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Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings
- Experience
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience
Experience of work within interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary environments, including joint consultations with medical/physical health staff.
- Experience
Experienced in oral presentations, working with people in groups
- Experience
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Skills and aptitudes
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Skills and aptitudes
management. E A/I Knowledge of theoretical models and psychological interventions relevant to the needs of patients with disfiguring conditions, body image anxiety and PTSD and those experiencing psychological difficulties secondary to their health condition
- Skills and aptitudes
Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and quantitative data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Skills and aptitudes
Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the British Psychological Society/HCPC.
- Qualities & attributes
Ability to work independently and as part of a team and able to use time effectively and prioritise workload
- Qualities & attributes
Ability to be reflective about own practice and style and enthusiastic about psychology in health settings
- Qualities & attributes
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appr to support and maintain clinical practice and service deliveryopriate,
- Royal Free shared commitments
Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.
- Education & professional Qualifications
Post-graduate doctoral level training in psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- Education & professional Qualifications
HCPC registration as Practitioner Psychologist
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Audit experience
- Experience
Experience of working within a plastic surgery, burns or acute/community health setting, providing specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients, including outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Experience
Experience in working with people who have had cancer, chronic health conditions and other health problems across the lifespan.
Job overview
We are offering an exciting fixed term post (0.35WTE) within the large regional plastic surgery unit of the Royal Free Hospital, where you will join the plastic surgery psychology team consisting of b8b lead and 1.2WTE b8a. The post is based at the Royal Free Hospital and will offer you opportunities to develop clinical skills in a supported environment focused on managing long-term conditions and adjustment to disease and injury within an MDT setting.
The plastic surgery psychology team is an established and well-regarded specialist team based within the larger surgical department. The surgery largely covers reconstructive surgery in the context of disease (often cancer) or injury (often hand trauma) and has some specialisms around rare diseases (e.g. scleroderma) or complex surgery (e.g. facial reanimation).
You will also have access to the Trust's psychological support structure including access to specialist supervision groups, regular training events and collaboration with colleagues from the same profession.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for providing psychological care across both our in-patient and out-patient service, face-to-face and virtually. The focus of clinical work is often on decision-making, addressing the psychological consequences of injury or disease, removing barriers to rehabilitation and care or work around body image and appearance. You will be expected to provide guidance to colleagues and families as appropriate and engage in joint work, as well as attend multi-disciplinary meetings. There are other opportunities for training our colleagues. You can also gain experience in service development and supervision. You will have access to supervision and training, with a variety of different therapeutic modalities within our service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We welcome your contact to find out more information about the role and service.
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.
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This advert is for Band 7 Practitioner Psychologist with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £58133.00 to £65261.00. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed Term contract ends 4th Jan 2028). The application deadline is 27 Oct 2026.
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