Job summary
We are looking for an experienced, thoughtful and passionate psychologist to join our team and develop this senior role across the North and Central London Region. This is a pivotal role in developing psychological services to children and families in neonatal units across the patch. You will be well supported both within Great Ormond Street Hospital itself and by the neonatal lead for the region.
Paediatric Psychology services at GOSH are well established. You will be joining the long term health conditions stream which is one part of a bigger Psychological And Mental Health Services Department. We are a diverse, friendly, supportive team who pride themselves on creatively delivery high quality interventions to children who have life limiting and life threatening conditions. The Neonatal Unit at GOSH is renowned for its specialist services; and is a level 3 provider in the North and Central Neonatal Network.
Discussion with Dr Helen Griffiths or Dr Ellie Atkins is strongly recommended prior to applying for this post.
Please contact Ellie on Tel: 07872 813701 or Helen on helen.griffiths@gosh.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
- To provide highly specialist psychological assessments to families while they are currently on the Neonatal Unit. This will be based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with families and others involved in the baby's care.
- To advise on appropriate psychoeducation and training to staff to help them to provide quality emotional support to all families.
- To provide psychological support and supervision for staff working on the unit. This may be in the form of group sessions by providing a safe space for reflection and providing tools and/or sign posting for further support. This will also include either supporting, or leading small group debrief sessions following an emotionally traumatic clinical situation.
- To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate complex information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence, and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural and biological factors, across the full range of care settings.
About us
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
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/s below.
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/s below.
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling/health psychology, including models of psychopathology, psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.
Desirable
- Further training in psychological approaches to trauma, parent-infant relationship work or systemic/family therapy.
- Pre or post-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- A track record of conference presentations and publications in the current clinical or related area.
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience delivering highly skilled psychological assessments, interventions, follow-up and data monitoring utilising at least 2 therapeutic models.
- Experience of supervising pre-qualified psychologists/qualified psychologists and/or professionals from other disciplines.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and across the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of liaising with carers and families and external organisations that support these groups.
- Ability to show autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients and liaising with other professionals as and when necessary.
- Experience providing group based interventions using evidence based psychological approaches.
- Experience designing, conducting and leading on research activities at a doctoral level including service related research and audits.
- Experience of teaching and training health professionals in psychological concepts.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a neonatal, perinatal or critical care environment.
- Formal training in supervision
- Experience of setting up new services.
- Formal QI training
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
- Ability to cope with a fast paced work environment, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Ability to assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information, including contentious and highly distressing information, to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Planning and organising skills for caseload management
- Skills in self-management, including time-management
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies as applied in a clinical health psychology setting
- Approachable and empathic personality, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and able to defuse difficult, volatile situations
- Understanding of confidentiality
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of practice governance and to support and maintain own and service's standards of clinical practice
- Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from clients and with organisational stress
- Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions in situations of incomplete information.
- Ability to exercise appropriate levels of self-care and to monitor own state, recognising when it is necessary to take active steps to maintain fitness to practice
- Motivated towards personal and professional development with a strong CPD record
- Post holder will be required to travel between sites.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Able to tolerate prolonged periods of sitting.
Desirable
- Knowledge of facilitating reflective practice groups and/or debriefs.
- Well developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies relevant to working with families in an acute healthcare environment.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multi-professional and uni-professional audit, and a desire to continue to develop expertise in the area.
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling/health psychology, including models of psychopathology, psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.
Desirable
- Further training in psychological approaches to trauma, parent-infant relationship work or systemic/family therapy.
- Pre or post-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- A track record of conference presentations and publications in the current clinical or related area.
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience delivering highly skilled psychological assessments, interventions, follow-up and data monitoring utilising at least 2 therapeutic models.
- Experience of supervising pre-qualified psychologists/qualified psychologists and/or professionals from other disciplines.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and across the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of liaising with carers and families and external organisations that support these groups.
- Ability to show autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients and liaising with other professionals as and when necessary.
- Experience providing group based interventions using evidence based psychological approaches.
- Experience designing, conducting and leading on research activities at a doctoral level including service related research and audits.
- Experience of teaching and training health professionals in psychological concepts.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a neonatal, perinatal or critical care environment.
- Formal training in supervision
- Experience of setting up new services.
- Formal QI training
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
- Ability to cope with a fast paced work environment, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Ability to assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information, including contentious and highly distressing information, to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Planning and organising skills for caseload management
- Skills in self-management, including time-management
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies as applied in a clinical health psychology setting
- Approachable and empathic personality, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and able to defuse difficult, volatile situations
- Understanding of confidentiality
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of practice governance and to support and maintain own and service's standards of clinical practice
- Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from clients and with organisational stress
- Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions in situations of incomplete information.
- Ability to exercise appropriate levels of self-care and to monitor own state, recognising when it is necessary to take active steps to maintain fitness to practice
- Motivated towards personal and professional development with a strong CPD record
- Post holder will be required to travel between sites.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Able to tolerate prolonged periods of sitting.
Desirable
- Knowledge of facilitating reflective practice groups and/or debriefs.
- Well developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies relevant to working with families in an acute healthcare environment.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multi-professional and uni-professional audit, and a desire to continue to develop expertise in the area.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JH
Employer's website
https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
