Band 7 Practitioner Psychologist in Diabetes

NHS; London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Part time

Job description

Band 7 Practitioner Psychologist in Diabetes

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinical psychologist to develop and enhance their multidisciplinary team working skills within a busy paediatric diabetes team. The post will be based at the Royal Free Hospital and will provide support to the paediatric diabetes team and work individually with children, young people and their families. This will include specialist assessments and brief interventions in outpatient and inpatient settings, as well as supporting service development and supporting the team to meet the requirements for the best practice tariff in paediatric diabetes. The post holder will join another band 7 clinical psychologist in a similar role and will be part of a wider psychology team. As part of this role, the post holder will also have access to local and national network groups, be invited to regular training events and conferences and have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from the same profession.

The ideal post holder will be comfortable working independently and as part of a medical MDT, able to travel between trust sites where necessary, able to promote psychological principles and confident in their own clinical skills. We welcome applications from newly qualified practitioner psychologists and encourage applications from people of diverse backgrounds.

Main duties of the job

To provide a clinical psychology service to patients of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, consistent with the World Class Care Values of the Trust. To provide specialist psychological assessment and treatment and offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues. The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures; to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

Hold a clinical caseload of children, young people and families living with diabetes, offering annual reviews, psychological assessments and interventions, and attending MDT clinics.

Provide psychological advice, training and support to colleagues and families as appropriate and engage in joint work, as well as attend multi-disciplinary meetings.

Contribute to service development in line with locally and nationally identified goals.

Attend supervision and keep up to date with CPD.

About us

This role will appeal to a qualified clinical psychologist with an ability to work independently, who is interested in working with young people and developing specialist skills in a physical health setting. We welcome applications from recently qualified candidates.

The RFH is a large hospital in the centre of leafy Hampstead and walking distance from the tube, and we are a welcoming and supportive team.

We offer flexible working and annual leave starts at 27 days a year plus bank holidays pro rata.

As a trust we stand for being positively welcoming, actively respectful, clearly communicating and visibly reassuring. We focus on delivering excellent and equitable care, ensure an outstanding experience for our patients and carers, where colleagues feel a strong connection to their work and organisation and are enabled to deliver and realise their potential.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification

Royal Free Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence. Eligible for Chartership as a clinical Psychologist (BPS)
• HCPC Registration

Experience

• Experience of working within a clinical psychology service with patients with childhood mental health problems, providing specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients, including outpatient and inpatient settings
• Experience of the application of clinical in different cultural contexts
• Experience in data collection, audit, service evaluation and research methods
• Experienced in oral presentations, working with people in groups
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
• Experience of using psychological skills and knowledge in medical settings

Skills and Aptitudes

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
• Knowledge of relevant theoretical models and psychological interventions relevant to the needs of patients with physical health conditions and childhood mental health problems
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and quantitative data analysis as practiced within the field of psychology
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks in relation to the patient group
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
• Skilled in joint work with other health professionals
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies

Personal Qualities and Attributes

• Enthusiastic about psychology in CAMHS Settings
• Able to manage stressful situations
• Able to use time effectively and prioritise workload
• Ability to be reflective about own practice and style

Other

• Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting, with evidence of ability to communicate in a way that is understood by professionals without any psychological training
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
• Interest in and ability to contribute to service development.
• Ability to demonstrate using psychological skills and knowledge in medical settings

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.

£54,320 to £60,981 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working