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Job overview

Come and join the thriving network of psychologists working into Frimley Health. Following the success of psychological input into our Cystic Fibrosis Service, Frimley are investing in a 0.75 WTE 8B post to support the next stages of service development. There may be some flexibility in the number of hours; we would welcome a conversation, please get in touch.

You will be working with adults with CF and across associated pathways,  within a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, including dieticians, specialist nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, exercise practitioner, quality improvement lead, and consultants. You will be joining at an important time in CF care given the recent introduction of novel treatments and evolving developments in service provision. 

There is a mix of inpatient and outpatient work, with a focus on providing a quality MDT approach to decision-making and embedding psychologically informed care. This post will suit someone interested in developing leadership skills and team working. You will join a network of clinical, health and sports psychologists, supported by Consultant Clinical Psychology leads. You will be employed by Surrey and Borders Partnership (SABP) NHS Foundation Trust. We are an established provider of services working in physical health specialities across Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley ICS. 

We look forward to hearing from interested applicants, and welcome people getting in touch to discuss the role further. 

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the job description and job overview:
• To plan and deliver a highly specialist psychology service (in leadership or advanced therapy role) and to oversee its clinical governance.
• To be responsible for the professional leadership and continued development of a team and/or service area.
• To be responsible for the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways.
• To ensure that the needs of people with protected characteristics are addressed within local services and future developments.
• To demonstrate highly specialist expertise and specialist psychological skills such as specialist psychological assessments, formulation, therapeutic interventions and consultation to support people with complex needs
• To act as supervisor/teacher in teaching, facilitating and supporting pre-registration students and junior personnel and to participate in the audit of educational placements. To participate in new staff induction.
• To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards - in partnership with people who use services and carers.
• To lead in developing and conducting clinical audit and research, maintaining current knowledge of research findings and development within the relevant area of practice.

Working for our organisation

SABP has a strong history of leadership development and supporting individual career progression. You will also become part of the SABP-wide clinical health psychology network which covers other acute hospital trusts in the region, including Ashford & St Peter’s and the Royal Surrey. This network provides further opportunities to learn from colleagues with specialist interests and experience, all led by the SABP lead for Clinical Health Psychology. Our network highly values personal development, peer supervision, and CPD. We also have strong links with the University of Surrey PsychD course which offers supervision training and other CPD, and for which we offer placements for trainees in all three years of training.