Band 8B Principal Practitioner Psychologist
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Practitioner Psychologist to join the Katharine Dormandy Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre based in the Royal Free Hospital. The centre is world renowned for its expertise in managing rare inherited and acquired bleeding disorders and its ground-breaking research into genetics, basic science, and gene therapy trials. The centre is very active in clinical research led by investigators from the centre and other commercial and non-commercial studies. It is a busy tertiary referral centre managing a range of patients and their families in a lifespan clinical approach. The bleeding disorders care model is a specially commissioned service by NHSE, with Psychological support being a key component of the National Service Framework.
The post holder will work as part of a highly experienced and multi-professional core team consisting of haematologists, clinical nurse specialists, specialist physiotherapists, laboratory scientists, and Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Orthopaedics and HIV and Hepatology specialists.
We are looking to welcome new staff to the PTNC community, who share our values of working together and supporting each other.
This post is full-time. As the service is currently in its mobilisation stage and requires working across different medical centres, we are currently unable to offer part-time or flexible work arrangements.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will manage and lead the specialist clinical psychology service for all patients registered at the Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre at Royal Free hospital and patients across the North London Adult Haemophilia network, consistent with the World Class Care values and objectives of the Trust including the clinical supervision and day-to-day management (line management) of any psychological staff in this specialist service (e.g. trainee clinical or counselling psychologists).
To directly provide a clinical psychology service to patients and carers (where appropriate) across the North London Adult Haemophilia network; providing highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and treatments, complex risk assessments and advice on care (where psychological aspects are relevant), and offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
About us
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University 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.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Education & professional Qualifications
* Post-graduate doctoral level training (or it's equivalent) in clinical, counselling or health psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence.
* HCPC registration and eligibility for Practitioner Psychologist status
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Royal Free World Class Values
* Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
* 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.
* Evidence of postqualification supervised clinical experience in therapeutic intervention and management of adults with long-term physical health problems using assessment and intervention techniques at a specialist level.
* Post-qualification experience of work within interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary environments.
* Post-qualification experience of working with adults with longterm physical health problems, delivering interventions to individuals, groups and/or families
* Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision of other qualified Clinical Psychologists and other professional disciplines
* Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
* Experience in leading case conferences or family meetings
Skills and aptitudes
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
* Knowledge of at least two relevant theoretical models and psychological interventions relevant to the care of adults with long-term physical health problems
* Highly skilled in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
* Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and quantitative data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
* Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the British Psychological Society/HCPC
* Formal training and/or experience in supervision of other psychologists
* Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups
* High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
* Familiarity with SPSS databases and statistical package
* Experience in service development, leadership and management.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£72,921 to £83,362 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS
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