Practitioner Psychologist in Adult Haematology

Would you like to join a supportive, friendly and innovative psychology team who are celebrating over 25 years of providing a service at GSTT? This is an opportunity to work in a large, acute healthcare Trust, in a psychology team that provides outpatient and inpatient support, MDT clinical work and input into service delivery.

Our team takes a proactive, inclusive and reflexive approach to integrating evidence-based, patient-centred psychological care into the treatment provided for people living with haematological conditions and their families. We engage in regular reflective spaces, CPD and aim to continually embed anti-discriminatory practices in our service delivery. We invite applicants who share this ethos and have a strong interest in the relationship between psychological and physical health and multidisciplinary working across inpatient and outpatient care.

A large proportion of people accessing our service are people of the Global Majority. We particularly welcome applicants who can add to the diversity of the existing team and who value working with diverse communities. We strive to be as representative of the local population as possible.

This Part-time, Fixed-term Role Will Focus Primarily On

• Triaging (by phone)/assessing/providing therapy to outpatients (and potentially inpatients), relating to the psychological aspects of living with their haematological condition(s).
• Where appropriate, providing input into multidisciplinary team meetings/clinics.
  
  

Where time permits, there may also be opportunities to be involved in audits and service development, support junior staff members, teaching/training, group work and transition work.

There is also access to a range of department-wide and trust-wide learning opportunities/events to further develop your experiences of working within physical healthcare.

We Are Looking For Someone With

• Experience of working in a general hospital setting, using evidence-based psychological therapies with people with long-term physical conditions
• Innovative ideas about how to make care accessible and effective for the communities we serve
  
  

We welcome applications from trainee psychologists who are in the process of completing training requirements and obtaining HCPC registration. If HCPC registration has not been achieved by the time the post starts, candidates would start on B6 and move to B7 once conditions for that banding (including HCPC registration) have been achieved (providing this can be done within a reasonable and agreed time frame).

Since 1997, the Haematology Psychology Service (HPS) has provided psychological support to patients with blood disorders and their families at GSTT. We are based within the haematology department at Guy’s Hospital, with dedicated space in the Haemostasis & Thrombosis Centre at St Thomas’ and are therefore well integrated within the multidisciplinary haematology teams.

The HPS is led by the Consultant Clinical & Health Psychologist and comprises of Practitioner Psychologists of various grades including a Senior Assistant Psychologist. The service is a popular placement destination for Doctoral clinical psychology trainees, MSc health psychology trainees, and psychology undergraduates. We host the 8a community psychologist role within the South East London Sickle Cell Enhanced Community care pilot and the GSTT Infected Blood Psychological Service. We also meet regularly with other psychologists across GSTT and are involved in Trust-wide initiatives.

We aim to attract a committed, diverse, and talented workforce who are passionate about delivering psychological care within an acute hospital setting and adapting approaches to meet the needs of our services and service users. In return, we offer a supportive, dynamic work setting where you can link with colleagues and develop your career.

As a flexible working organisation, we are open to discuss flexible working on appointment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Heather Rawle Job title: Consultant Clinical & Health Psychologist Email address: h.rawle@nhs.net Telephone number: 0207 188 2718

Alternative contact: Dr Susie Henley (Deputy Lead Clinical Psychologist); susie.henley1@nhs.net; 020 7 188 2718