Overview
Join to apply for the Principal Clinical Psychologist role at Barts Health NHS Trust. The Barts Health People Directorate is recruiting a motivated and experienced principal psychologist to join our Psychological Support Service, a designated service for staff wellbeing across five hospital sites: Royal London, St Bartholomew’s, Mile End, Newham University, Whipps Cross Hospitals and Canary Wharf offices.
The role involves working as part of a team of five principal psychologists to develop and implement a sustainable and evaluated process for psychological support, under the leadership of a consultant clinical psychologist. It includes working with all levels of staff to assess, formulate and intervene at the team level to positively impact the staff experience, and providing direct one-to-one evidence-based psychological therapy to individual staff when existing pathways to specialist services are not available or deemed appropriate.
Responsibilities
* To develop and implement a sustainable and evaluated process for psychological support for staff wellbeing across all sites, under the leadership of a consultant clinical psychologist.
* To work as part of a team of psychologists on a Trust-wide project focusing on wellbeing and support interventions for teams; to work systemically with all levels of staff within specific teams to assess, formulate and intervene at the team level, aiming to change staff experience and internalise changes, with opportunities to generalise to other services.
* To consider and address issues of inequality and discrimination in all areas of work; collaborate with colleagues and Barts Health diversity networks.
* To engage as a team for Trust-wide provision of psychological support.
* To provide direct intervention in the form of evidence-based psychological therapy to individual staff when pathways to specialist services are not available or deemed appropriate.
Contact for informal chats
Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Services Lead
Carla Croft
carla.croft1@nhs.net
Qualifications and requirements
* Experience at principal psychologist level with ability to work with staff across levels; strong systemic and consultative skills.
Equality and diversity
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
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