The role is based within Homerton Healthcare providing support to the patients, carers and their families for patients within City and Hackney with haemoglobin disorders.

The post holder will provide services to patients at the acute and community site. The post holder will be responsible for delivering psychological assessment, consultation, formulation, and therapy treatment. The post holder will offer advice and consultation on patients' psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service. The work will often entail rapid assessment, formulation, consultation, and treatment, jointly with the Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia MDT to enable progress with patient outcomes as well as pain management and reducing frequent attendance at hospital.

Main duties of the job

Where appropriate the post holder will act as an expert in their field and lead and/or participate in initiatives to improve standards of care for this patient group including research for service improvement and promoting evidence-based practice.

The practitioner will practice autonomously, and they will act as an advocate for patients within a multi-professional team setting across various health care sites in line with service requirements.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of Outstanding from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Clinical/counselling Psychology conferring eligibility for chartership by the British Psychological Society and HCP

Desirable

• Accredited as a supervisor with the BABCP

Trust Values

Essential

• Demonstrates an understanding of Trust Values

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Evidence of CPD inhealth psychology, CBT, or Systemic Therapy and other areas as appropriate for post
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment

Desirable

• Skills for facilitating communication in interventions with families and staff teams

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with long term conditions
• Experience of representing psychology within MDT

Desirable

• Clinical audit

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of long term conditions
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Centre

457 Queensbridge Road

Hackney

E8 3AS

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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