Job summary
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join the largest paediatric psychology service in the UK. The postholder will join dynamic and supportive clinical psychology teams attached to the Specialist Health Conditions Stream (covering Urology, Neurology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Rheumatology) and the Pain Service. The postholder will work with the multidisciplinary teams in these areas and provide specialist psychological assessment and intervention to children and their families. The successful candidate will join a supportive team of psychologists working across these medical specialties whilst also being able to access the learning and opportunities that come with being part of a large psychology service at a leading children'shospital.

Clinical Psychology is a highly valued profession within each multi-disciplinary team helping to optimise care by working with patients, their families and the MDT who are struggling with procedural fear, treatment adherence, decision-making, pain management and co-morbid mental health difficulties (e.g. anxiety and depression), as well as supporting staff wellbeing in a busy medical environment. The postholder will also be a part of innovative individual, group and social interventions designed to support children and families managing illness-related stigma, supporting young people to function despite their symptoms, and develop independent identities that incorporate their health condition.

Main duties of the job
The postholder will have opportunities to develop supervision, teaching and training skills with our large team of pre-qualification psychologists including trainee clinical psychologists. The postholder will have opportunities to develop research skills by participating in the ongoing programme of quality improvement and research projects in conjunction with UCL Institute of Child Health, the largest concentration of child health research outside of North America.

The postholder will be encouraged to engage with ongoing professional development opportunities with clinical special interest groups such as ACT, medical trauma, cognitive assessment and medically unexplained symptoms and through the Institute of Child Health and GOSH Learning Academy.

There is a national specialist interest group for pain and rheumatology that the post holder would be part of and there are opportunities to both attend and present in conferences for both medical specialities.

Interested applicants are strongly advised to call Dr Dominique Mossman on 020 7405 9200 ext 5166.

About us
We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we'll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.

Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women's networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.

We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.

Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification document.

Person Specification
Values
Essential

• GOSH Always Values
• Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace .
• Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential

• Good honours degree in Psychology.
• Post -graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS/HCPC, including clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and lifespan developmental psychology
• Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council as Practitioner Psychologist.

Desirable

• Post -doctoral training and recorded CPD experience and /or further qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.

Experience/Knowledge
Essential

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi -disciplinary care
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts and of working in a multicultural framework
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and child protection.
• Experience in delivering evidence based interventions for a range of child and adolescent mental health problems

Desirable

• Experience of teaching or training.
• Experience and expertise in working with children who have life limiting and life -threatening conditions, including experience of bereavement work
• Experience of presenting psychology to multidisciplinary audiences at conferences or other educational settings.
• Experience of providing psychological input in a medical Setting

Skills/Abilities
Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
• Well -developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their carers, and other professionals.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
• Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
• Evidence of skilled and productive multidisciplinary team Working.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, including verbal abuse.

Desirable

• Ability to administer, score and interpret a range of cognitive assessment tools.

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.
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).
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