We are delighted to be recruiting to the post of Practitioner Psychologist (Band 7, 1.0 wte, fixed-term). This is an exciting post providing a wide variety of experiences.
The post-holder will be based within the diverse and welcoming Cardiac Respiratory and Intensive Care (CRIC) Paediatric Psychology Service at Evelina London (Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust) with work split across paediatric respiratory and paediatric cardiology services. Clinical work will encompass a combination of outpatient and inpatient (including intensive care) work with children, young people and their families as well as collaborative working with professional colleagues to provide high quality holistic care.
We would be very happy to share more about the post. For further information please contact Dr Jo Blundell at
[email protected] or 0330 128 8251.
The post holder will be joining a team of paediatric practitioner psychologists providing psychological care for children, young people and families under the care of the Cardiac, Respiratory and Intensive Care Directorate at GSTT. Our service is highly valued by families and offers good opportunities for collaborative working with other team members, audit & research, teaching and training. We meet regularly as a team to explore clinical dilemmas and share new learning across the service. Supervision will be provided by an experienced psychologist within the team. Additional opportunities include, but do not stop with, monthly peer supervision as well as participation in SIG networks locally and nationally. Service relevant CPD is actively encouraged.
Inpatient services are located at Evelina London Children’s Hospital whilst outpatient services are split across Evelina London Children’s Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital sites. This post will therefore require flexibility, with regards to working across the two sites according to patients’, colleagues’ and service requirements. Equipment such as a laptop and mobile phone is provided to support this way of working.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.
We have over 23,500 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Please see the attached job description and person specification document for full information and details regarding the current post.
