Description
We are offering an exciting fixed term post (0.35WTE) within the large regional plastic surgery unit of the Royal Free Hospital, where you will join the plastic surgery psychology team consisting of b8b lead and 1.2WTE b8a. The post is based at the Royal Free Hospital and will offer you opportunities to develop clinical skills in a supported environment focused on managing long-term conditions and adjustment to disease and injury within an MDT setting.
The plastic surgery psychology team is an established and well-regarded specialist team based within the larger surgical department. The surgery largely covers reconstructive surgery in the context of disease (often cancer) or injury (often hand trauma) and has some specialisms around rare diseases (e.g. scleroderma) or complex surgery (e.g. facial reanimation).
You will also have access to the Trust's psychological support structure including access to specialist supervision groups, regular training events and collaboration with colleagues from the same profession.
You will be responsible for providing psychological care across both our in-patient and out-patient service, face-to-face and virtually. The focus of clinical work is often on decision-making, addressing the psychological consequences of injury or disease, removing barriers to rehabilitation and care or work around body image and appearance. You will be expected to provide guidance to colleagues and families as appropriate and engage in joint work, as well as attend multi-disciplinary meetings.
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust stands for being positively welcoming, actively respectful, clearly communicating and visibly reassuring. We focus on delivering excellent and equitable care, ensure an outstanding experience for our patients and carers, where colleagues feel a strong connection to their work and organisation and are enabled to deliver and realise their potential.
Job Responsibilities:
- Providing psychological care across in-patient and out-patient services
- Working face-to-face and virtually
- Focusing on decision-making, addressing psychological consequences of injury or disease, and body image and appearance
- Providing guidance to colleagues and families
- Attending multi-disciplinary meetings
Benefits:
- Access to specialist supervision groups
- Regular training events
- Collaboration with colleagues from the same profession
Person Specification:
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- HCPC registration as Practitioner Psychologist
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity