Job summary
- Main area
- Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 199-NN-6399804-AHP-Z
- Employer
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Croydon University hospital
- Town
- Thornton Heath
- Salary
- £64,408 - £73,961 pro-rata per annum HCAS (outer)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 31/07/2024
Employer heading
Neonatal Clinical Psychologist
Band 8b
Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.
Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people’s homes all across the borough.
We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.
Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon
Job overview
About Neonatal Psychology
Clinical Psychologists and other accredited psychological professionals, with specialist expertise in neonatology, are key providers of evidence-based psychological assessment and interventions for parents, infants and staff on neonatal units. They work as part of an MDT, provide consultation to medical teams on complex cases and supervise other professionals delivering psychological interventions for parents and providing staff support. They can provide assessment and intervention in four important areas within neonatal units:
- Parental and family mental health
- Infant Mental Health
- Staff Support and Training
Main duties of the job
Neonatal Clinical Psychologist
Band 8b, Part-time
- To provide highly specialist psychological support to babies, their families and staff on the Neonatal Care Unit at CUH.
- To liaise closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide specialised advice and consultation on babies and families psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues.
- To work systemically, supporting the neonatal MDT to deliver psychologically informed care to babies and their families.
- To contribute to the delivery of teaching, training and supervision for both psychology and non-psychologist colleagues in order to enable them to identify early families who will benefit from specialist input. For example, developing and promoting screening tools for bedside staff to use.
Interview Date: 31st July 2024
Working for our organisation
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.
Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
***Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification***
Person specification
qualification
Essential criteria
- • Doctoral level training in clinical, counselling, health psychology, including models of psychopathology, psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS. • Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist
- • Experience delivering highly skilled psychological assessments, interventions, follow-up and data monitoring utilising at least 2 therapeutic models. • Experience of supervising pre-qualified psychologists/qualified psychologists and/or professionals from other disciplines.
Desirable criteria
- • Further training in psychological approaches to trauma, parent-infant relationship work or systemic family therapy. • Pre or post-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- • Experience of working in a neonatal, perinatal or critical care environment. • Formal training in supervision. • Experience of setting up new services. • Formal QI training
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Ability to assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
Desirable criteria
- • A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multi-professional and uni-professional audit, and a desire to continue to develop expertise in the area
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Caroline Nyawira
- Job title
- Matron for Neonatal and Transitional Care Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02084013173
- Additional information
Dr Rebekah Easton, Neonatal Clinical Psychologist
Email address: [email protected]
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