Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are inviting applications for a fixed- term Band 8a Practitioner Psychologist role until March 2025. The role currently works with patients with long covid, but we are excited to consider how the model may work for other conditions, so this role may evolve over the next few months to include patients with other long-term conditions with a similar symptom burden.

The service currently offers 1:1 and group interventions and app -based self- management support to patients from Lambeth and Southwark. The post holder will work in both community and hospital sites and will receive professional supervision via the Trust Head of Psychology. Whilst the funding for the post is full- time, we would be happy to hear from people who wish to work more flexibly.

We are seeking an experienced practitioner who can respond flexibly to individual need. You should have experience working with people with complex physical needs and applicants qualified in the delivery of EMDR will be welcome. You should be able to offer psychological assessment and evidence-based treatment using established theoretical models and will be responsible for the provision and development of the psychological therapy service from a clinical, professional and operational perspective. The post holder will work collaboratively with the MDT to provide education, support and guidance and will lead and participate in quality improvement activities.

If you would like to know more, please get in touch.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality, safe and highly Specialist Psychology Service for Long Covid.

To work autonomously developing pathways for psychology across community, hospital, ICU, IAPT and primary care and the wider directorate engaging with multidisciplinary teams within and across services and directorate when appropriate.

To work within a stepped-care model managing demand for clinical service within long covid and reporting and making recommendations regarding service provision.

To develop and deliver group and individual therapy and also consider using technology to enhance engagement built in an effective and cost-effective model of care.

To offer psychological assessment and formulation led and evidence-based treatment to patients presenting with long covid symptoms and associated difficulties.

Is required to provide supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and junior staff inter and multidisciplinary if required.

About us

Organisational Values:

Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it . It is important that you understand andreflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust.

The post holder will:

Put patients first Take pride in what they do Respect others Strive to be the best Act with integrity

Our values and behaviours framework describes what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details please review the additional documents provided: Job Description and Personal Specification.

Interviews are scheduled for 30th May 2024.

Person Specification

Professional/ Statutory Registration

Essential

Full member of the BPS division of clinical, health or counselling psychology HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist

Qualifications/ Education

Essential

Doctorate level qualification in clinical psychology, counselling psychology or health psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS)

Desirable

Qualified to provide EMDR

Previous experience

Essential

Experience delivering highly skilled psychological assessments, interventions, follow-up and data monitoring across at least 2 populations Experience of utilising at least 2 therapeutic models including CBT. Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts. Experience of providing both group based and individual interventions using evidence based psychological approaches Experience of teaching, training health professionals in psychological concepts Experience of supervising pre-qualified psychologists including post-graduate students and other disciplines Experience designing, conducting and leading on research activities at a doctorate level including service related research and audits

Desirable

Experience of setting up new services Experience of providing EMDR

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

Essential

Ability to cope with challenging caseloads and ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner Ability to assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans. Knowledge of psychological interventions, application and supervision of others particularly CBT and behaviour management. Ability to communicate at both a written and oral level, imparting complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information Ability to translate and integrate evidence based research/guidelines into the development of a pathway of care.

Desirable

Knowledge of models and coping and adjustment to a long term condition. Excellent presentation skills.

Additional Information

Essential

Must be capable of identifying and employing, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings

Desirable

Experience of working within a multi-cultural environment.

Physical Requirements

Essential

Ability to maintain periods of prolonged concentration frequently throughout the day as required for complex methods of psychological assessment and delivery of interventions. // Able to walk around the hospital environment, and travel between bases

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