Job summary
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health and Gender services.
Within the Trust, the Tavistock and Portman 'Charing Cross' Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) is the largest and oldest of the 7 English GICs, dating back to 1966. It serves to formulate, diagnose, and assist adults with gender dysphoria or diversity through a biopsychosocial care pathway, involving a multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, psychiatrists, endocrinologists, specialist nurses, speech and language therapists, and medical practitioners.
No specific specialty training is required to fulfil the clinical role. Individuals from a variety of medical or psychiatric backgrounds may have knowledge and skills relevant to the role, such as psychiatric or psychosexual assessment, hormonal management of endocrine disorders and menopause or experience in sexual and reproductive health and genitourinary medicine.
There is recognition that a successful candidate may not have the full breadth of knowledge and expertise required to fulfil the clinical role initially, especially if they have not worked in a gender identity clinic in the past. If this was the case, a period of induction and additional support from colleagues would be available. On-going peer support is available from the consultants in the team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to work within a multi-disciplinary team delivering a range of outcome focussed, evidence based interventions. You will contribute to the quality, safety and continuous improvement of services provided to service users and their families.The post-holder is required to provide assistance to people with gender dysphoria or diversity. This will involve utilising psychological principles and approaches in assessment, diagnosis and management of gender dysphoria or diversity.
The postholder will need to work closely with the multidisciplinary team and be familiar with medical as well as psychological models. There is an expectation for the postholder to engage in research and ongoing continuing professional development.
About us
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.
With 500 staff across a number of sites, we are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them.
We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people's lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health.
For more information, please access the following link: https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for more details about the roles and requirements of the vacancy .
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for more details about the roles and requirements of the vacancy .
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate qualification in Counselling Psychology or Clinical Psychology or Forensic Psychology and statutory registration with the Health and Care Professions Council with entitlement to use the title Counselling Psychologist or Clinical Psychologist.
Desirable
- Doctoral thesis or other substantial work written on matters pertaining to gender dysphoria/diversity.
- Evidence of personal and specialist professional development with achieved outcomes in the clinical specialism of gender dysphoria/diversity.
- Registration on the British Psychological Society's Gender Diversity Specialist Register (GDSR).
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in the specialism of gender dysphoria/diversity.
- Significant experience with diverse forms of gender, including non-binary genders.
- Knowledge of other forms of diversity and intersectionality including sexuality and ethnicity.
- Experience in research and/or devising and implementing clinical governance activities and/or audit.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working in a healthcare setting.
- Evidence of engaging with community groups and literatures pertaining to gender diversity.
Desirable
- Clinical experience (over one year) in psychological assessment, formulation, and counseling/psychotherapy in the clinical specialism of gender dysphoria/diversity.
- Clinical experience of working within distinct evidence-based psychological frameworks to support diagnosis, assessment and management of people with gender dysphoria/diversity.
- Evidence of supervising trainee or qualified psychologists.
- Publications on matters relating to gender dysphoria/diversity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate qualification in Counselling Psychology or Clinical Psychology or Forensic Psychology and statutory registration with the Health and Care Professions Council with entitlement to use the title Counselling Psychologist or Clinical Psychologist.
Desirable
- Doctoral thesis or other substantial work written on matters pertaining to gender dysphoria/diversity.
- Evidence of personal and specialist professional development with achieved outcomes in the clinical specialism of gender dysphoria/diversity.
- Registration on the British Psychological Society's Gender Diversity Specialist Register (GDSR).
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in the specialism of gender dysphoria/diversity.
- Significant experience with diverse forms of gender, including non-binary genders.
- Knowledge of other forms of diversity and intersectionality including sexuality and ethnicity.
- Experience in research and/or devising and implementing clinical governance activities and/or audit.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working in a healthcare setting.
- Evidence of engaging with community groups and literatures pertaining to gender diversity.
Desirable
- Clinical experience (over one year) in psychological assessment, formulation, and counseling/psychotherapy in the clinical specialism of gender dysphoria/diversity.
- Clinical experience of working within distinct evidence-based psychological frameworks to support diagnosis, assessment and management of people with gender dysphoria/diversity.
- Evidence of supervising trainee or qualified psychologists.
- Publications on matters relating to gender dysphoria/diversity.
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).
