Job summary
An outstanding opportunity to lead Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust's respected Psycho-oncology team.The Consultant Psychologist role is high-profile within Imperial's Cancer services, leading the specialist team of psychological professionals in psycho-oncology and influencing at the Trust, Alliance, pan-London and National levels to continually improve the cancer psychosocial care pathway, in line with the London 2020 model. The Psycho-oncology team provide Level 3/4 input to all people affected by cancer, under the care of all cancer MDTs, across all sites of ICHT (Hammersmith, Charing Cross, St Mary's and Queen Charlotte & Chelsea). The team have established synergy with other support services within the Trust and the onsite Maggie's West London, as well as relevant VCSEs (e.g. Trekstock), and clear working relationships with other Psycho-oncology and IAPT teams in NWL.
Main duties of the job
As well as a strong track record in Clinical Health Psychology and specifically psycho-oncology, we will be looking for applicants who will communicate the insights and expertise of psychology to all levels of the organisation and manifest systems leadership skills. We seek applicants with a research, innovation & quality improvement mind-set, who will be pro-active in collaborating in multidisciplinary projects to address patient and service priorities. Internal audit and regular reporting is an important aspect of the role. There is the opportunity for the postholder to be project lead for the Trust's Schwartz Rounds , supported by a medical consultant clinical lead, a psychologist lead facilitator, by medical and nonmedical facilitators, and an assistant psychologist coordinator. The program will deliver regular Rounds to all staff at Imperial. Relevant experience will be desirable but not essential, as training and mentoring can be provided.
About us
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
The post is set within the wider context of the Clinical Health Psychology department with its headquarters at St Mary's, where the postholder will have direct professional & operational support from the Head of Department and a skilled and sensitive group of peers. Professional development can draw from a range of senior leadership development courses at Imperial, as well as clinical skills development through the CNWL psychological professions CPD program. The postholder will be employed by CNWL and work into Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical and Client Care
- To plan, organise and ensure the delivery of psychology and psychotherapy services in the Psycho-oncology service.
- To plan and organise the integrated delivery of services with other agencies and service providers and ensure co-ordination of psychology and psychotherapy services with other services.
- To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients in the Psycho-oncology service including the use of measures and interventions specific to the patient group and in conjunction with other members of the MDT as appropriate.
- To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
- To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans
- To act as link to Primary care services e.g. IAPT services, where cancer survivors will be offered after-care and taking an overview of pathways that may need to be developed or maintained to optimise the cancer patient pathway.
- To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities which make up the patients of the Psycho-oncology service , taking especial care to be proactive with under-served groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical and Client Care
- To plan, organise and ensure the delivery of psychology and psychotherapy services in the Psycho-oncology service.
- To plan and organise the integrated delivery of services with other agencies and service providers and ensure co-ordination of psychology and psychotherapy services with other services.
- To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients in the Psycho-oncology service including the use of measures and interventions specific to the patient group and in conjunction with other members of the MDT as appropriate.
- To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
- To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans
- To act as link to Primary care services e.g. IAPT services, where cancer survivors will be offered after-care and taking an overview of pathways that may need to be developed or maintained to optimise the cancer patient pathway.
- To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities which make up the patients of the Psycho-oncology service , taking especial care to be proactive with under-served groups.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in an acute hospital Health Psychology service for a significant period.
- Experience of successfully undertaking leadership roles
- Evidence of skill in management of others
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in a Health Psychology Speciality
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.
- Experience of providing teaching and training to psychologists or other professional groups.
- Evidence of self-reflection and of having a learning mindset in relation to all aspects of the work
- Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects.
- Evidence of a proactive approach to ensuring access to psychology for diverse patient groups
- Evidence of learning from patients regarding the quality of therapy services
- Experience of proposing and implementing service development projects that impact own service area.
- Evidence of a critical and proactive stance to identifying and implementing what works best for patients
- Record of publications in either peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books
Desirable
- Evidence of experience in a Health Psychology setting for significant period.
- Experience of working in a senior role in a Psycho-oncology service for two years or more
- Experience of writing and carrying through service developments, whether funded or un-funded
- Experience of writing grant proposals for funded research
- Evidence of success in participating in funded or unfunded research relevant to NHS services
- Experience of participation in recruitment
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of management experience showing the ability to problem solve and be creative in relation to challenges
- Advanced knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for Psycho-oncology
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory of management and leadership.
Skills
Essential
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences.
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources, on which expert opinion may differ
- To communicate, skilfully and sensitively, complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues, showing evidence of being able to overcome barriers to communication such as sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
- To effectively plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and to organise meetings such as CPAs and case reviews.
- To plan delivery of psychology and psychotherapy services to the client group and carers, involving partner agencies.
- To be expert in the skilled administration of relevant psychometric tests, including a critical understanding of the norms and basis of the test materials; and to be able to supervise others in administration of and where relevant, development of, appropriate measures.
- Well-developed consultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data and for teaching purposes
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to take a leadership role within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to develop and use complex multimedia materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.
- Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in an acute hospital Health Psychology service for a significant period.
- Experience of successfully undertaking leadership roles
- Evidence of skill in management of others
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in a Health Psychology Speciality
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.
- Experience of providing teaching and training to psychologists or other professional groups.
- Evidence of self-reflection and of having a learning mindset in relation to all aspects of the work
- Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects.
- Evidence of a proactive approach to ensuring access to psychology for diverse patient groups
- Evidence of learning from patients regarding the quality of therapy services
- Experience of proposing and implementing service development projects that impact own service area.
- Evidence of a critical and proactive stance to identifying and implementing what works best for patients
- Record of publications in either peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books
Desirable
- Evidence of experience in a Health Psychology setting for significant period.
- Experience of working in a senior role in a Psycho-oncology service for two years or more
- Experience of writing and carrying through service developments, whether funded or un-funded
- Experience of writing grant proposals for funded research
- Evidence of success in participating in funded or unfunded research relevant to NHS services
- Experience of participation in recruitment
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of management experience showing the ability to problem solve and be creative in relation to challenges
- Advanced knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for Psycho-oncology
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory of management and leadership.
Skills
Essential
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences.
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources, on which expert opinion may differ
- To communicate, skilfully and sensitively, complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues, showing evidence of being able to overcome barriers to communication such as sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
- To effectively plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and to organise meetings such as CPAs and case reviews.
- To plan delivery of psychology and psychotherapy services to the client group and carers, involving partner agencies.
- To be expert in the skilled administration of relevant psychometric tests, including a critical understanding of the norms and basis of the test materials; and to be able to supervise others in administration of and where relevant, development of, appropriate measures.
- Well-developed consultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data and for teaching purposes
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to take a leadership role within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to develop and use complex multimedia materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.
- Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
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
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Mary's Hospital, W2 1NY and other ICHT hospital sites
Praed St, London W2 1NY
London
W2 1NY
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)
