Clinical Psychologist in London

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to join our Major Trauma Centre at St George's Hospital. This role provides an opportunity to work with patients with serious and life-changing injuries, their families and staff members working within the Major Trauma service. The post holder will have the opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team where psychology is valued and well established. Alongside an active clinical role, the post holder will have opportunities to shape and develop psychological care pathways within the Major Trauma Centre. This role would be particularly suited to a candidate who is passionate about working in physical health and rehabilitation, and enjoys delivering brief therapeutic interventions.

Please note: the majority of the face-to-face clinical work takes place on the trauma wards, in ICU or during joint rehabilitation sessions. This provides an opportunity to work creatively to deliver effective clinical psychology interventions. Service also offers brief outpatient interventions.

Main duties of the job:

• The Psychology Service within the Major Trauma Centre at St. George's Hospital was established in May 2012 and it forms an important part of the Major Trauma service, supporting adult-aged patients across the entire service and hospital site.
• Alongside staff teaching/training and consultation, clinical work is conducted with individual patients and their families. This work includes:
• Helping people to make sense of their current thoughts, feelings and reactions in the context of their previous experience, the accident/assault, serious injury, medication and the hospital environment.
• Providing psychoeducation on psychological reactions post trauma, management of distress and coping with pain and invasive medical procedures.
• Assisting with problem-solving of current difficulties.
• Exploring barriers to engagement in rehabilitation.
• Supporting use of coping resources and resiliencies.
• Liaising with the wider multi-disciplinary team around preparation for discharge.

About us:

St George's Hospital is a thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement. We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.

Person Specification:

Experience:

• Essential: Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
• Experience of psychological work with people with physical health problems.
• Experience of working in NHS services.
• Experience in acute hospital inpatient settings.
• Desirable: Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical health psychology in different cultural contexts.

Qualifications:

• Essential: Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Desirable: Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
• Membership of the British Psychological Society / Division of Clinical Psychology / Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology.

Skills:

• Essential: Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Knowledge of clinical health psychology models / psychological aspects of illness.
• 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.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Desirable: High level knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological approaches for specific problems (e.g. personality disorder, traumatic and adjustment reactions, adherence difficulties etc.).
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.