Senior Practitioner Psychologist in Gastroenterology

This is a Senior Practitioner Psychologist in Gastroenterology role at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. The role is based at Central Middlesex Hospital and involves working with the Biofeedback Team in the specialist Psychological Medicines Unit (PMU).

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to specialise in functional gastrointestinal conditions and work with clients who are socially stigmatised and often dealing with trauma and shame.

The role is suitable for those who are newly qualified, through to those who have existing clinical health psychology experience and are at - or ready to work at - 8a level. The roles and responsibilities can mould to match the existing and developing skills of the successful candidate.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working with specific MDTs to further develop specialist clinical expertise
• Providing secondary and tertiary level clinical assessment and psychotherapeutic services for patients with gastrointestinal disorders
• Opportunity to fund training and specialist supervision in EMDR

The trust offers a range of services including major acute services, specialist care, and urgent care centres.

Job Responsibilities: Applicants are strongly encouraged to refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for comprehensive details of responsibilities, requirements and role expectations.

Person Specification:

• Education/qualifications: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, HCPC Registered
• Knowledge and Experience: Theory knowledge and application, complex assessment skills, foundation consultation skills, legislation knowledge, doctoral level research, clinical governance knowledge, psychology and diversity, MDT working, experience autonomous clinician, experience teaching
• Skills, abilities, attributes: Professionalism, emotive settings, experience clinical responsibility, applying psychology theory physical health, effective communication, flexible working under pressure, decision-making, indirect ways of working, clinical record keeping, IT skills, personal attributes, self-reflection