Band 8a Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist

Job overview

We are excited to offer a part-time role (b8a 0.6WTE) to join the plastic surgery psychology team, consisting of b8b lead, b8a and b7 clinical psychologists. The post is within the large regional plastic surgery unit at the Royal Free Hospital. It is ideally suited to a psychologist who wishes to develop their leadership and clinical skills in a supported environment.

The plastic surgery psychology team is an established and well-regarded specialist team. The vast majority of surgery undertaken are 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 provision of training. You will have access to supervision and training, with a variety of different therapeutic modalities within our service, to support your development.

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