Applied psychologist

Applied Psychologist Band 8a

We are seeking a clinical or counselling psychologist or child and adolescent psychotherapist. This is an exciting new post to develop and ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to families and staff in the neonatal teams and inpatient paediatric teams at Epsom and St Helier.

The role will include providing highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention with families within the neonatal unit and paediatric inpatients, offering advice and consultation on psychological aspects of care to other health professionals and supporting clinical team members. The postholder will work autonomously, within recognised professional guidelines as part of the teams. The post holder will be expected to utilise their knowledge of evidence based psychological interventions and research skills to implement audit, research and service development projects. The postholder will also be involved in the training and continuing professional development of clinical psychologists and other health professionals. The postholder will be part of the wider paediatric psychology team and the Trust Clinical health psychology provision.
Interview Date:TBC
Main duties of the job
Assessment and intervention with families within the neonatal units

Provision of specialist psychological advice and consultation to multi-disciplinary teams - neonatal and paediatric inpatient

Supporting neonatal staff teams

Liaison with wider specialist services

Service audit and evaluation

Participation in wider neonatal network

About us
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.

Person Specification Training and qualifications Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or its equivalent
• HCPC registered

Desirable

• Relevant post-doctoral training

Experience Essential

• Post-qualification experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision working as a clinical psychologist (or equivalent) over a minimum of 18 months.
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings.
• Experience of working with MDT
• Experience of service development and innovation

Desirable

• Experience of working in paediatric/medical settings
• Experience of offering staff support

knowedge and skills Essential

• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to children and young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Experience of working with, and addressing issues of diversity - including experience of working within a multicultural framework

Desirable

• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological approaches for specific problems encountered in this setting (e.g. traumatic reactions, bereavements, managing medical settings).

Employer details
Employer name
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
ESTH

Wrythe Lane

Sutton

SM5 1AA

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