Band 7 - Renal Practitioner Psychologist / Senior CBT Therapist

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Band 7 - Renal Practitioner Psychologist / Senior CBT Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Renal Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 31.8 hours per week Job ref 391-RFL-8232553

Site Royal Free Hospital Town London Salary £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/2026 23:59

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

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The postholder will join the Renal Health and Counselling Psychology team and the Liver Transplant Psychology team, both comprising psychologists and young adult support workers, and will work closely with specialist kidney and liver multidisciplinary colleagues from nursing, medical, surgical, dietetic, pharmacy, and physiotherapy.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will join the Renal Health and Counselling Psychology team and the Liver Transplant Psychology team, both comprising psychologists and young adult support workers, and will work closely with specialist kidney and liver multidisciplinary colleagues from nursing, medical, surgical, dietetic, pharmacy, and physiotherapy.

Please refer to JD and PS

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicatedarmy of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle.From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

Therapy Services has a high profile within the Trust, being firmly committed to quality improvement, audit, service evaluation and improvement. We undertake yearly presentations of our achievements for the year; undertaking PDSA and QI projects to ensure we are delivering the most effective, safe and high quality service.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical, counselling or health psychology and / or level 2 post-graduate qualification in CBT
• Registration with Health and Care Professions Council (Practitioner Psychologist)
• BABCP accreditation (full or provisional)

Experience

• Experience of working as a qualified / trainee clinical / counselling psychologist / practitioner health psychologist and/or CBT therapist
• Experience of specialist biopsychosocial assessment and delivery of psychological and / or motivational interventions with patients in primary care, community, or acute hospital settings
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, presenting with a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings including outpatient and/or community and/or primary care, and/or in-patient settings and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
• Experience of undertaking risk assessments
• Experience of work within interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary environments
• Experience of running patient support groups
• Clinical experience in assessment and working psychologically with patients living with obesity in a community and/or acute hospital setting
• Experience of running patient therapy/education/information groups
• Knowledge of and ability to implement behaviour change techniques and interventions as applied to healthy eating and physical exercise
• 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
• Ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level to patients and professional persons within and outside the NHS
• Ability to act as a practitioner psychologist / CBT therapist and work autonomously in hospital settings
• High level knowledge of psychology research design and methodology within physical health settings
• Evidence of ongoing professional development in line with HCPC/BPS/BABCP requirements

Royal Free shared commitments

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.
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Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.

Please note:

• Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
• Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
• Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Name Dr Sarah Afuwape Job title Consultant Psychologist Renal & Liver Lead Email address sarah.afuwape@nhs.net

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