Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist - Long Covid FTC March '25
Job summary
We are inviting applications for a fixed- term Band 8a Practitioner Psychologist role until March 2025. The role currently works with patients with long covid, but we are excited to consider how the model may work for other conditions, so this role may evolve over the next few months to include patients with other long-term conditions with a similar symptom burden.
The service currently offers 1:1 and group interventions and app -based self- management support to patients from Lambeth and Southwark. The post holder will work in both community and hospital sites and will receive professional supervision via the Trust Head of Psychology. Whilst the funding for the post is full- time, we would be happy to hear from people who wish to work more flexibly.
We are seeking an experienced practitioner who can respond flexibly to individual need. You should have experience working with people with complex physical needs and applicants qualified in the delivery of EMDR will be welcome. You should be able to offer psychological assessment and evidence-based treatment using established theoretical models and will be responsible for the provision and development of the psychological therapy service from a clinical, professional and operational perspective. The post holder will work collaboratively with the MDT to provide education, support and guidance and will lead and participate in quality improvement activities.
If you would like to know more, please get in touch.
Main duties of the job
To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality, safe and highly Specialist Psychology Service for Long Covid.
To work autonomously developing pathways for psychology across community, hospital, ICU, IAPT and primary care and the wider directorate engaging with multidisciplinary teams within and across services and directorate when appropriate.
To work within a stepped-care model managing demand for clinical service within long covid and reporting and making recommendations regarding service provision.
To develop and deliver group and individual therapy and also consider using technology to enhance engagement built in an effective and cost-effective model of care.
To offer psychological assessment and formulation led and evidence-based treatment to patients presenting with long covid symptoms and associated difficulties.
Is required to provide supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and junior staff inter and multidisciplinary if required.
About us
Organisational Values:
Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand andreflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust.
The post holder will:
- Put patients first
- Take pride in what they do
- Respect others
- Strive to be the best
- Act with integrity
Our values and behaviours frameworkdescribes what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details please review the additional documents provided: Job Description and Personal Specification.
Interviews are scheduled for 30th May 2024.
Person Specification
Professional/ Statutory Registration
- Full member of the BPS division of clinical, health or counselling psychology
- HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist
Qualifications/ Education
- Doctorate level qualification in clinical psychology, counselling psychology or health psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS)
- Qualified to provide EMDR
Previous experience
- Experience delivering highly skilled psychological assessments, interventions, follow-up and data monitoring across at least 2 populations Experience of utilising at least 2 therapeutic models including CBT.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of providing both group based and individual interventions using evidence based psychological approaches
- Experience of teaching, training health professionals in psychological concepts
- Experience of supervising pre-qualified psychologists including post-graduate students and other disciplines
- Experience designing, conducting and leading on research activities at a doctorate level including service related research and audits
- Experience of setting up new services
- Experience of providing EMDR
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
- Ability to cope with challenging caseloads and ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner
- Ability to assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
- Knowledge of psychological interventions, application and supervision of others particularly CBT and behaviour management.
- Ability to communicate at both a written and oral level, imparting complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information
- Ability to translate and integrate evidence based research/guidelines into the development of a pathway of care.
- Knowledge of models and coping and adjustment to a long term condition.
- Excellent presentation skills.
Additional Information
- Must be capable of identifying and employing, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
- Experience of working within a multi-cultural environment.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to maintain periods of prolonged concentration frequently throughout the day as required for complex methods of psychological assessment and delivery of interventions. // Able to walk around the hospital environment, and travel between bases
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Thomas' Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7EH
https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx
- Company
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- London, United Kingdom SE1 7EH
- Employment Type
- Fixed-Term
- Salary
- £58698.00 - £65095.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- London, United Kingdom SE1 7EH
- Employment Type
- Fixed-Term
- Salary
- £58698.00 - £65095.00 a year
- Posted