Job summary Are you an experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to join an award wining and innovative MDT diabetes and psychology service? We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic clinical psychologist who is committed to delivering patient-focused care and treatment. Applicants who have experience in paediatric diabetes or have a good foundation of transferable skills and an interest to develop in this area are desirable. We especially welcome applications from candidates with the valuable experience of the diverse social and cultural communities the Trust serves as we are seeking to ensure our psychology staffing has greater diversity and better represents local communities. This post offers a unique opportunity to work both in a speciality area as well as more broadly across a variety of presentations. The successful post holder will be well supported in a friendly and innovative team. Main duties of the job To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality clinical psychology service within the specialist field of diabetes care, in addition to contributing to the general paediatric psychology provision in the department. This involves taking responsibility for the day-to-day management, co-ordination, planning and development of clinical psychology services to the paediatric diabetes team, including identifying service priorities and initiating developments within the service. To provide multi-agency consultation and liaison to the network of agencies and professionals involved with the care of children, young people and their families living with diabetesand the wider general paediatric service. The post holder would have their own clinical caseload, as well as supervising and supporting the psychological assessment and therapy provided by trainee and assistant psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment. The post holder would be expected to: lead the psychosocial care of patients by working with the MDT and diabetes nurses. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team; to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research; and to propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the service. About us The Central and North West London NHS Trust (CNWL) is responsible for the provision of Paediatric Psychology services to a number of acute hospital across central and northwest London, as well as Child and Adolescent Mental health Services (CAMHS) to the populations of Brent, Hillingdon, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster. Highly specialist services are also provided to other Trusts and Agencies in a wider regional catchment area. Within the wider CNWL Paediatric Psychology Service there are regular opportunities to link with the psychologists working across other sites both informally and formally for CPD and peer support. The CNWL Paediatric Psychology Service meets monthly for business, journal and research presentations, as well as clinical and skill sharing. The Hillingdon Hospital is a teaching hospital offering secondary level medical services to an ethnically and socio-economically diverse population. Clinical Psychology services are provided to the Neonatal Unit, Paediatric Gastroenterology team, General Paediatric clinics, Children & Young People's Diabetes team, POSCU and other specialities. Date posted 05 November 2024 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8b Salary £67,950 to £78,028 a year pro rata per annum including HCAS Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number 333-G-CA-1488 Job locations Paediatric Psychology Department, The Hillingdon Hospital Pield Heath Hillingdon UB3 8NN Job description Job responsibilities Clinical: 1. To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team 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 interviewswith clients, family members and others involved in the clients care. 2. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. 3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and insynthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. Teaching, training, and supervision 1. To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues. 2. To gain additional highly specialist experience and skills relevant to clinical psychology and/or the service as agreed with the professional psychology manager. 3. To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs psychological work as appropriate. 4. To provide professional and clinical supervision of trainee, assistant Clinical Psychologists. General 1. To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the postholders professional and service manager(s). 2. To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines. Please see attached job description for further details. Job description Job responsibilities Clinical: 1. To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team 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 interviewswith clients, family members and others involved in the clients care. 2. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. 3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and insynthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. Teaching, training, and supervision 1. To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues. 2. To gain additional highly specialist experience and skills relevant to clinical psychology and/or the service as agreed with the professional psychology manager. 3. To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs psychological work as appropriate. 4. To provide professional and clinical supervision of trainee, assistant Clinical Psychologists. General 1. To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the postholders professional and service manager(s). 2. To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines. Please see attached job description for further details. Person Specification Traing and Qualifications Essential Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology Registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist, domain of clinical psychology Desirable Pre or post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice. Knowledge and Skills Essential Well developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS and required by HCPC. 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. Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology Desirable Well developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in working with children, young people & their families. Other Essential Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers & staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia 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. Experience Essential 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 of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a MDT care plan. Experience of teaching, training and/or professional & clinical supervision of trainee and/or assistant psychologists. Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist with significant experience at a highly specialist level working within a paediatric psychology service, delivering both inpatient & outpatient assessment & intervention. Experience in the use of a range of neuropsychology assessments with children & young people. Desirable Experience of supervising qualified clinical psychologists Significant experience of working within a paediatric diabetes team Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care. Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts and of conducting sessions together with interpreters. Person Specification Traing and Qualifications Essential Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology Registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist, domain of clinical psychology Desirable Pre or post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice. Knowledge and Skills Essential Well developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS and required by HCPC. 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. Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology Desirable Well developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in working with children, young people & their families. Other Essential Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers & staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia 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. Experience Essential 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 of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a MDT care plan. Experience of teaching, training and/or professional & clinical supervision of trainee and/or assistant psychologists. Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist with significant experience at a highly specialist level working within a paediatric psychology service, delivering both inpatient & outpatient assessment & intervention. Experience in the use of a range of neuropsychology assessments with children & young people. Desirable Experience of supervising qualified clinical psychologists Significant experience of working within a paediatric diabetes team Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care. Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts and of conducting sessions together with interpreters. 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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 Paediatric Psychology Department, The Hillingdon Hospital Pield Heath Hillingdon UB3 8NN Employer's website https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)