Job summary
The post holder will work with clients accessing the TransPlus pilot in gender identity healthcare. The post holder would be expected to provide assessments, plus a small number of short- to medium term evidence based psychological assessment and therapy to clients for a range of presenting difficulties related to gender dysphoria. The post holder will provide teaching, training and supervision to other members of the service and appropriate stakeholders when needed.
The successful candidate will work autonomously within professional practice guidelines and Trust guidelines. They will ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of other trainee or qualified staff working therapeutically within the service for which the post holder will have designated professional responsibility.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be based within a HIV and sexual health service and will primarily work with clients who are identified by the sexual health clinics to meet the Transplus pilot eligibility criteria.
The post holder will have key working relationships with the Clinical Nurse Specialists, Health Advisors, Nurses and Doctors. The post holder will attend weekly MDT meetings, have one day per week for professional study and will be supervised by a lead clinician in gender identity healthcare.
The post holder will contribute to higher level evaluation of the psychological aspects of the project alongside the lead physician and the clinic manager to NHS England.
About us
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate. We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assess and diagnose gender dysphoria as part of a multi-disciplinary pilot project.
- To provide specialist psychological assessment and recommendations for further intervention to the trans and gender diverse people accessing the service, including recommendations for psychological interventions and recommendations for hormones or referral for surgery.
- To design, supervise and lead on the provision of psychosexual and psychological interventions provided by other clinicians working with therapy models within the service. As well as offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- To lead on the evaluation of psychological and psychosexual interventions provided as part of the pilot.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assess and diagnose gender dysphoria as part of a multi-disciplinary pilot project.
- To provide specialist psychological assessment and recommendations for further intervention to the trans and gender diverse people accessing the service, including recommendations for psychological interventions and recommendations for hormones or referral for surgery.
- To design, supervise and lead on the provision of psychosexual and psychological interventions provided by other clinicians working with therapy models within the service. As well as offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- To lead on the evaluation of psychological and psychosexual interventions provided as part of the pilot.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Specific research qualification in research methodology, over and above clinical qualification, at a minimum of master's level.
- Commitment to undertaking a PG Dip in Gender Identity Healthcare
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in sexual function and LGBT issues in healthcare
- COSRT accredited supervisor
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity 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 in undertaking leadership roles within HIV/sexual health psychology services in the NHS and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi-disciplinary/ multi-agency contexts
- Experience of designing and implementing new services
- Experience of providing sexual well-being interventions
- Training in supervision
Desirable
- Experience of co-ordinating placements for trainee psychosexual therapists and trainee psychologists
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive 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
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Experience of working in psychosexual services
Desirable
- Specific knowledge relating to queer affirmative and gender affirmative psychological and psychosexual therapy
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Experience of co-ordinating placements for trainee psychosexual therapists and trainee psychologists
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex 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 in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Specific research qualification in research methodology, over and above clinical qualification, at a minimum of master's level.
- Commitment to undertaking a PG Dip in Gender Identity Healthcare
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in sexual function and LGBT issues in healthcare
- COSRT accredited supervisor
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity 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 in undertaking leadership roles within HIV/sexual health psychology services in the NHS and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi-disciplinary/ multi-agency contexts
- Experience of designing and implementing new services
- Experience of providing sexual well-being interventions
- Training in supervision
Desirable
- Experience of co-ordinating placements for trainee psychosexual therapists and trainee psychologists
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive 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
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Experience of working in psychosexual services
Desirable
- Specific knowledge relating to queer affirmative and gender affirmative psychological and psychosexual therapy
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Experience of co-ordinating placements for trainee psychosexual therapists and trainee psychologists
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex 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 in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).