Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join our Bank staff here at The London Clinic, based at our 142-146 Harley St location (W1G 7LD). We are offering a competitive rate of £45 per hour.
This is a 1-day (8 hrs) per week position, with a set rostered day of Friday. You will see up to 6 clients, but will be guaranteed pay whether you see patients or not. We cannot offer hybrid working for this role and the post-holder will be required to be on site 100% of the time.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide specialist clinical psychological assessment and treatment to adults with psychological and emotional needs who have been referred to the service. You will provide specialist support, guidance, and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychological therapy colleagues within The London Clinic, and will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team as well as psychological therapy colleagues. You will be expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures, and will be required to collect data for audits, quarterly reports, and service development.
About us
Established in 1932, The London Clinic is one of the UK's largest private hospitals, with 8 state-of-the-art facilities located in the heart of London's medical community around Harley Street. We have circa 1350 employees, and we are dedicated to providing our patients with expert, individualised treatment and care. We cover a comprehensive range of services, including complex medical and surgical procedures plus a range of cancer services. The London Clinic has a supportive and warm working culture where your contribution is valued, and you can help us deliver our three core values of "We go further", "We work as one" and "We personalise care."
The London Clinic has charitable status which is fundamental to our identity and how we operate, enabling our teams to invest in treatments, technology and facilities that benefit our patients, staff and the wider community.
The London Clinic is proud of its diverse workforce and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We absolutely welcome applicants from underrepresented groups; if you think you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply - we would love to hear from you regardless of your background.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The below details the key duties of this role. For a full understanding of the responsibilities and requirements of this role, please see the attached Job Description.
Key Duties:
- Provide specialist psychological assessment and treatment for a maximum of 6 individual therapy clients.
- Provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients' psychological care to other multidisciplinary professionals as needed.
- Work closely with talking therapy colleagues to promote communication and manager referrals across the service.
- Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
- Use organisational, skills to ensure client forms and data are collected in a timely manner for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting all adults at risk, children and young people by implementing robust safer recruitment practices during our selection process. Pre-employment checks are undertaken in accordance with industry standards and regulations, and successful applicants may be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). If you would like further information about our safer recruitment policy then please contact a member of our recruitment team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The below details the key duties of this role. For a full understanding of the responsibilities and requirements of this role, please see the attached Job Description.
Key Duties:
- Provide specialist psychological assessment and treatment for a maximum of 6 individual therapy clients.
- Provide specialist support, guidance and consultation on clients' psychological care to other multidisciplinary professionals as needed.
- Work closely with talking therapy colleagues to promote communication and manager referrals across the service.
- Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
- Use organisational, skills to ensure client forms and data are collected in a timely manner for audit, teaching, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting all adults at risk, children and young people by implementing robust safer recruitment practices during our selection process. Pre-employment checks are undertaken in accordance with industry standards and regulations, and successful applicants may be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). If you would like further information about our safer recruitment policy then please contact a member of our recruitment team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree in psychology or related disciplines, and a Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS.
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing individualised treatment for adults with anxiety and depression, and other common psychological disorders.
- Experience of using psychological interventions with patients with acute or long-term health conditions including cancer.
- Experience of meeting agreed/specified service requirements.
- Experience of using patient-reported outcome measures on a regular basis.
- Experience of managing own caseload effectively
Desirable
- Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural medical setting.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to learn new processes/systems.
- Able to work well within a team and foster good relationships with stakeholders.
- Able to prioritise own workload and manage job tasks efficiently.
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality.
- Ability to be self-reflective whilst working with service-users, in own personal and professional development, and in supervision.
Desirable
- Able to maintain high level of motivation and enthusiasm.
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development opportunities positively and effectively.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally, and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families and/or carers and other professional colleagues.
- Proficiency in using Microsoft Office software including Excel.
- Maintenance of a consistently high level of competency in conducting psychological interventions.
- Demonstrates understanding of research/evidence-based practice and clinical audit.
- Ability to apply the principles of psychotherapy and current research evidence to the analysis of complex clinical problems, to plan and implement and effective treatment strategy.
- Ability to critically appraise and incorporate audit and research findings into routine practice to improve patient care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree in psychology or related disciplines, and a Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS.
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing individualised treatment for adults with anxiety and depression, and other common psychological disorders.
- Experience of using psychological interventions with patients with acute or long-term health conditions including cancer.
- Experience of meeting agreed/specified service requirements.
- Experience of using patient-reported outcome measures on a regular basis.
- Experience of managing own caseload effectively
Desirable
- Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural medical setting.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to learn new processes/systems.
- Able to work well within a team and foster good relationships with stakeholders.
- Able to prioritise own workload and manage job tasks efficiently.
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality.
- Ability to be self-reflective whilst working with service-users, in own personal and professional development, and in supervision.
Desirable
- Able to maintain high level of motivation and enthusiasm.
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development opportunities positively and effectively.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally, and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families and/or carers and other professional colleagues.
- Proficiency in using Microsoft Office software including Excel.
- Maintenance of a consistently high level of competency in conducting psychological interventions.
- Demonstrates understanding of research/evidence-based practice and clinical audit.
- Ability to apply the principles of psychotherapy and current research evidence to the analysis of complex clinical problems, to plan and implement and effective treatment strategy.
- Ability to critically appraise and incorporate audit and research findings into routine practice to improve patient care.
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.
