provides an opportunity to work with children and young people who have sustained serious and life changing injuries. The clinical work is with the CYP themselves, their families and the staff who work in the Major Trauma Centre. The post holder will work across both inpatient and outpatient settings covering critical care and surgical specialties. They will have the opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team where psychology is valued and well established. Alongside an active clinical role, the post holder will need to shape psychological care pathways within the Major Trauma Centre as part of the Integrated Psychological Model of Care pilot and to work closely with the Pan-London Trauma network. There is a particular need to think about the service delivered to young people who are victims of community violence so that this vulnerable group have better access to psychological care. If you are an experienced psychologist who is interested in paediatrics, psychological trauma in medical settings, the impact of developmental trauma or the application of community psychology approaches in different settings, please do contact us for a more in-depth discussion about the role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will offer specialist psychological support to children and young people who are under the care of the Major Trauma Centre, ensuring a timely and equitable response to new referrals, robust screening of distress and the chance to offer specialist psychological intervention where appropriate. There are many opportunities, alongside the inpatient and outpatient work for staff teaching, training and consultation.

The majority of the face-to-face clinical work takes place on the surgical wards and in paediatric intensive care. There are opportunities to work creatively to deliver effective clinical psychology interventions.

About us

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
• Experience of psychological work with people with physical health problems.
• Experience in acute hospital inpatient settings.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical health psychology in different cultural contexts.

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent).
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Formal training in supervision of trainee applied psychologists and related personnel.
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
• Membership of the British Psychological Society / Division of Clinical Psychology / Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology.

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.

Salary: £61,927 to £68,676 a year pro-rata, Per Annum Including inner London HCAS.