We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and compassionate individual to provide assessment of psychological needs and delivery of ethical and socially inclusive psychological interventions in Diabetes and Rheumatology. The post-holder is expected to demonstrate training and experience relating to working in the NHS with medical populations. Good capacity for maintaining clinical throughput in a high pressure environment is required, as is the capacity for effective team work with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals.

Main duties of the job

This role is a new post for the services it will therefore provide the successful candidate an opportunity to be part of two successful multi-disciplinary teams managing patients with long-term conditions. The post requires an individual who will be able to successfully approach developing new ways of working in an innovative working environment helped by UCLH's excellent links to research opportunities.

Please be advised that we will only consider applications from candidates who have completed a professional doctorate in clinical psychology or equivalent as recognised by the British Psychological Society and already hold full professional registration with the Health Care Professions Council of the UK.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
  
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
  
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
  
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
  
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
  
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
  
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
  
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• Honours degree in psychology and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) leading to eligibility for Chartership by the BPS and Registered Practitioner Psychologist by the HCPC.
• High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
• Ability to make diagnostic decisions, give second opinions and make differential diagnoses as part of multidisciplinary assessments

Desirable

• Knowledge of psychology as applied to general medicine/long-term conditions

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post-qualification experience (at least two full-time equivalent years) of working as a clinical psychologist, some of which time has been with clients having psychological problems related to acute medical episodes including traumatic stress, chronic fatigue and neuropsychological problems.
• Evidence of developing or enhancing a psychology service via audit and/or research activity.
• 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.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrates professional and effective verbal and written communication skills including excellent negotiation skills with patients, carers and other health professional staff in service delivery
• Well developed skills 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 where information may be highly sensitive and there may be barriers to acceptance.

Desirable

• Skills in supervising other staff

Communication

Essential

• A high level of interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be able to cope with highly emotive and psychologically challenging demands of working with people with disability and for long periods of time.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people in a sensitive, caring and nonjudgemental manner.

Personal and People Development

Essential

• Academic and research
• Previous experience of research indicating the ability to conduct research autonomously, with supervision as required.
• Interest in conducting scientific research in topics relevant to the post
• Ability to critique and evaluate scientific data and best practice clinical guidelines
• Quality and service improvement Evidence of capacity to make quality contributions to multidisciplinary team work
• Evidence of effective clinical reasoning in the assessment and management of complex psychological difficulties

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College London Hospital

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU

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309-UCLH-4858