An opportunity has arisen due to a member of the team going on maternity leave with our team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate Clinical / Counselling Psychologist or experienced CBT Therapist to join the UCLH Staff Psychology & Welfare Service (SPWS). SPWS is well-established within the Trust and the post-holder will join a friendly multi-disciplinary team of clinical and counselling psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors and mediators.

This is an exciting and critically important time to work in this area, helping to support our diverse hospital workforce to cope with the impact of, and recover from the pandemic as well as the ongoing nature of healthcare work in acute hospital settings.

While this provision has been in place for over 20 years at UCLH, the demand for the service has risen considerably in recent years. The covid-19 pandemic has further increased the need for individual and team level staff support. The Staff Psychology Service continues to address these needs, offering prompt access to highly specialist assessment and a range of evidence-based psychological interventions for staff. It is also part of the wider recovery programme and long term health and wellbeing agenda at UCLH.

Main duties of the job

We work closely with our workforce colleagues in Staff Experience, Training & Development and alongside our Staff Networks to encourage long term and sustainable cultural change within the organisation. We aim to reduce stigma, increase engagement in self care and organisational support to help our staff thrive at work and in their personal lives. Our team is expanding in response to the psychosocial needs of staff emerging during the coronavirus pandemic and will aim to support the recovery of the organisation and staff following the pandemic based on our trauma informed stepped-care approach. The post-holder will offer individual and group sessions to UCLH staff both remotely and onsite, as well as a range of workshop and seminars on mental health and wellbeing.

Clinicians at UCLH are encouraged to actively engage in research and teaching as part of their roles to help develop services and share their clinical expertise and specialist knowledge across divisional services within the Trust, with London colleagues working in staff wellbeing, and nationally and internationally.

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.

This is role within the service requires the post-holder to be confident to work independently within their own team as well as closely with multi-disciplinary teams across the Trust. The post holder will also be required to provide training and supervision for trainees and assistant psychologists in the service. Supervision will be provided by an experienced Clinical Psychologist with line management by the Clinical Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

Candidates must have completed post-graduate level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence, and be registered as practitioner psychologists with the HCPC.

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

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent Post MSc) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Current registration with Health Care and Professions Council (HCPC) as Practising Psychologist Chartered Clinical / Counselling Psychologist.
• Working to code of ethics of HCPC and The British Psychological Society.
• A good knowledge of a wide range of mental health interventions and their application sufficient to engage appropriately with colleagues, make comprehensive assessments of client situations and recommend treatment options.
• Knowledge of working with serious mental health problems
• Knowledge of developmental and mental health issues
• A good knowledge of Cognitive Behavioural therapeutic interventions
• Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation and ethical issues, together with their implications for ethical practice and professional management
• Knowledge of theories of managing stress
• Knowledge of theories on workplace conflict
• A good understanding of the issues facing NHS employers and their staff in relation to staff development and retention in the workplace

Desirable

• Psychometric testing qualifications British Psychological Society Level A and Level B, (or equivalent provided valid in UK).
• Accredited training in ACT/ CFT/ Narrative Therapy / EMDR

Experience

Essential

• Experience during training of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention with clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community and primary care settings.
• Experience of working in adult mental health.
• Experience of working with serious mental health problems.
• Experience of delivering psycho-education and training to groups of clients and other professionals.
• Experience of facilitating groups.
• Ability to manage own caseload and time.
• Ability to work within a multi- disciplinary team including occupational health and other staff services professionals.

Desirable

• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of working in organisations in a human resources, welfare, occupational health, training and development or organisational consultancy role

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the preparation of highly complex clinical reports and assessments.
• The ability to communicate complex, sensitive and potentially contentious information to clients and other professionals and the ability to communicate complex and specialist information in everyday language.
• Ability to keep accurate, succinct and appropriate records that are up to date
• Effective formal presentation skills.
• Builds and maintains useful networks and able to influence stakeholders effectively.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology.
• Competent in use of email, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Calendar and electronic records database entry.

Desirable

• Project management skills.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Confident, enthusiastic and committed to generating new ideas.
• Ability to manage working in situations of conflict and with multiple sources of stress
• Adaptable and responsive to service needs
• Compassionate team member with curiosity, creativity and innovation at the core of their practice

Personal and People Development

Essential

• Ability to use clinical supervision and case management positively and effectively

Desirable

• Experience of providing facilitative supervision to other professionals in relation to the psychological processes in accordance with Trust policies and the requirements

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

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Able to work 5 days per week Monday to Friday
• There may be an occasional requirement for working before 8 am or early evening to accommodate provision of services to teams of staff on night duty.
• Sitting for up to 6 x 50-minute sessions per day.
• Occasional walking between and around Trust sites and travel to other organisations' premises.

Desirable

• Ability to work remotely.

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College London Hospital

John Astor House, 3 Foley Street

London

W1W 6DN

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