The Women's Health Psychological Services (WHPS) at UCLH is a highly experienced multi-professional group of psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors delivering quality psychological care in a variety of designated sub-specialities including maternity, neonates, reproductive medicine, and gynaecology services.

We are now looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate individual to join the service, providing psychological assessments, consultation, and short-term interventions to women (and partners where needed), within the paediatric and adolescent gynaecology (PAG) MDT, in which patients with a DSD diagnosis (disorders of sexual development) are seen.

Main duties of the job

In relation to this aspect of the role, the post-holder will need a knowledge of the history and development of such services and the way in which service user activism has shaped the care that is offered.

Please be advised that we will only accept applications from candidates qualified to use the protected title of Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologists) with the HCPC. You will also need to be available on Tuesdays.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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 or related disciplines, and a Doctorate and/or PhD level in clinical/counselling psychology
• Registered Practitioner Psychologist by the HCPC to use the protected title practitioner psychologist (clinical/counselling)
• Knowledge of the history of DSD services, the way in which service user activism has shaped care and of work published by the UCLH DSD MDT

Experience

Essential

• Psychological practice within an NHS service, providing short term interventions to women and couples and groups
• Working with people who are socially deprived and disadvantaged, including working with interpreters
• Experience of working in a multi-professional team involving physicians, surgeons, nurses, and allied health professionals and giving psychological formulations and as part of multidisciplinary assessments and care planning.

Desirable

• Working in a women's health setting in an acute Trust e.g. in obstetrics or gynaecology
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment with medical populations and of offering psychological preparation for complex medical or surgical treatments taking into account factors affecting decision making, current health status, emotional well-being and psychosexual functioning.
• Experience of supervising junior staff e.g. trainees, assistants

Skills and Abilities Academic and research

Essential

• Ability to critique and evaluate scientific data and best practice clinical guidelines

Desirable

• Previous experience of NHS based research and publication process, indicating the ability to critique and conduct research/audit autonomously, with supervision as required.

Quality and service improvement

Essential

• Evidence of working well in multidisciplinary teams
• Evidence of a commitment to service improvement from patients' perspectives

Information processing (IT skills)

Essential

• Competent IT skills (word processing, spreadsheets, statistical packages)

Communication

Essential

• Advanced professional verbal and written communication 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

Personal and People Development

Essential

• A high level of interpersonal and communication skills and be able to communicate effectively in a caring non-judgemental manner.
• Ability to be self-reflexive and realistically appraise own performance, accepting and offering constructive feedback
• Balanced capacity between autonomy and appropriate request for support

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)

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:

Essential

• Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
• Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

UCLH

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU

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309-UCLH-4897