Job summary
We are pleased to be advertising this new 8a Practitioner Psychologist posts within the well-established, multiprofessional Cancer Psychological Services (CPS) team based at St Bartholomew's Hospital (SBH) in the City of London.
The role will contribute psychological thinking and direct patient care to cancer pathways across Barts Health but there will be an emphasis on working closely with the haemato-oncology MDT as part of the allogenic stem-cell transplant/ CAR-T therapy pathways based at SBH. In addition to direct patient work, there is a strong emphasis within the team on disseminating psychological knowledge and skills across the cancer workforce through training, consultation, and supervision.
CPS is connected with the many other psychological professionals working across Barts Health, with opportunities for the post holder to support the development of psychological services across the trust, funded CPD and joining a specialist psychotherapeutic supervision group (eg ACT, CFT, Narrative, EMDR).
There is the potential for further sessions of work within cancer, cardiac & respiratory services at SBH if required.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve providing a clinical service to both inpatients and outpatients and close working with cancer MDT colleagues. Though the service frequently provides direct support to individuals requiring specialist psychological intervention, our overarching aim is to improve the psychological wellbeing of all cancer/ palliative care patients and their families through the sharing of psychological knowledge and skills and service developments. Applicants should therefore be skilled and keen to engage in multi-disciplinary working. The post holder may also be expected to provide line management and supervision to both qualified and unqualified members of the team.
Experience of working with people who have been diagnosed with cancer or other life limiting conditions and in multi-cultural settings is highly desirable.
There will be a requirement for the successful candidate to work on a Thursday to attend the WPPC and one other day that works for both the successful applicant and the service
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
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.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band
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.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in culturally diverse contexts.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with cancer and/or palliative care needs
- Experience of working with inpatients in an acute medical setting
- Experience of inter-agency working and service development
Skills
Essential
- Ability to articulate and interpret the role of clinical health psychology based upon a good understanding of government and professional guidelines/policy.
- Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in the application of Cognitive-behavioural and systemic approaches to mental health. Able to demonstrate a thorough understanding, and experience of practice.
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
- Knowledge of legislation / health care guidelines and their implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.
Desirable
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in patients with physical health problems, including those with palliative care needs and cancer
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of a Health and Care Professions Council/British Psychological Society accredited postgraduate professional training course in either clinical or counselling psychology.
- Registered as a practitioner psychologist with HCPC
Desirable
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice relevant to clinical health psychology eg ACT, CFT, CBT, Narrative therapy, EMDR
Other
Essential
- Compassionate, flexible and committed.
- Enthusiasm for multi-disciplinary working with a thoughtful approach to developing psychological services within this context.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in culturally diverse contexts.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with cancer and/or palliative care needs
- Experience of working with inpatients in an acute medical setting
- Experience of inter-agency working and service development
Skills
Essential
- Ability to articulate and interpret the role of clinical health psychology based upon a good understanding of government and professional guidelines/policy.
- Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in the application of Cognitive-behavioural and systemic approaches to mental health. Able to demonstrate a thorough understanding, and experience of practice.
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
- Knowledge of legislation / health care guidelines and their implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.
Desirable
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in patients with physical health problems, including those with palliative care needs and cancer
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of a Health and Care Professions Council/British Psychological Society accredited postgraduate professional training course in either clinical or counselling psychology.
- Registered as a practitioner psychologist with HCPC
Desirable
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice relevant to clinical health psychology eg ACT, CFT, CBT, Narrative therapy, EMDR
Other
Essential
- Compassionate, flexible and committed.
- Enthusiasm for multi-disciplinary working with a thoughtful approach to developing psychological services within this context.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
