Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 13 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-6845173
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 per Annum (pro rata) inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Practitioner Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
We are offering an exciting permanent post (0.35WTE) within the large regional plastic surgery unit of the Royal Free Hospital, where you will join where you the plastic surgery psychology team consisting of b8b lead and 1.2WTE b8a. The post is based at the Royal Free Hospital and will offer you opportunities to develop clinical skills in a supported environment focused on managing long-term conditions and adjustment to disease and injury within an MDT setting.
The plastic surgery psychology team is an established and well-regarded specialist team based within the larger surgical department. The surgery largely covers reconstructive surgery in the context of disease (often cancer) or injury (often hand trauma) and has some specialisms around rare diseases (e.g. scleroderma) or complex surgery (e.g. facial reanimation).
You will also have access to the Trust's psychological support structure including access to specialist supervision groups, regular training events and collaboration with colleagues from the same profession.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for providing psychological care across both our in-patient and out-patient service, face-to-face and virtually. The focus of clinical work is often on decision-making, addressing the psychological consequences of injury or disease, removing barriers to rehabilitation and care or work around body image and appearance. You will be expected to provide guidance to colleagues and families as appropriate and engage in joint work, as well as attend multi-disciplinary meetings. There are other opportunities for training our colleagues. You can also gain experience in service development and supervision. You will have access to supervision and training, with a variety of different therapeutic modalities within our service.
Working for our organisation
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 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.
As a trust we stand for being positively welcoming, actively respectful, clearly communicating and visibly reassuring. We focus on delivering excellent and equitable care, ensure an outstanding experience for our patients and carers, where colleagues feel a strong connection to their work and organisation and are enabled to deliver and realise their potential.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We welcome your contact to find out more information about the role and service.
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- HCPC registration as Practitioner Psychologist
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of work within interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary environments, including joint consultations with medical/physical health staff.
- Experienced in oral presentations, working with people in groups
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
Desirable criteria
- Audit experience
- Experience of working within a plastic surgery, burns or acute/community health setting, providing specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients, including outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Experience in working with people who have had cancer, chronic health conditions and other health problems across the lifespan.
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- management. E A/I Knowledge of theoretical models and psychological interventions relevant to the needs of patients with disfiguring conditions, body image anxiety and PTSD and those experiencing psychological difficulties secondary to their health condition
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and quantitative data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the British Psychological Society/HCPC.
Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team and able to use time effectively and prioritise workload
- Ability to be reflective about own practice and style and enthusiastic about psychology in health settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appr to support and maintain clinical practice and service deliveryopriate,
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Esther Hansen
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02074726247
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