Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 8A
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 213-Division-A-7455766-A
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cross-Site
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 per annum including HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist
Band 8A
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Job overview
We are pleased to offer an opportunity for an experienced and dedicated individual to apply for this permanent role. The Cancer Psychological Care Team provides emotional and psychological support for patients, family members and carers. The service was originally established in 2019 as part of a fixed-term partnership project between King’s College Hospital and Macmillan Cancer Support, with permanent status agreed in 2021. Enhanced service provision has enabled an increase in the number of psychology positions in the service structure and helped to secure the continued delivery of evidence-based psychological care for the future. The team not only offers clinical services, but is involved in liaising with existing services in the community to help integrate secondary and primary care in order to better share resources and enable access to services in the most culturally and practically acceptable location for the population that we serve.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting time to join a team which has been recently established and developed, offering excellent service development opportunities. The main objective of this post is to provide, coordinate, support and continually develop the integrated cancer psychological support services across KCH. The successful post holder will be supported by an 8B principal practitioner psychologist service lead, and will work alongside two other 8A Practitioner Psychologists, two Band 7 psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists, and a dedicated Medical Secretary. You will be joining a friendly and innovative group of psychologists and psychotherapists working across various medical specialities in a busy hospital setting that serves a diverse inner-city population. The post-holder will be expected to cover services at Kings College Hospital and Princess Royal University Hospital, and allocation of their time between sites and cancer MDMs will be guided by senior colleagues, commensurate with the needs of the service. Kings College Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital offers a vibrant and supportive working environment.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If you would like further information about these posts please contact Dr. Mark Groves, Principal Clinical Psychologist and Service Lead for the Cancer Psychological Care Team on [email protected].
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration.
- • Additional training in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice–based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma.
- • Completed training course in clinical supervision.
- • Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
Desirable criteria
- • Competence and/or specialist training in models of health psychology and/or behaviour change (e.g., motivational interviewing)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics.
- • Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions including for those living with complex medical conditions.
- • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
- • Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis.
Desirable criteria
- • A good understanding of models of health psychology in addition to models of psychopathology.
- • Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in cancer.
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of having worked with people with medical conditions as a clinical specialist under supervision
- • Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams with colleagues from a range of disciplines.
- • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of complex psychological and physical health needs.
- • Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Mark Groves
- Job title
- Service Lead and Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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