Job summary
Assistant Psychologist Band 5 position - 12 month fixed term contract - working across both the Critical Care Psychology Service and the Occupational Health and Staff Wellbeing Psychology Service at LNWH NHS Trust. The post requires 0.6 WTE time into the Critical Care Psychology Service and 0.4 WTE time into the Occupational Health and Staff Wellbeing Psychology Service. The ICU post will most suit a candidate who is keen to develop their psychological skills to support patients, families and staff within a highly stimulating acute medical environment. This opportunity sits within a Critical Care Service covering a 24 bedded ICU in Northwick Park Hospital (NPH) and an 13 bedded ICU in Ealing Hospital (EH). The candidate will work as part of a psychology team with 2 qualifiedpsychologists. The Occupational Health and Staff Wellbeing Psychology Service has 2.6 wte Practitioner Psychologists working within a MDT. The service aims to support staff wellbeing; proactively promoting both the physical and mental health of the workforce. The team work with staff both individually and on a group level with teams/ departments to promote a psychologically healthier workplace. The Assistant Psychologist will be largely based at NPH for this part of the role. Within our Trust psychologists have professional leadership, and support each other, through the Psychological Services Network (PSN). This network links all psychological practitioners together in the Trust, including APs.
Main duties of the job
To work within professional guidelines and under the direct supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist to deliver, support and enhance the provision of psychological care for staff of London North West Healthcare NHS Trust. The Occupational Health Service is based on all three sites: Northwick Park Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital, and Ealing Hospital, with its primary base being Northwick Park.
To take responsibility for clinically related administration, managing patient records, database and activity recording for the psychology team, collection of statistics, development and conduct of audit and/or research projects, teaching in relation to psychological wellbeing and other activities related to clinical governance.
To support staff wellbeing initiatives of all kinds throughout the Trust under the direct supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Within Occupational Health & Staff Wellbeing:
--To work within professional guidelines and under the direct supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist to deliver, support and enhance the provision of psychological care for staff of London North West Healthcare NHS Trust. The Occupational Health Service is based on all three sites: Northwick Park Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital, and Ealing Hospital, with its primary base being Northwick Park.
-To take responsibility for clinically related administration, managing patient records, database and activity recording for the psychology team, collection of statistics, development and conduct of audit and/or research projects, teaching in relation to psychological wellbeing and other activities related to clinical governance.
-To support staff wellbeing initiatives of all kinds throughout the Trust under the direct supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist
Within Critical Care:-
To work within professional guidelines and under the direct supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist to deliver, support and enhance the psychological care of patients and their families within Critical Care services at London North West Healthcare NHS Trust. Critical Care Services are based on all three sites: Northwick Park Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital, Ealing Hospital: the primary base is Northwick Park Hospital site.
-To take responsibility for clinically related administration, managing patient records, database and activity recording for the psychology team, collection of statistics, development and conduct of audit and/or research projects, teaching and other activities related to clinical governance.
-To support staff wellbeing initiatives for the critical care team under the direct supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist
Please see attached documentation: Job Description/ Person Specification for full role duties and responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Within Occupational Health & Staff Wellbeing:
--To work within professional guidelines and under the direct supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist to deliver, support and enhance the provision of psychological care for staff of London North West Healthcare NHS Trust. The Occupational Health Service is based on all three sites: Northwick Park Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital, and Ealing Hospital, with its primary base being Northwick Park.
-To take responsibility for clinically related administration, managing patient records, database and activity recording for the psychology team, collection of statistics, development and conduct of audit and/or research projects, teaching in relation to psychological wellbeing and other activities related to clinical governance.
-To support staff wellbeing initiatives of all kinds throughout the Trust under the direct supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist
Within Critical Care:-
To work within professional guidelines and under the direct supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist to deliver, support and enhance the psychological care of patients and their families within Critical Care services at London North West Healthcare NHS Trust. Critical Care Services are based on all three sites: Northwick Park Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital, Ealing Hospital: the primary base is Northwick Park Hospital site.
-To take responsibility for clinically related administration, managing patient records, database and activity recording for the psychology team, collection of statistics, development and conduct of audit and/or research projects, teaching and other activities related to clinical governance.
-To support staff wellbeing initiatives for the critical care team under the direct supervision of a qualified Practitioner Psychologist
Please see attached documentation: Job Description/ Person Specification for full role duties and responsibilities
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- A Bachelor's degree or higher in Psychology
- Eligible for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable
- Further postgraduate training in relevant areas of applied psychology, research design and analysis and/or mental health practice
- A Masters or other postgraduate degree in a relevant topic
- Postgraduate training in mental health therapies (e.g. Counselling, CBT, Motivational Interviewing)
- Postgraduate training in qualitative or quantitative research
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- An understanding of the experiences and needs of people with physical health problems,
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care, in particular end-of-life, rehabilitation and illness self-management
- Experience of gathering, organising, processing and presenting data, using multiple IT programs and resources
- An understanding of staff teams, and the pressures they may face, within a healthcare context
- An awareness of the subject of staff wellbeing as a foundation for delivering good patient care.
Desirable
- Experience working with people with physical health and/or mental health problems and/or disabilities
- Experience of working in a Critical Care/ urgent / acute physical healthcare setting and/ or neurorehabilitation setting
- Experience of paid work in mental health, physical health or palliative services from a psychological perspective.
- Experience of paid work in clinical or academic research projects
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- High level communication skills (interpersonal, written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and interact empathically and efficiently in emotive, time-sensitive contexts
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
- Ability to reflect on and maintain own wellbeing while working in an acute medical setting
Desirable
- High standard of producing and presenting reports
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- A Bachelor's degree or higher in Psychology
- Eligible for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable
- Further postgraduate training in relevant areas of applied psychology, research design and analysis and/or mental health practice
- A Masters or other postgraduate degree in a relevant topic
- Postgraduate training in mental health therapies (e.g. Counselling, CBT, Motivational Interviewing)
- Postgraduate training in qualitative or quantitative research
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- An understanding of the experiences and needs of people with physical health problems,
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care, in particular end-of-life, rehabilitation and illness self-management
- Experience of gathering, organising, processing and presenting data, using multiple IT programs and resources
- An understanding of staff teams, and the pressures they may face, within a healthcare context
- An awareness of the subject of staff wellbeing as a foundation for delivering good patient care.
Desirable
- Experience working with people with physical health and/or mental health problems and/or disabilities
- Experience of working in a Critical Care/ urgent / acute physical healthcare setting and/ or neurorehabilitation setting
- Experience of paid work in mental health, physical health or palliative services from a psychological perspective.
- Experience of paid work in clinical or academic research projects
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- High level communication skills (interpersonal, written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and interact empathically and efficiently in emotive, time-sensitive contexts
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
- Ability to reflect on and maintain own wellbeing while working in an acute medical setting
Desirable
- High standard of producing and presenting reports
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.
